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Will there be a significant increase in worldwide search interest in the term “power outage” reported by Google Trends between 24 August 2018 and 7 September 2018?

Resolved :No20%

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Total Forecasters38

Community Prediction20% (13% - 37%)

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50%

community: 20%

Did this actually happen?No

Community Baseline Score

52.8

Community Peer Score

6.4

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Opened:

Aug 11, 2018

Closes:

Aug 23, 2018

Resolves:

Sep 10, 2018

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