Morning Power Update
Power came on at 4:30 a.m. here in Park Slope. Things still seem to be OK, but with a few exceptions.

-- My Time Warner digital cable is out so I have no TV at all.
-- The Time Warner Roadrunner internet connection was very unstable this morning. Finally hooked up to their dial-up connection and thinks are now fine.

-- Our morning papers weren't delivered - NYT and the Wall Street Journal. (Update: The Journal did indeed arrive. I'd forgotten they've been dropping it off in the lobby lately rather than at our door. I just went out front and the WSJ was there.)

-- Can't access voice mail through Verizon. It indicates I have a message. (Probably the person who called around 2 a.m. and I couldn't get to the phone in time since I was slow to recognize the crazy Chinese ringer.)

I've just listened to Mayor Bloomberg on the radio. He says the subways will probably not be running by this evening. And the beaches will remain closed due to possible sewage contamination caused by the blackout.

One other thing -- last night I walked outside around midnight to take in the darkness. I looked up and could see stars. I got giddy. Stars, here! So I went back in to get some water and my cell phone and took my flashlight up to Prospect park. I thought there might be people hanging around there to look at the sky. I got there and it was just dark and creepy. So I walked up to Grand Army Plaza, where cops were directing traffic and giant floodlights were working. Then I realized the groups of people coming up Flatbush through the plaza were actually headed home from work. They were carrying backpacks, computer bags and things like that. Then I started thinking how lucky I was that I spent my two hours in the subway in a car that was only a mile from my house. It's entirely possible the people I saw at midnight had been in a subway 80 or 90 blocks higher up in Manhattan.

- posted by Amy @ 8/15/2003 08:56:00 AM