I was woken up by a bright light 10 minutes ago

[MadBadger]

And I loved it. My power returned in Soho.


WTF has been goin on since Monday at 8PM?

[nc4bo]

1. Welcome back!!!!! nm

[AsahinaKimi]

2. Okaeri ~ welcome back

Same old, same old stuffs!

[Renew Deal]

3. It's over. Romney won.

[msanthrope]

4. Welcome back! nt

[MadBadger]

5. I have no idea where my TV remote is

So looks like The TV will remain off for now. It is just 5am at this point. My cable box also says apparently its 5027 right now. If that were a time that made sense.

[Earth_First]

7. Well, that is local time according to our new overlords...

You've missed much in the past week, my dear.

[nc4bo]

8. Days w/out power then it comes back on, must be how cavemen felt when fire was discovered.

Ooooohhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! I'm rich!!! At least that's how we feel!!

Give it some time, you'll find it - check under the sofa

[MadBadger]

10. It could be under my bed

My room is a shit hole...TURN THE LIGHTS OFF!

[Live and Learn]

32. It doesn't take a hurricane for me to lose mine.

Don't worry, it always shows back up, eventually and you can get all the good stuff here anyway.

[HiPointDem]

6. congratulations. i thought it was going to be a post about a ufo sighting.

[pinboy3niner]

9. Congratulations on having power and on an OP not involving alien probes!

As it turned out, all registered voters voted early, votes were counted, and President Obama won a second term handily.

Welcome back!

[Summer Hathaway]

11. Quick catch-up since Monday 8:00 PM ...

Romney put a gun to his own head and told voters not to laugh, 'cause the whole country is next. Paul Ryan won the NYC Marathon, despite having stopped to wash clean pots along the way. Intelligent life was found on Mars, and they've invited us all up for the weekend - BYOB. The video that actually killed the radio star has finally been identified and indicted.

Other than that, pretty much nothin'.

[WinYetLose]

12. Waking up to bright lights and no memory sounds like someone got an anal probe

[patricia92243]

13. Great news - President Obama won!!!

[FailureToCommunicate]

41. Mercy!

[onestepforward]

14. Welcome back!

I know the feeling

[xchrom]

15. Most excellent! Nt

[DarthDem]

16. Great News!!

Welcome back! You're just in time.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. "WTF"? Don't go disrespecting line workers. You get up on a crane bucket & connect 400 KV lines.

A worker in Canada died connecting power.

Lots of downed trees and debris (I don't have to tell you), but I do have to tell you that an interstate electrical grid is not a tinkertoy. You can't just turn on power and electrocute 300 citizens and relief workers from downed power lines.

Have a little respect for the hardworking people (some of them union) who care about safety (yours and theirs) too.

[MadBadger]

19. Now try connecting WTF with the rest of the sentence

Seems everybody else got it except you

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. So why do you throw in the slam "WTF"? It is out of place since you seem to say nothing has been

So why do you throw in the slam "WTF"? It is out of place (you now say) since "WTF" is the way people say nothing has been done since the storm hit, "What the Fuck has been going on since Monday 8pm?", i.e. why did it take so long to get your power restored. When people write "WTF", they do so when they are annoyed. That slam was the message I felt needed addressing.

[MadBadger]

21. Slam? Again, you were the only person in the entire thread to respond like this

My intentions were clear to everybody else who provided me with a run down of the events of the past 4-5 days

[Live and Learn]

22. Think you took it wrong. The wtf was directed towards what has been happening

since the poster has been out of touch.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Thanks. With all the pictures of people recharging pads & phones it never occurred to me the poster

Thanks. With all the pictures of people recharging pads & phones it never occurred to me the poster would have been out of touch with the news.

[Live and Learn]

27. You're welcome. We are all a bit touchy these days.

Line workers rock! I think we all agree on that.

[etherealtruth]

42. This was clearly a light hearted post expressing the OPs joy ...

... marking the return of normalcy.

At no point was s/he dissing anyone .... what could be the possible motivation of entering a thread merely to stomp on someones happiness?

[LukeFL]

47. LOL! WTF is wrong with you??

Still asleep??

[Bernardo de La Paz]

50. Anyway, welcome back. I never meant to not welcome you, but I apologize for getting the sense wrong.

I hope that all who you treasure and everything you treasure are well and doing well.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Welcome Back!!!

we have had Tricks and Treats, a Kuddos to the Three Amigos and an Heads Up for DemCom 2012...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018224176

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018224177

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021692324

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10132252

Nothing much else but missing you....

[Live and Learn]

23. Mittwit gathered a can of peas for you (bet you never even get it).

Obama, worked to get your power restored and looked oh so Presidential!

Edited to add: Oh yeah, Christi all but endorsed Obama and Obama is now far ahead or Mittwit.

[MelungeonWoman]

40. Bloomberg endorsed Obama, as well.

In his own, unique way.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. "WTF has been goin on since Monday at 8PM?"

Judging from previous NY blackouts I'd say it will be obvious in about 9 months.

[peacebird]

39. LOL! True indeed!

[aquart]

26. Welcome back!

Twitter says mine came on at 4:23 am. I can go home to vote at the LGBT Community Center!

[OKNancy]

31. are you in the West Village?

I'm trying to keep track for my sister who lives there.. She left for a friends ( on 111th).. couldn't take it anymore, but it's an expensive cab ride so she wants to make sure before she takes the trek south.

[aquart]

35. No. I live there but I've been safe and well lit in Bayside since last Friday.

My info comes from #westvillage and @conedison.

[OKNancy]

37. LOL - that's who I've been following too

but I wanted someone I trusted to give me the straight info.
My last text from her said " I want to go home!!!!!!!!!!!"

[MadBadger]

44. My friend in the West Village got power around same time I did

[aquart]

46. Oh, me too. And the cat

I can't link from my Nook but Cuomo officially says we got power.

[AtomicKitten]

28. Woo-hoo!!!

Hope all else is well.

[malaise]

29. Wonderful

[stlsaxman]

30. Welcome back and count your blessings...

less than a week???

[tclambert]

33. Did you hear about the arrival of the alien space ship?

They announced plans to open a string of curio shops near major freeway interchanges. President Obama welcomed them in measured terms and expressed hopes we could build a mutually advantageous relationship. The Romney campaign immediately claimed the Obama administration had improperly handled first contact . . . and we should nuke the aliens.

[Shining Jack]

34. Lol!

[.99center]

36. Ryan told a crowd at an airport “That’s the smell of success isn’t it?"

As the crowd looked at him in confusion, an aide leaned in and was overheard reminding Ryan of his workout earlier.

[cliffordu]

38. NOTE:

Don't eat the mayo that's been in your fridge since last week.


Might wanna chuck them eggs, too.

Welcome back to modern life!!

[etherealtruth]

43. Great news ...

Hoping all is well (no other damage).

[Smarmie Doofus]

45. Mitt Romney wants to help you and your family:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1698151

[Shankapotomus]

48. Hate to be the curator of

the Soho Digital Art Museum in a power failure.

[DonRedwood]

49. welcome back and good morning madbadger!! Obama is pulling ahead :0)