Oops. Next revision, I should rewrite:
“During a 1994 blackout, L.A. residents called 911 when they saw the Milky Way for the first time” by @StephMBuck What was that large silvery cloud that trailed over the city? It looked so sinister they called 911. That cloud was the Milky Way. They had never seen it before.
According to the International Dark-Sky Association, Los Angeles’s sky glow is visible from an airplane 200 miles away. Places like this mean a full two-thirds of Americans, living under orange domes of artificial light, have lost the ability to see the Milky Way.
https://timeline.com/los-angeles-light-pollution-ebd60d5acd43