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"For the first time in history on Sunday afternoon, Yellow Springs got walloped by a hurricane. Remnants of Hurricane Ike unleashed record winds and left the village without... electrical power for more than 40 hours."
—Yellow Springs News
“[On Monday morning] Emporium owner Kurt Miyazaki... dragged some tables outside, fired up the stoves and began boiling water. By about 7:30 a.m. they had several thermoses filled with coffee and chai.”
—Yellow Springs News
“The power stayed out, into the next day and through it. There were rumors it wouldn’t be up until Friday. It came back this (Tuesday) afternoon.... Those that didn’t on Monday don’t even want to think about going into their fridges.”
—YSeye
a video by Vanessa Query and Olivia Byrnes
©2008 Vicarious Evolution Entertainment
music by The Beta Band