During a 1994 blackout, L.A. residents called 911 when they saw the Milky Way for the first time https://timeline.com/los-angeles-light-pollution-ebd60d5acd43?source=social.tw
@shebang yeah we humans tend to get pretty dumb when we are scared
@hideki i just love that story.
I agree that getting lost by looking too deep into the night sky can give a strange feeling sometimes, though.
@hideki I’m familiar with this story. My favorite part is… What exactly did they think the police were going to do about it.
“Something weird is going on in space!”
Like, ok, sure, we’ll send a unit to space to check out it.
Even if they did, they’d still manage to fuck it up by shooting some aliens pet.