Sentence examples for there were blackouts from inspiring English sources

There were blackouts and brownouts, and the price of electricity was soaring.

It was bankrupt, crime was rampant, there were blackouts and looting.

In 2007, there were blackouts in parts of North Carolina because a drought affected the Catawba River.

While there were blackouts on the Web, a whiteout prevented critics of the proposed legislation from congregating in Seattle.

There were big price hikes, there were blackouts.

THERE are blackouts, and then there are blackouts.

The only ships docking at Tobruk's jetties are tankers, and despite the energy flow there are blackouts.

And Tokyo, more than most places in Japan, is highly dependent on electric trains and subways for commuting, so when there are blackouts, lots of people cannot get to work or easily organize their days.

"There are blackouts that cause girls to disappear and reappear, so there's this configuring and reconfiguring of the girls and objects as they come closer to the rock".

So even in a situation of severe shortage, with wholesale electricity selling for many times its normal price, individuals have no incentive to cut back; that is why there are blackouts.

In Vancouver, in Sydney and in Orange County, we live among fluorescent stores and streets so brightly lit that you can read a book after dark; in other places across our global body there are blackouts and curfews every night.