Greetings from New York City!

[NYC]

My battery is dead, but I borrowed my friend's laptop, so I'm connected for possibly two hours.

Lots and lots of pedestrians all over the place. Traffic is dying down in midtown Manhattan.

No real news. Any people who live in high-rise buildings where water is electrically pumped should fill pots, buckets, the bath tub, etc. with water.

Good luck to all. It's hot as hell.

[West Coast Democrat]

1. How long has the power been out?

How many hours?

[TeeYiYi]

2. Hang in there NYC. Thanks for posting. ........n/t

TYY

[hedda_foil]

3. Thanks for checking in NYC

I've been thinking about you ever since the news broke that the grid was down. Take good care of yourself, girlfriend.

love,
hedda

[FlashHarry]

4. Are you on a dialup?

I doubt cable/dsl modems would be working.

[Friar]

5. hang in there dude.

Still, CA's recall's not as funny as a power outage. :silly:

[Clete]

6. Hi there. Good to hear you are all right.

Try to keep cool and drink lots of fluid.

[Generic Other]

7. Our own DU on the spot correspondant!

New Yorkers are being very calm. Good luck and keep reporting in to us!

[salin]

8. Thanks for the first person account

are things pretty calm or a bit frenetic?

Thank for checking in. Glad you are well!

[NYC]

10. Calm.

It's hot as hell, and people are walking -- home, if they can.

Wait to hear from Nostamj. He has a fairly LONG walk home, esp. in this heat.

[NYC]

9. I am on dial up.

Never before was that a good thing.

Fewer cars on Lexington Avenue. Lack of traffic is causing eerie "quiet". Very nice.

Still lots of pedestrians, but not as densely packed as before. They're walking on the sidewalks and in the avenues. Everything moving slowly without traffic lights.

Hospitals have generators. The fire dept. was called for people stuck in tall bldg. elevators.

I don't know what time it started. I had just arrived home. It hit my living room before the traffic light. When I saw that, I scrambled for water.

In tall bldgs., water is electrically pumped. Water tower on roof, once drained will remain empty.

Took flashlight to friend's apt. to get his laptop. My battery is "non working", has been that way for a long time.

I would guess that this started around 4 p.m., but I don't know. A friend called from Florida to give me some news. I thought it was local. So many sirens, fire cars (not trucks) and ambulances to Grand Central made me think a fire there had closed down electricity to my neighborhood. Who knew?

I'll be coming back later for updates if I don't exhaust the battery.

P.S. Still hot as hell.

[indictrichardperle]

11. hey NYC

i thought of you too, when i heard the news. Funny though, i thought "well NYC and the other NY DUers wont be online tonight".......:D

[NYC]

12. Ha!

What's the saying? "You can't keep a good man down." Something like that. I'll last as long as my friend's battery lasts.

I guess I'll look into replacing my battery. Could come in handy, along with a transistor radio. :hi:

[NYC]

13. 25 minutes remaining on battery.

Checking out now. All is quiet.

Will return in a few hours for a short update. Bye. :hi:

[spanone]

14. You'll be glad to know that your presidents in CA. $2,000 a pop

A fund raiser. Wonder how much he pockets of that?

[bpilgrim]

15. it's great to hear from you NYC

:bounce:

glad to hear you are online and safe :loveya:

peace

[markses]

16. Brooklyn Check In

There's a 300 pound local kid wearing an orange vest and directing traffic on 5th Ave. He's drinking a beer discretely covered by a paper bag, and appears quite tanked.

Love NYC.

BTW - Stores here are closing down early. I'm out to the stoop to watch festivities.