Cash is King
More notes from out and about in Park Slope, Brooklyn (where we've had power since 4:30 a.m.):

There are long lines out the doors at both Chase and Citibank to use their ATMs.

At one store as I was paying, the clerk thanked me for paying in cash. The credit card machine was overwhelmed, she said. I told her the wad of one dollar bills was about the only useful thing I had in my emergency kit. "Cash was king last night," she said.

The local hardware store - which was closed yesterday evening - had a huge line as well. They were out of D batteries but "probably" had the 9-volt battery I needed for my clock radio. I didn't want to wait in the line to find out though.

Overheard -- one woman said there was gunfire in her neighborhood last night and decided to stay in bed.

I dropped off some film to get developed and the guy said he had no idea when it would be ready. They never heard from their regular Kodak pickup today.

And for those of you anxious to hear how my wise old cat is handling the situation, this is for you. Little Zappa (not his real name, but it was supposed to be until he rejected it) has been surprisingly quiet about this thing. He knows something's up. He's normally a chatty cat (especially since we returned from our long trip to England) but he's barely mewed a word since I got home after my subway adventure yesterday.
- posted by Amy @ 8/15/2003 02:38:00 PM