August 15, 2003

BLACKOUT

Wow, my first week living in New York City and we have a very historic New York event- a citywide (well, multicitywide) blackout! I’ll have good memories of this one, it doesn’t seem like there was much of the lawlessness that occurred during that 70s blackout, and it probably wasn’t caused by terrorism (although that was the first reaction of many people when we first heard just how many cities were also without power - i mean, how can one event cause so much damage?) Walking down Broadway during the early hours of the outage was pretty cool. I’ve been impressed with the character of the people here, maybe one of the few good things to come from 911. Oh, and the candlelight parties on the stoops outside 115th St and the surrounding Columbia area were fun, plus we could actually see the stars from Morningside Park. Too bad all our orientation events got cancelled. I’m afraid to ride my elevator though… any stories from someone that was stuck in a lift or subway car?

Posted by at August 15, 2003 02:35 PM
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Yeah, it was pretty cool, wasn't it? Don't know what it does to our schedule, though.

Posted by: Anthony Rickey at August 15, 2003 04:02 PM

Well, I drove home quickly to NJ, and by the time I got home all power had been restored to my house. Not too upset I missed out on hanging out on the stoops with you guys. I prefer the AC.

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