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It would have been much worse if several brave civilians hadn't been directing traffic.

Same here after the Loma Preita 'quake in '79. God bless these people!

[AZamericonnie]

Loma Prieta was in 89....I remeber it well!

[Diddle E. Squat]

I think we need to remember what Drudge currently has on his website:

"18:01:48 ET // WHERE IS BUSH? President in motorcade, driving from Miramar, CA to Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego for a fund-raiser. He's scheduled to pull up at the Hyatt at 6:25 p.m. ET // White House source says that if he is to say anything about the power outage, it will be at the fund-raiser, where he is expected to speak at 9:30 pm. ET... Developing... "