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Old 08-15-2003, 03:54 PM
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the biggest thing i would be complaining about would be having to keep re-setting my alarm clock. . .
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Old 08-15-2003, 05:12 PM
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So, so very glad I'm home in Florida on vacation instead of sweltering in my apartment.
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Old 08-15-2003, 06:03 PM
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what a long night of hell!! i guess i can say FORTUNATELY (?) cuyahoga falls, ohio has their own power supply system that was not affected at any given time....full power! i wanted a blackout
I wish Cuyahoga County would have had their own power supply system. It just sucked!! I have running water now but it's cold.
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Old 08-15-2003, 06:03 PM
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Da, Canada and USA discussing whose fault it is!

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Shit people, figure it out! Govt. Deregulation!

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Old 08-15-2003, 06:45 PM
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My feet hurt!

So, I got home last night an 11:45pm. I left my work at about 4:30. It stunk! I walked down to Grand Central - closed. Walked to the exprerss bus stops to the Bronx (so the boyfriend could pick me up with the car) - packed buses and lines a block long. Decided I was just going to walk into the Bronx. Well, after a while I realized that I would be by myself with not a hint of light in the middle of the South Bronx. So, I stopped at another bus stop, befriended some guys about my dad's age who lived in the town next to mine, and we eventually walked our way to a bus that took us to the Bronx where the 5 of use piled into our Volvo S40 and my boyfriend dropped them all off. Thank goodness I wore my flat sandals. I was so close to wearing my three inch spiky heels!!!

Thanks for checking on me, ZTAMich!

And as for an onslaught of babies 9 months from now - the shape I was in when I got home, I was in NO mood to procreate!!!!! Heck, half the people on Long Island didn't get home until this morning!

I have to admit, though, it was fun...I didn't see a violent temper anywhere. Yayyy for New Yorkers who piss me off, but never cease to amaze me!!!
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Old 08-15-2003, 07:31 PM
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I just got back my power about a half hour ago!! Yay!! I, like may others, was at work when it happened. It was weird walking home (lucky I live not a few blocs away) and not seeing any traffic lights, nothing. Last night I was sitting out side with candles and flashlights...it was like bein back at sleepaway camp. It was an exprince. Driving around this morning to try and find cold drinks...almost everything was closed, and the few places that were open were letting in only a few people at a time. It was freaky, it was like something out of a movie, with everything closed and people all over the place. I have to admit, the first thing that I thought about (like many others I'm sure) was 9/11 and even the daily papers today had that time of feel.
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Old 08-15-2003, 08:09 PM
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Could the power outage be the reason that some websites are down? Just curious!

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Old 08-15-2003, 08:47 PM
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For those majoring or working in Government...

? for non Californians (nothing personal to GC'rs or anyone else but)...

Why is this power outage (W/ the Enron scandal) getting more tv coverage than the outage we had 2 yrs ago in California (basically blown off by Bush) when out state is -5 bigger than most states.

Again this ? isn't meant to belittle those still suffering or had suffereded power loss.
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Old 08-15-2003, 08:58 PM
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Glad to hear that some GC'rs are home safe ..

xo_Kathy & Buttonz,

Glad to hear both of you made it back home safely!

Kathy I hope your feet are feeling better after your ordeal...I can't even imagine walking that far w/ all of my teaching stuff in hand.
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Old 08-15-2003, 09:06 PM
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Re: So thankful

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Originally posted by ZTAMich
How thankfull am I that I'm in Florida right now and not in NYC?

Two weeks ago at 4pm I was in the Bronx. I cannot imagine trying to get home to Queens on my own with no subway. Eeek!

Good luck to Cream, xo_kathy and others in their journey home tonight!
Thanks! Luckily, I was at my boyfriend's home at the time. A few minutes earlier, and I would have been stuck underground in the subway or in the elevator. The power went off at about 4:30 on Thursday and was restored about 24 hours later on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. My home in Queens had power restored at 6:30 AM Friday, but I wasn't there so I was electricity free until 4:30 this afternoon.

Like XOKathy, my mother had to walk a lot. From Wall Street to the Ferry to take her to Queens. She figured that would be the best way to get home. She walked down eleven flights of stairs, ten blocks, and seven more blocks. It took her from 5:00 until 8:15 to actually get on the ferry. She didn't get home until after 11:00. I spent several hours yesterday trying in vain to reach my family by telephone. I finally spoke to all of them by 5:00 today.

People were incredibly helpful during the blackout. Perfect strangers helped each other. I saw thousands of people walking across the 59th Street Bridge which connects Manhattan and Queens. There was a point when no cars were on the bridge, only people. Hundreds of people lined up for pizza at the only place open until they ran out of food. As far as I know, there were no riots or looting like in 1977. The worst part was walking up and down the stairs and the lack of water and telephone. I am very glad that the electricity has been restored.

I hope that lovelyivy, cash78mere, Rudey, James, aephialum, xo kathy and the rest of the GCers affected are safe and sound. Thanks for the kind words and best wishes especially ZTAMich and lifesaver.
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Old 08-15-2003, 09:21 PM
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How many of you were without water??

I had running water all night. Thank god too. By the time I realized I should probably go out and get water and maybe some batteries it was too dark and the stores were closed. Luckily I found a few bottles of water and some candles. I tried to go to my bank this morning and it was closed. Although several others ones on the same block were open.
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Old 08-15-2003, 09:42 PM
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After a whole 24 hours our power comes back on. Thank God for generators.

Oh but I still have this damn worm thing. WTF? Gota go before the computer restarts!

ETA: Being a person who has weekly nightmares of planes crashing near me, I totally freaked out, but tried not to show it. So here we are, me and my mom outside talking to the neighbors. My next door neighbor says that she heard NY has no power.

No planes are in the sky either.

Cell phones and land phones are not working.

So WTF do you think? Terrorist attack. I just keep sayin that something isn't right. We turn on the radio and hear how many areas are without power. Hook up the generator and watch CNN and find out it wasn't a terrorist attack. I was soooo relieved.

Now we're sitting in the luxury of air conditioning and cable TV.

I'm gona kinda miss it. We sat outside with the neighbors eating ice cream. It was pitch black and very nice out.
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Old 08-15-2003, 10:34 PM
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How many of you were without water??
I was.
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Old 08-16-2003, 12:13 AM
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Why is this power outage (W/ the Enron scandal) getting more tv coverage than the outage we had 2 yrs ago in California (basically blown off by Bush) when out state is -5 bigger than most states.
This is my guess:
Probably because of the fact that it was, what, like 5 states and part of Canada? I mean, I guess you figure maybe one state would go out, but all those and another country? They say about 50 million people were out. That's more than California, right? And of course the NYC aspect where we are so totally dependant on public transportation that we had 8 million people basically milling about on this island trying to get home, and that is something you can put on TV for a "wow" factor, ya know?

Also, and pardon my ignorance on this one, but didn't we kind of know that California would have blackouts? Like, didn't they say they would have to have rolling ones to keep the power supply halfway normal? If that was the case, then I guess this being such a WTF no one knows how or why situation is a bit stranger?

BTW, I'm not saying you Cali should have been blown off at all! I'm just tossing out an idea for why the news coverage and attention might be different in this instance.
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Old 08-16-2003, 12:42 AM
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How many of you were without water??
i would have cried if i got home from hell last night and could not have taken a shower.

i was SOOOO gross cause of all the running around and being crazy busy

so gross that i even greeted a table, asked them how they were and then they said fine and asked how i was and i said "oh just fabulous, but i am dying to take a shower cause i am gross"

ew

***dances power 2003 dance***
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