When the lights at the New Orleans Superdome went out, Twitter went nuts. Here are 10 tweets that stood out.
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We should have brought Bane out during the power outage.
— The Illuminati ™ (@WeEnlighten) February 4, 2013
Yelling at hapless NFL official not responsible for power outage confirms both Harbaugh brothers are jerks
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) February 4, 2013
Thank goodness this power outage didn't happen during Beyonce's performance!!!
— Martina McBride (@martinamcbride) February 4, 2013
If you would have told me that "total yards since power outage" would be a stat, I don't know what I would say.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) February 4, 2013
Luckily, the bar for "worst power outage at the Superdome" is set really high.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 4, 2013
It took just four mins after the lights went out for the first Twitter advertiser to bid on [power outage] as a search term. #SuperBowl47
— Twitter Advertising (@TwitterAds) February 4, 2013
"@mada mecaptaincc:What is your theory on the #superbowl power outage?" Beyonce was so charged in her performance even the power stood still
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) February 4, 2013
Still time for the Ravens to use their one power outage.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) February 4, 2013
Maybe Romney could have used a 3rd quarter power outage.
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) February 4, 2013
Like most @saints fans, I'm immediately assuming Roger Goodell is the chief suspect for the power outage. #SB47 #NOLA
— David Vitter (@DavidVitter) February 4, 2013
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