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Fifteen-year old grammar school boy Sumner couldn't believe what he was seeing, later describing how he "lay in my bed that night with my ears ringing and my world view significantly altered".

And yet another group believe that the government's failure lay in neglecting to make a positive case for the policy.

Bicycle parts lay in a pile on the sidewalk.

Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins.

The risk lay in overloading the system by turning everything on at the same time and triggering another massive outage.