Blackout

Chatting with a friend who survived the Great Northeast Power Outage of '03:

the reporters were saying that the new yorkers rise up to the occasion once again

i just said, look, no more occasions, okay. i've had it with occasions

go mess with ohio or something

All I know is, I'm glad I no longer live in my 11th-floor apartment. Would be a long walk home. At least on the West Coast they warn you about the rolling power failures -- we've got a much better handle on 3rd-world infrastructure coping mechanisms.