Karl, I had to chuckle at the thought, but as nervous as most folks are right now, having southern California go suddenly dark might generate more "news" than people can handle. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Gehrman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 3:14 PM Subject: Re: tonight Here in San Diego, I think it would be far more interesting to have everybody turn on their air conditioning, open the refrigerator and do a load of laundry at the same time of night...there watch what happened from a satellite. Karl -----Original Message----- From: Frank Ippolito [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 1:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: tonight >This is a great idea, but it won't be dark here on the West Coast at 7:30.......< Haha. I've seen two other variations of this, both scheduled for different times last Sunday (7 EST and 7 PST). Nice idea but no formal request and no cordinated time it seems. Frank