A story, don’t know how true it is:
The earthquake in LA a while back knocked out the power and the city lights at night for a while and the sky happened to be clear. Many went outdoors of course, but some were heard to remark, ‘the earthquake did something to the sky, it’s all messed up.’
Seems they could see the stars for the first time.
Always love to take a woman outside at the beach and point out stars and planets. It’s like they’ve never looked up at night and wondered what all those glowing specks of light might be.
And then, of course, I’m lauded as some sort of sage because I know where to find Jupiter, Saturn or Orion. Oh, the ignorance of youth.