DAY TWO In Manhattan, the sun is rising but the lights are still out.
Posted on 08/15/2003 11:35:58 AM PDT by finnman69
DAY TWO In Manhattan, the sun is rising but the lights are still out.
Commuters sleep on the steps of the Post Office on 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue in New York during the early hours of Friday, after being stranded by the city's electrical blackout.
A huge power failure swept through parts of the Northeast, Midwest and Canada on Thursday, shutting down trains, subways and airports from New York City to Detroit, forcing people into the streets.
At the ferry terminal on west 38th St., thousands of people without access to the subways and trains flocked to catch ferries, creating another form of gridlock.
Passengers on the downtown A train were stuck underground for two hours before being led out by MTA employees.
Waterway buses to Weehawken were filled to capacity.
Transit workers escorted riders off a subway car on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Pedestrians clogged the Brooklyn Bridge as the power outage brought life to a standstill.
Dozens of people at the Lincoln Tunnel jumped on a truck to get a ride through the tunnel to New Jersey.The police made them all get off the truck.
The hallways of Saint Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan were dark after the blackout. Power generators lit emergency and patient care areas.
The whole of the city was dark and the setting sun painted one building.
Aug. 14: The darkened New York City skyline contrasts with a twilight sky.
Aug. 14: Passengers stand while stranded on a subway train in New York City.
Aug. 14: Pedestrians and vehicles cross New York's Brooklyn Bridge after a massive power outage.
Aug. 14: The Empire State Building looms over a darkened New York City skyline.
Aug. 14: Passengers climb down from a subway train in New York City.
Aug. 14: New Yorkers ride a public bus amid darkened buildings in Manhattan.
Aug. 14: Thousands of pedestrians make their way onto the 59th Street Queensborough Bridge in Manhattan.
A taxi moves down Broadway through a dark Times Square at dawn on Friday.
A woman stranded in New York's Grand Central Terminal finds a place to sleep on a countertop early Friday.
Cyclists pass by police at an intersection in midtown Manhattan as huge power blackouts hit New York and other major cities across the northeast United States and Canada.(AFP/Mandel Ngan
Cars head over the Brooklyn Bridge beside a blacked out New York City skyline. Top New York officials said that Canada had been the source of the huge power outages that hit the northeast United States and Ontario.(AFP/Spencer Platt)
Jeremy Duranczau(r) and Neil Holt, from Bowling Green, Kentucky sit stranded in New York's darkened Times Square early August 15, 2003. hundreds of tired, haggard-looking commuters left stranded by the blackout awoke from their makeshift beds, lumbering into the dim light of the rising sun. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
Motorists and pedestrians jam traffic on the Brooklyn bridge after a power outage in New York. A fire in a power plant in upstate New York sparked the massive blackout across the northeastern United States and southern Canada.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)
Patrons sit outside of a cafe on Fifth Avenue in New York City August 15, 2003 after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked New York and other major U.S. and Canadian cities. Restaurants and Cafe's in New York brought tables out to the sidewalks due to lack of lights and air conditioning. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen
Commuters sleep on the steps of the General Post Office in New York early Friday morning, Aug. 15, 2003 after being stranded because of the city's electrical blackout. The blackout, which affected everything from trains to mobile phones, occurred across much of northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
View of a blacked out New York city skyline during a power outage. The price of reference Brent North Sea crude oil rose 35 cents per barrel to 29.22 dollars on nervousness about massive power outages in North America.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)
A woman swings a light about her head to attract the attention of passing taxis in New York City. Analysts said the blackouts will deal a huge financial blow, creating havoc on airlines, thawing frozen goods and shutting out masses of workers(AFP/Mandel
Will Hay, from Manhattan, sits on pole in the middle of Times Square around 3 a.m. in the morning as a power outage shut down the Eastern Seaboard August 15, 2003. In New York's Times Square on Friday, hundreds of tired, haggard-looking commuters left stranded by the blackout awoke from their makeshift beds, lumbering into the dim light of the rising sun.REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Diners at a bistro continue with their meal under candlelight in downtown New York. Huge power blackouts paralyzed New York and other major cities across the northeast United States and Canada after a massive failure of the regional electrical supply system(AFP/Mandel Ngan
Email this slideshow Blacked out New York City with only a few lights in buildings and moving traffic lighting the dark streets. A failure in a power plant in upstate New York near the Canadian border triggered a massive blackout Thursday across the northeastern United States and southern Canada(AFP/Mandel Ngan)
People lay stranded outside the Times Square Marriot around 3 a.m. in the morning as a power outage shut down the Eastern Seaboard August 15, 2003. More than 12 hours after the biggest North American power outage in history left huge swaths of the Northeast in sweltering darkness, much of New York and its suburbs were still without electricity. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
People lay stranded in the entrance to Grand Central Station around 3 a.m. in the morning during a power outage in New York August 15, 2003. More than 12 hours after the biggest North American power outage in history left huge swaths of the Northeast in sweltering darkness, much of New York and its suburbs were still without electricity. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Too busy signing books and blaming the Bush administration to bother with such trivial little details....
