Happened in Moscow on May, 25th. That's when a power distributing station burned to ashes and southern half of the city along with several towns around submerged in darkness. "Light" and "World" sound the same in Russian - that's why the day has quickly caught a name as "The End of The World".
At least 20,000 people were trapped in subway trains. People in elevators nobody cared to count. Three-days supply of Sushi rotted in unpowered refrigerators. Traffic lights went black, so the roads turned into complete chaos for couple of hours until police managed to put a guy at each major crossroads. I have to say that traffic in Moscow is very anisotropic. That is, you can easily drive in one direction while spend 4 hours in a traffic jam going the opposite - at the same time. This day, it was multiplied tenfold.
Good thing I took a day off and everybody was going out of the nearest public park - which made my going into a no-brainer. The rest of the day I spent lying on the beach drinking Martinis and waiting when the havoc comes to an end and I'll be able to get home.
... The only thought that really scared me - thank God this didn't happen in winter ...
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Ouch, I wouldn't expect this kind of things happen in big cities (even if it is Moscow :)).
Any reports on casualties?
Well, it's not like it happens every day. First time, actually. And thankfully, there were no casualties. People managed not to panic - which was especially important in subway.
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