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Why San Francisco felt like the set of a sci-fi flick

  • Written by Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Professor of Communication and Media, Clarkson University
imageOn the morning of Sept. 9, San Franciscans woke up to a transformed cityscape.AP Photo/Eric Risberg

On Sept. 9, many West Coast residents looked out their windows and witnessed a post-apocalyptic landscape: silhouetted cars, buildings and people bathed in an overpowering orange light that looked like a jacked-up sunset.

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