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I know this is off topic.
If my electric go out for days. Is the electric company going to replace all the home grown beef and my store bought ice cream?
Reggie wrote:I know this is off topic.
If my electric go out for days. Is the electric company going to replace all the home grown beef and my store bought ice cream?
And who's going to take care of the smell? Beef is just plain putrid when it rots. UGH!!! :p
In New York city once there was a long outage, and people were having parties and sharing ice cream, making hamburgers and steaks, etc., having one big block party. It was pretty awesome. I think if people just let others know their power is down and they have fully loaded fridges and freezers, parties could be organized to eat all the food before it rots.
Oooooh... I remember two big NYC blackouts: The first was 1965? We were living in an apartment complex in South Queens that had their own power generation. It was awesome to look out the window and see darkness all the way to JFK.
The second I would have to say was 1977, because it was in that ESPN Yankees doc. Dunno about cookouts, but there was a lot of looting that night. I just remember it because I was on my way to see Todd Rundgren at the Asbury Park Convention Center, and there were zero NYC FM radio stations on the air.
I think the one I remember was the one in the 70s, and yes, there was a lot of looting, but also oddly, a lot of community spirit. I was in Manhattan at the time, and the cookouts were surreal but also very cool. And yes, seeing NYC without lights was also surreal.
Edit: I also remember a big outage in the early 2000s. 2003??
Edit number deux: The 1965 outage.
