The blurb in this Gawker entry literally made me laugh out loud. And the video's not so bad either: Queens Politicians Stick "Kick Me" Sign On Mayor's Back
When I was walking home from the subway last night, I rounded the corner to see ConEd crews working on my very own street. My pulse quickened. Before I reached home, a neighbor had called out to me that our power was back. Indeed! I ran around the apartment (after
New York Times: Mayor Continues to Defend Chairman of Con Edison "I think Kevin Burke deserves a thanks from this city," Mr. Bloomberg said. "He's worked as hard as he can every single day since then, as has everybody at Con Ed. And itââ
The first photo says it all: Gothamist: Queens Blackout, Day 8
Hell, at night there's very little of anything in sight: Power Failure Lingers as Storm Slows Repairs The police presence in the neighborhood is very impressive. So are the ConEd work crews we've seen plowing through the roadbeds of many streets in Astoria. I saw a
I'm afraid we're not surprised by this, but at least everyone seems to be paying attention now: Queens Blackout May Last Through the Weekend And it only took four days of complaining! (Via █████.)
But sometimes our mayor is pretty funny, as in this bit from AM New York: "The sad thing is, this shouldn't have happened," Bloomberg said. "We don't know why, but the most important thing—make sure nobody dies or gets hurt and then
ConEd's statement: NEW YORK - Con Edison wants its customers in Northwest Queens to know that our crews are doing everything possible to restore power to its customers affected by the recent heat wave. The damage to our equipment was significant and extensive. We worked very closely with
No power until next week? So says Gothamist. Jesus!
When you call ConEd today, they'll report an 8% voltage reduction in northwestern Queens. In our bit of Astoria, though, it's more like 8% voltage period. For a couple of days now, throughout the heat wave, our power has flickered from time to time. We had
Today is the day for viewing a crosstown sunset: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060712.html As long as it's not cloudy out west, of course!
So I looked online to find out which post office is closest to my new office. Then I set out through the heavy Queens-Midtown Tunnel–bound traffic to walk there. I needed to get there by 5:00 to put a story in the mail. Turns out that the post
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