[SamAdams76]

Interesting question. Right now, everything looks stable in NYC. Huge throngs of people are calmly moving through the streets of NYC. For those unfamiliar with NYC, the vast majority of commuters take the trains into Manhattan and now they are out of luck. We are talking millions of people who are going to have to find an alternate way home. Many of them live 20 miles or more away from the city so it's not as if they can just cross a bridge and walk home (though many can who live in Brooklyn, Queens, etc.).

If power is not restored right away, many people are going to have a hard time getting home tonight.

Here in Boston, we have full power. I wonder why we are not blacked out as well as I believed we were all on the same grid (not that I'm complaining).

[July 4th]

That was nice...FOX off the air for 5 secs.

[mlbford2]

Yeah, it should be interesting in the projects tonight. You know how they like to burn their own dwellings and busineses down.

[pt17]

Here in Boston, we have full power

How are you Sam? We're still OK west of you but I've got the generator ready just in case.

[Timesink]

If power is not restored right away, many people are going to have a hard time getting home tonight.

I'll be quite surprised if the power is back on tonight. Massive cascading failures like this are usually a Major Ass to fix. I'd speculate it'll be at least the middle of the night before it comes back up; it could even take a couple days.