Power finally came back on the Upper East Side above 77th St. at 6:00pm
I was quite chagrined to walk around today and see power restored South of here, North of here and west of here.
When I got home from work yesterday, I made sure my elderly aunt was OK (She had just returned from shopping when it hit. If she was 10 minutes later, she would have been stranded downstairs)
After I filled up every pot in the house with water, checked my ramen noodle supply, and opened the windows, there was nothing to do but go out drinking. Only took me 5 blocks to find a place with a backup generator.
I used a small pocket knife to cut my pant legs off for the walk home (7 miles) and a small keychain LED to find my way around the house- both items found in the NRA catalog for under 20$ each. Membership has it's priveledges. (sp)
We burned my baptismal candles last night, not quite the holy occasion that one would ideally put blessed candles to use, but that's OK.
You'd be surprised how refreshed one can get taking a mock shower with 2 pots of water and a washcloth.
Work tommorrow has been cancelled (Yee hah)
Ah! We're in the same neighborhood. Thought you were downtown.
Thanks for your interesting story (way back in post #3485)! Glad your aunt is OK... what great timing.
Oh, I know all about this. Although we didn't lose power at all yesterday (lights just flickered), we live in the woods and have well water. When the power goes out (often in the dead of winter) so does the water! :-(
Give me "city water" any day!