Email this slideshow Seen from Jersey City, New Jersey, the lights of a New York Waterways ferry streak across the water in front of the darkened New York Manhattan skyline after a massive power outage hit the Northeast on August 14, 2003. On New York City's darkest night in more than a quarter century, thousands of residents, stranded suburban commuters and tourists set up camp wherever they could early Friday in a desperate attempt to catch some shut-eye. Photo by Tony Kurdzuk/Reuters
Jersey City, N.J. commuters exit and enter the Waterway Ferry at Grand Street. in Jersey City N.J. , Friday, Aug., 15, 2003. Thursday's power outage caused commuter rail and bus lines to operate on limited schedules and officials said ferry traveler was lower than usual (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)
People sleep on the floor of New York's Grand Central Terminal early August 15, 2003 after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked New York City and other major U.S. and Canadian cities. Thousands of people waited for trains that could not run due to the outage. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen
Email this slideshow A woman sleeps on the floor of New York's Grand Central Terminal early August 15, 2003 after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked New York City and other major U.S. and Canadian cities. The clock shows the time the power went out in New York City as 4:10 PM on August 14. Thousands of people waited for trains that could not run due to the outage. REUTERS/Jeff Christensen
Email this slideshow A line of several hundred people wait for busses in New York on August 15, 2003. Most train service ws knocked out after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked out New York and other major U.S. and Canadian cities on August 14. The commuters shown here, many of whom spent last night in the city, were boarding busses that would take them to a connection with a deisel powered train outside the city. REUTERS/Peter Morgan
Commuters sleep on the steps of the Post Office on 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue in New York during the early hours of Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 after being stranded following the city's electrical blackout. The blackout occurred across much of northeastern United States and Canada. (AP Photo/ Mike Appleton)
A news vendor works by candlelight in New York's Times Square shortly after midnight Friday, Aug. 15, 2003. A power outage hit most of northeastern United States Thursday afternoon, leaving the city in the dark. (AP Photo/Joe Kohen)
People gather near a police emergency truck in Times Square in New York early August 15, 2003 after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked out New York and other major U.S. and Canadian cities. Millions of people were left in the dark and thousands of commuters were stranded
Email this slideshow People move around without the convenience of electricity during a blackout in New York on August 14, 2003. After the biggest power outage in U.S. history struck late Thursday afternoon, many people were stranded without lodging and forced to make beds of newspaper, cardboard or clothing and camp out on sidewalks, office building foyers, parking garages and church pews amid the clawing humidity. REUTERS/Chip East
People with no place to go after they were not allowed into their hotel, the Marriott Marquis in New York's Times Square, wait on the sidewalk outside of the hotel early Friday morning Aug. 15, 2003, following a massive power outage that darkened much of the northern United States. (AP Photo/Joe Kohen)
People fill the street in Herald Square in New York August 14, 2003 after a blackout hit the city. Massive power outages hit New York and other cities in the northeastern United States and Canada, trapping thousands in crowded subways and forcing the evacuation of office buildings. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)
Traffic trying to leave New York City crawls up Lexington Avenue after the city suffered an electrical blackout August 14, 2003. Sweltering New Yorkers were hit by a giant power blackout that covered the much of the Northeast part of the country and stranded thousands of commuters, trapped subway riders underground and evoked fearful memories of the September 11 attacks.
That's true, but honestly I think a lot of credit should go to Rudy Guiliani, who made NYC a radically more decent and civilized city altogether in his wake.
