THE BIG AREA BLACKED OUT SPOT IN ALASKA IS A COLDWAR ERA DOOMSDAY POTATO GUN BUILD TO SHOOT FROZEN POTATOS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE TOWARDS SOVIET RUSSIA IN ORDER TO DESTROY STRATEGIC IMPLACMEMTS. THE WHOLE THING WAS SCRAPPED WHEN CONGRESS FIGURED OUTTHE RUSKIES WOULD PROBABLY JUST MAKE VODKA OUT OF THE POTATOS ANYWAY