NYC Blackout
NYC Blackout
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 11:11amIt's been five years since the 2003 blackout. August 14, 2003.
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Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#2re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 12:31pmWow, it feels like just yesterday.
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Chance
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Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#4re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 4:57pmQuite a snapshot of the era, actually. Close enough to 9/1l to give us the heebeejeebies about terorism, but then, once fears were displaced, a party night that harked back to a festive pre-9/11 New York City atmosphere. I'd only moved out of NY a year before, and in that day, was trapped in the city and ended up having a wonderful, memorable time.
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#5re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 5:05pmThis got "Blackout" from ITH stuck in my head.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I?
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
#6re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 5:13pm
Auggie, that was my experience, too.
Took a bottle of champagne from the non-working fridge and went to the park--with my portable DVD player! I was very popular.
But trying to sleep with no AC or fan was less fun.
#7re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 5:16pm
BLACKOUT! BLACKOUT!
Nina where'd you go... has anyone seen Bennyyyyy
we are powerless... :)
great song. want to go back to ITH soon.
#8re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 7:25pm
I can't find Usnavi!
Look at the fireworks!
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#9re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 10:13pmThere was an article in the newspaper today about how we now should be more prepared for things like this. Like it said that we could have another one, but bigger, and our use of electricity is expected to go up.
"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005
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#10re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 11:25pmI was in NYC in 1977 when they had a HUGE blackout. It was very sad and disturbing to see all the looting that was going on.
#11re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 11:28pmThat was what was so great about the 2003 one. There was very little.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#12re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/14/08 at 11:37pm
This thread title brought ITH to mind for me as well.
"The blackout goes on and on..."
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Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
#13re: NYC Blackout
Posted: 8/15/08 at 1:50am
I was one of the fortunate ones. I was home sitting on the couch watching Trading Spaces. True story.
Was anyone stuck in the subway or an elevator? Those are probably the worst places to get stuck in in a blackout.
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