Blackout Diary
Aug. 17th, 2003 03:16 am( So where were WE when the lights went out? (LONG!) )
All in all, I'd have to say we were damned lucky. We weren't trapped for hours on a subway or elevator, we didn't have to walk many miles over the Brooklyn Bridge to get home like a lot of folks did, and we didn't have to figure out how to get into town to get to our jobs the next day like a bellhop at our hotel. Whatever discomforts I mention, I acknowledge they pale before those who endured much much more just trying to live another day in the Big Apple...
All in all, I'd have to say we were damned lucky. We weren't trapped for hours on a subway or elevator, we didn't have to walk many miles over the Brooklyn Bridge to get home like a lot of folks did, and we didn't have to figure out how to get into town to get to our jobs the next day like a bellhop at our hotel. Whatever discomforts I mention, I acknowledge they pale before those who endured much much more just trying to live another day in the Big Apple...