This is Saturday's paper- too funny the 3 "Z"s. Is it part of the Z3 conspiracy?
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630pm-Styvesant
town, the next complex over, has apparently gone begging for water.
We always thought being next door to ConEd meant we'd be the first
to have power and the last to lose it. Surprise. And I didn't think
about losing water in the apartment. Now I understand the water
gets pumped up to water towers and then comes down with gravity.
I don't even remember our building having a water tower. I can see
them on top of the other buildings like Petticoat Junction.
No matter what, in a couple hours the food will all be bad, I'm
hot and gross, the water I have can't last forever. I am glad I
ate last night. Everything in the fridge is spoiled, only possibly
the food in the freezer is OK. One toilet wont flush, the other
i am saving, hoping it will work if i need to flush it. The floor
is actually cool. I worry about Freddie. Is he drinking water? He's
just a kitten only a alive a few weeks, no habits of drinking. He's
been spoiled by his fountain, turning up his nose at a dish of water.
I trick him into drinking be putting his toy in the water- he laps
up the water trying to get to the toy.
I brushed my teeth with mouthwash.
The Con Ed people, the mayor, no one is making ANY commitment about
when the power will be back on. Zero news. I am using up old alkaline
batteries some of which have power well past their expiry date-
June 1996.
This now officially sucks.
I wish there was something good to listen to on the radio- but i
don't even try to find it. I wish there was a storytelling channel.
I wonder if CNN and those types are covering this.
I start getting serious about bailing out. Can I get my car out
of the garage? I haven't called the front desk or the garage, figuring
they had enough emergencies to deal with. The radio and the mayor
are saying that some "affected areas" wont have power by the end
of the weekend, they said that 85% of the city is back online- that's
BULL! I am now getting scared. I'm glad I had practiced exiting
using the stairs before, I wonder if they will be dark. Leaving's
a one shot deal, because I have to bring the cat and our gear with
us if we go, or else face carrying it all back up 15 flights of
stairs, if we can't.
I call the garage- no problem! They have been open all the time,
I can wait until it's dark and cool and get outta town. |
