
NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 9: (FILE PHOTO) A high-angle view of a traffic jam on First Avenue during a power blackout, November 9, 1965 in New York City. The largest power blackout in the history of the U.S. affected a large part of the north eastern United States and Canada August 14, 2003 with power only beginning to come back in parts of the city early August 15, 2003. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)