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The above is
from the Syracuse Post-Standard of August 16, 2003,
the day after
the big Northeast
Blackout
The text of the first part of the article reads:
When the power died at about 4 p.m. Thursday, Nichols Supermarket owner Mike Hennigan knew the emergency batteries that run the scanners of his Liverpool store would only last a few hours.
When they died at about 7 p.m., the scanners and cash registers wouldn’t work. Yet the community that has kept the Hennigan family’s business alive for generations needed food and supplies.
Roughly 50 people were in the store when the power went out completely, Hennigan said.
Some people just needed flashlinghts, so he loaned out ones from the store to customers and asked that the customers return them after the blackout.
Since the scanners weren’t working, Hennigan operated on the honor system. He wrote
down the products people needed and gave [them receipts]. He asked his customers to bring him the money at their convenience within the next few days.
By 2:30 p.m. Friday, just about every customer had brought Hennigan what they owed him, said.