BLACKOUT 2003

Of course I need to write about this blackout thingamajig that happened on August 14, 2003 at 4:15 PM EST. What else is there to hock about anyway?
Where were you when the lights just shut down and NYC stopped running? Where were you when the lights started to flicker and the elevators stopped running with people inside? Where were you when trains stopped moving, and people walked down 20+ floors to leave their buildings...where were YOU???
The latest news. Breaking news. Miraculously the news were running, they didn’t seem to be affected by the blackout that affected about ¼ of the USA. They were still able to communicate with the rest of us who were in cars, or had battery operated radios, and chose to listen to what was going on.
For those of you, who were NOT affected by this, let me tell you what happened. About 4:15 on Thursday, you probably noticed that a lot of hockers vanished from various web sites hashkafah.com , and others? Do you think all of the NY’ers signed off at the same time? Yeah, right!
Well it seemed that a TREE feel in OHIO and that caused the blackout in NY, NJ, Ohio, Michigan, Canada, Connecticut and I am sure I am leaving places out, but you get the drift. NO LIGHTS, no computers, no internet (gasp!!) till …well…that all depends on where you live.
NJ got light Thursday night before midnight. Boro Park got electricity back 12 hours later, around 4am, Flatbush, well they were sitting in the dark when Shabbos came in along with Williamsburg. Michigan, they don’t even have running water…let alone electricity for the entire Shabbos. Never were the words “VYEHI OHR” mean so much to us in the 2000 generation. Who would ever think that such would happen in the year 2003??? Not I for one! Never in a million years would it cross my mind that the electricity would go out like that without notice and no one knows why. I mean, come on! It is the year 2003, and we should have backups in case something like this does happen, but, you gotta admit, it is a good story to pass on to your kids…Remember that Thursday night..erev Shabbos when there was a blackout? We were grilling food for Shabbos to eat? I walked down 16 flights just to get to my car and drive home in traffic with NO traffic lights. The Garden State Parkway tolls were for free! The tunnels were all CLOSED because there was no electricity….the MILK situation is horrendous…wow we have great stories to pass on.
“When Zaidy was young…this is how he lived…You think he had electricity and the like, nope! Bedtime was when it got too dark to do anything. Outhouses were exactly that.” Go figure. We were experience life before electricity, and we DO NOT like it, not one little bit!
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