Northeast blackout of 2003 - Wikipedia
There was no cell phone connection, no landlines, no electricity, no banks, no gasoline, no grocery stores, and gridlock on the highways from cars running out of gas. It lasted 4 days where I was at and it was a big wake up call for me. The old Jeep Rubicon got me home on the trails where the power lines run since the highway wasn't an option. Got home almost out of gas with no idea how far spread the outage was.