About this episode

The episode discusses a significant blackout in America's largest city caused by a nut that wasn't properly tightened on July 13th.

A nut wasn't properly tightened, and that sent America's largest city into darkness on THIS DAY, July 13th with Chris Conley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Chris Conley

Topics covered

• city blackout
• historical events
• July 13th
• America
• infrastructure failure

Mentioned in this episode

Places: America, largest city

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