That must be one heck of a commute!
Email this slideshow Emergency lights illuminate the front of the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites) in New York early on August 15, 2003 after a blackout hit the city. The blackout stranded thousands of commuters, trapped subway riders underground and evoked fearful memories of the Sept. 11 attacks. City and federal officials moved quickly to assure the public that sabotage was not to blame. 'There is no evidence whatsoever of terrorism,' said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)
Email this slideshow Pedestrians leaving Manhattan flood New York's 59th St. Bridge to Queens Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003, in New York, after a power blackout crippled the city. The outage, which affected everything from mobile phones to traffic lights, occurred across much of northeastern United States and Canada. (A Photo/Tina Fineberg
The moon rises over the Manhattan Bridge in New York August 14, 2003 after a blackout hit the city. The blackout stranded thousands of commuters, trapped subway riders underground and evoked fearful memories of the Sept. 11 attacks. City and federal officials moved quickly to assure the public that sabotage was not to blame. 'There is no evidence whatsoever of terrorism,' said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. REUTERS/Peter Morgan
Traffic snakes down the F.D.R. Drive in New York August 14, 2003 after a blackout hit the city. The blackout stranded thousands of commuters, trapped subway riders underground and evoked fearful memories of the Sept. 11 attacks. City and federal officials moved quickly to assure the public that sabotage was not to blame. 'There is no evidence whatsoever of terrorism,' said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. REUTERS/Peter Morgan
Email this slideshow Twilight covers New York and the Empire State Building in this southern view from the 65th floor of the GE Building, after a massive blackout knocked out power Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003. Some buildings had backup generators to provide power. (AP Photo/Andrew Landis)
Email this slideshow New York police officers on horses patrol Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th streets in Manhattan, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003, after a massive power blackout. (AP Photo/Chistie Johnston)
People walks across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York August 14, 2003 after a blackout hit the city. The blackout stranded thousands of commuters, trapped subway riders underground and evoked fearful memories of the Sept. 11 attacks. City and federal officials moved quickly to assure the public that sabotage was not to blame. 'There is no evidence whatsoever of terrorism,' said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. REUTERS/Peter Morgan
People walk over the Brooklyn Bridge in lower Manhattan in New York during a massive power outage August 14, 2003. Sweltering New Yorkers were hit by a giant power blackout on Thursday that stranded thousands of commuters, trapped subway riders underground and evoked fearful memories of the September 11 attacks. REUTERS/Peter Morgan
A man buys a newspaper outside of New York's Penn Station August 15, 2003, after the biggest power outage in North American history blacked out New York and other major U.S. and Canadian cities. Millions of Americans and Canadians struggled to recover from the outage as authorities probed the cause of the breakdown and raised questions about the vulnerability of an aging electricity infrastructure. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)
New York Skyline, 1:00 am Friday Aug 15
A sign on a downtown Cleveland business gives notice to patrons Friday, Aug. 15, 2003, the business is still affected by a power outage. The city is slowly restoring power and water after a massive power outage struck Cleveland as well as other parts of the Northeast, Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
sooooooooo Soylent Green aint it?
The sun rises over the skyline of the Upper West Side of Manhattan as seen from Weehawken, N.J., on Friday.
Stranded commuters wait in the darkened entrance of Grand Central Station on Thursday.
People make their way down a darkened stairway at an office building in Newark, N.J., Thursday. The widespread power outage stopped the elevators.
Tomas Andreda, left, and Nancy Acosta, center, were among those who turned to a pay phone to call family from after the blackout hit New York City on Thursday.
Traffic trying to leave New York City crawls up Lexington Avenue after the blackout hit Thursday afternoon.
People scrambled at a hardware store in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, hoping to power their flashlights before nightfall.
People flock over the Brooklyn Bridge during the outage in New York on Thursday.
A police officer carries a child as transit officials and police help passengers walk along subway tracks at the Shea Stadium/Willets Point subway station in the Queens borough of New York on Thursday.
People attempt to board the back of a crowded Manhattan bus during the power outage in New York on Thursday. Buses were packed to capacity after the subway lines closed down due to the outage.
The Upper West Side of Manhattan is seen from a Weehawken, N.J., park Thursday after the largest power blackout in U.S. history rolled across a vast swath of the northern United States and southern Canada.
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