sharke


Thanks for the concern! I'm suffering a mega power outage that may go on for the best part of a week. It's an outrage! You probably heard about the explosions at the Con Edison station on Avenue C - I was basically right next to the place snapping photos of flooded streets when it happened. 

So it was a hell of a boom and a few people fell over with the shock. Like a bomb going off, but with a very eerie green and blue flash. Immediately, all the lights went out and panic ensued. Downtown Manhattan is a pretty scary place in a blackout. People were screaming and running - me, I just let loose a few expletives and sauntered off home to a dark apartment. 


So, it's been a pretty weird time since then. Not only do I have no power but no phone service either, basically cut off entirely. I also have a business to run, employees to coordinate and customers to keep happy - all very hard during a blackout in a city in which there is very little public transport running. 


Nights down here are very spooky and a little dangerous. There are no traffic lights so crossing the street is a little hairy. I'm just very angry with Con Ed - they knew they were right in the flooding zone, but they failed to shut off their transformers with the result that instead of a 24 hours without power, there are close to 300,000 people here without power for maybe even a week. They really screwed up big time. Anyway, no more Sonar for me for the time being! And my online activity is limited to whenever I can get uptown to charge my phone and get data access. 


Thanks for asking everyone!

sharke

Almost immediately, there's a cacophony of intense cheering and whooping from outside. The power is back on, after 5 days! I lean out of the window and do a little screaming myself. People are hugging each other in the street. I take a walk and everyone's smiling and high-fiveing. I hoofed it straight over to Whole Foods and purchased a refrigerator full of food, and noticed in the process that nobody west of Broadway has their power back yet. Feel so sorry for them! 

sharke

jb101


Hallo, sharke.

Glad you've finaly got power back on.

Your post shows that Wodehouse is good in almost every situation.


Take care.

It's impossible to be unhappy while reading P.G. Wodehouse. It sure beats getting drunk. 

garrigus

sharke

Almost immediately, there's a cacophony of intense cheering and whooping from outside. The power is back on, after 5 days! I lean out of the window and do a little screaming myself. People are hugging each other in the street. I take a walk and everyone's smiling and high-fiveing. I hoofed it straight over to Whole Foods and purchased a refrigerator full of food, and noticed in the process that nobody west of Broadway has their power back yet. Feel so sorry for them! 

Yep, I know how you feel. Last year around this same time we had another storm that was actually worse than this one... at least it was worse in CT. Anyway, the power was out for over 9 days. Yes, 9 !!!


Not fun at all, but man, did it feel good once the power came back on. 


Glad you're back in action there!


Scott

jb101

sharke

jb101

sharke

jb101


Hallo, sharke.

Glad you've finaly got power back on.

Your post shows that Wodehouse is good in almost every situation.


Take care.

It's impossible to be unhappy while reading P.G. Wodehouse. It sure beats getting drunk. 

I'm not sure Tuppy would agree..

Gussie Fink-Nottle might. 

There's the difference, most of the Drones like to get as p***ed as a newt, Gussie just likes newts..

daveny5


FWIW: I'm ok. I'm in the Hudson Valley area about 80 miles north of NYC. I'm in the hills in an apple orchard are so there was no flooding. My neighbor, however, also has a house in Staten Island and we haven't seen them since the storm so we are concerned. Hope everyone is doing well, and if you can, please contribute to the Red Cross for those less fortunate. Peace!