The moon rises over the Upper West side of Manhattan, with a passing boat seen in the foreground, as seen from Weehawken, N.J. Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003. A sudden blackout robbed electricity from millions of people across a vast swath of the northern United States and southern Canada on Thursday, exposing them to stifling heat and jammed rush hour streets, and then darkness. New Yorkers escaped silenced subways, and nuclear power plants in four states shut down. (AP Photo/George Widman)