OMG!!!!! I hope everybody from TCS who was affected has their power back on!
Gary, his mom (who is here from Chicago visiting) and I headed into Manahattan yesterday. Went to the office - left Gary there for meetings - headed off to a museum with BJ (his mom).
Met Gary for lunch at 2:00. At 3:00, Gary said - we'd better get going. Traffic'll start to get bad soon, and I'm worried about the power. This time last year, there were rolling brown-outs, and part of the Bronx lost power. Gary's really observant (he was recon & patrol for 6 1/2 years), and in NYC, there are nitrous tanks at almost every corner. They're hooked up to help cool the electric and phone switches. (Anyone been in the city and seen those huge steam vents coming up at the corners? That's what that is). He'd noticed that they had extra ice build-up at the bases, and he literally said, I wouldn't be surprised if the power went out. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We wrapped things up, denied BJ her desert, headed to the parking garage. We were in the car and moving at 3:40. He drove like a madman to the Lincoln Tunnel - and we were on the other side of the Lincoln Tunnel at 4:10. The power went out in the city at 4:15!!!!
Gary wanted to take the day off today, and told everyone that works for us not to come in today. I guess they wouldn't have been able to anyway!
He told our assistant to take off early - and he didn't leave soon enough. He walked down 14 flights of stairs to get out of the building, and walked 40-some blocks to Penn Station - and there were so many people there, he knew not to bother. He slept on the street last night! I didn't hear how he got home, but he got there early this morning.
No one's cellphones are working (ours are Verizon - east NJ numbers - and all we got were different messages - never a line). Our electricity out here was fine as we're on a PA grid, but our phones went out. I don't know if that had anything to do with what was going on or not.
What an exciting story for his mom to share! I'm so glad we didn't get stuck in the city.
None of our Manhattan friends have power back yet. Restaurants/hotels are being encouraged to donate their still good but perishable food for immediate consumption. Friends in Queens still have no power.
NYC has 3 1/2 days of food supply in stores without deliveries. That's something to think about......
Hope everyone affected is OK!!!!!!!
Gary, his mom (who is here from Chicago visiting) and I headed into Manahattan yesterday. Went to the office - left Gary there for meetings - headed off to a museum with BJ (his mom).
Met Gary for lunch at 2:00. At 3:00, Gary said - we'd better get going. Traffic'll start to get bad soon, and I'm worried about the power. This time last year, there were rolling brown-outs, and part of the Bronx lost power. Gary's really observant (he was recon & patrol for 6 1/2 years), and in NYC, there are nitrous tanks at almost every corner. They're hooked up to help cool the electric and phone switches. (Anyone been in the city and seen those huge steam vents coming up at the corners? That's what that is). He'd noticed that they had extra ice build-up at the bases, and he literally said, I wouldn't be surprised if the power went out. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We wrapped things up, denied BJ her desert, headed to the parking garage. We were in the car and moving at 3:40. He drove like a madman to the Lincoln Tunnel - and we were on the other side of the Lincoln Tunnel at 4:10. The power went out in the city at 4:15!!!!
Gary wanted to take the day off today, and told everyone that works for us not to come in today. I guess they wouldn't have been able to anyway!
He told our assistant to take off early - and he didn't leave soon enough. He walked down 14 flights of stairs to get out of the building, and walked 40-some blocks to Penn Station - and there were so many people there, he knew not to bother. He slept on the street last night! I didn't hear how he got home, but he got there early this morning.
No one's cellphones are working (ours are Verizon - east NJ numbers - and all we got were different messages - never a line). Our electricity out here was fine as we're on a PA grid, but our phones went out. I don't know if that had anything to do with what was going on or not.
What an exciting story for his mom to share! I'm so glad we didn't get stuck in the city.
None of our Manhattan friends have power back yet. Restaurants/hotels are being encouraged to donate their still good but perishable food for immediate consumption. Friends in Queens still have no power.
NYC has 3 1/2 days of food supply in stores without deliveries. That's something to think about......
Hope everyone affected is OK!!!!!!!