Blackout 2003 update
Aug. 15th, 2003 07:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lesliepearGood morning. I've made it safely home from NYC after the big blackout.
When the power went out in our office around 4:10, we thought it was due to construction in our office or something. Went down 5 flights of dark stairs (must yell at office manager about non working emergency lights) and some of the company gathered in our emergency spot (must mention we need to follow emergency proceedures) and then people started to leave for home.
I ended up wandering around Port Authority (where NJ buses leave from) for sometime with a coworker who lives near me. We ended up finally getting on a ferry after 8PM to Weehawken, NJ. We met someone who lived in my coworkers town and they gave me a ride to my car and a my coworker a ride home. I briefly got in touch on a cell with my mother in law whom I sent to pick up Alan - I had no idea where DH was and if he'd gotten Alan.
Made it home around 9:30. DH (Mark) had picked up Alan and he was asleep when I got home (good boy). My mother in law had also come by earlier and they fed Alan dinner. Mark had briefly lost power in Central NJ (New Providence) but got home safely with no problems.
Went to sleep, but DH hadn't changed Alan before bed. Sometime during the night Alan cried, and I changed him by flashlight, he was soaked. He spend the rest of the night in my bed :)
Power came on at 4:20 or so. DH went on the internet after that (he couldn't sleep).
I spoke to my boss this AM, I don't have to go into NYC - DH left for his job since he's in NJ. Alan's in the living room watching TV. The 2 PBS stations aren't working, Disney channel has no sound, so he's watching the hamster cartoon on the Cartoon Network.
It kind of reminds me of 9/11 - but unlike 9/11 I wasn't on jury duty :(
I can't believe after the blackouts of 1965 and 1978 that the power grid failed so drastically!
When the power went out in our office around 4:10, we thought it was due to construction in our office or something. Went down 5 flights of dark stairs (must yell at office manager about non working emergency lights) and some of the company gathered in our emergency spot (must mention we need to follow emergency proceedures) and then people started to leave for home.
I ended up wandering around Port Authority (where NJ buses leave from) for sometime with a coworker who lives near me. We ended up finally getting on a ferry after 8PM to Weehawken, NJ. We met someone who lived in my coworkers town and they gave me a ride to my car and a my coworker a ride home. I briefly got in touch on a cell with my mother in law whom I sent to pick up Alan - I had no idea where DH was and if he'd gotten Alan.
Made it home around 9:30. DH (Mark) had picked up Alan and he was asleep when I got home (good boy). My mother in law had also come by earlier and they fed Alan dinner. Mark had briefly lost power in Central NJ (New Providence) but got home safely with no problems.
Went to sleep, but DH hadn't changed Alan before bed. Sometime during the night Alan cried, and I changed him by flashlight, he was soaked. He spend the rest of the night in my bed :)
Power came on at 4:20 or so. DH went on the internet after that (he couldn't sleep).
I spoke to my boss this AM, I don't have to go into NYC - DH left for his job since he's in NJ. Alan's in the living room watching TV. The 2 PBS stations aren't working, Disney channel has no sound, so he's watching the hamster cartoon on the Cartoon Network.
It kind of reminds me of 9/11 - but unlike 9/11 I wasn't on jury duty :(
I can't believe after the blackouts of 1965 and 1978 that the power grid failed so drastically!
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Date: 2003-08-15 05:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-15 07:29 am (UTC)I guess you can relax now and enjoy this unexpected day home with your son! Have fun!
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Date: 2003-08-15 08:11 am (UTC)Sept. 11 wasn't far from my thoughts yesterday either. My parents, in central NY, had low power, and my sister in Albany didn't have any.
Hope today is better!