One hears that New York was very civilized amid this very interesting event. This was contrasted with the outage in 1997 when there was $150 million worth of looting and property damage. The difference was attributed to the effect of 9/11. Does this make sense to you New Yorkers? Very interested to hear how that experience went.
I'm not sure why there wasn't much looting this time. There was major police presence on the streets of Bkyln. There isn't as much crime in the city as there was in '77 overall. There is the effect of 9/11 too, I'm sure a lot of people were remembering 9/11 as they walked home through the city once again.
I walked from 34th/8th ave home to Brooklyn over the Williamsburg Bridge. My feet were a little sore, but it wasn't so bad. People were pretty mellow. That night the streets had a crazy feeling to them. Pitch black night with the only light from auto headlights casting everything in these crazy angles. The Hungry Marching Band was marching through the streets of my neighborhood and people were sitting on the sidewalks outside of the bars drinking beer. It was a festive mood really. Hot as hell to sleep tho.
But I'm very angry about it. Some heads should roll, this sort of blackout is completely unacceptable. What idiots designed this system? Who was testing it? Total bullshit!
On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 08:12 PM, Jim Andrews wrote:
> One hears that New York was very civilized amid this very interesting > event. > This was contrasted with the outage in 1997 when there was $150 million > worth of looting and property damage. The difference was attributed to > the > effect of 9/11. Does this make sense to you New Yorkers? Very > interested to > hear how that experience went. > > ja > > > + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup > -> post: [email protected] > -> questions: [email protected] > -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support > + > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the > Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php > > – <t.whid> www.mteww.com </t.whid>
> > http://salsabomb.com/nyc/ > > > > > > Hope you all enjoyed the view while you could. > > > > -e.
ha. i right clicked to view source and found i'd clicked on a picture. but right clicking a bit to the edge did reveal the source. wonder whether the source/cause of the view will so easily be found.
> hi Jim, > > i think you're thinking of the blackout of '77?
There was talk on the news of a long one in 77 and a shorter one in 97 that was associated with a lot of property damage and looting. If I'm not mistaken, the 97 one that lasted 25 minutes was associated with $150 million in damages. Or was that the 77 one?
> I'm not sure why there wasn't much looting this time. There was major > police presence on the streets of Bkyln. There isn't as much crime in > the city as there was in '77 overall. There is the effect of 9/11 too, > I'm sure a lot of people were remembering 9/11 as they walked home > through the city once again. > > I walked from 34th/8th ave home to Brooklyn over the Williamsburg > Bridge. My feet were a little sore, but it wasn't so bad. People were > pretty mellow. That night the streets had a crazy feeling to them. > Pitch black night with the only light from auto headlights casting > everything in these crazy angles. The Hungry Marching Band was marching > through the streets of my neighborhood and people were sitting on the > sidewalks outside of the bars drinking beer. It was a festive mood > really. Hot as hell to sleep tho.
I imagine there were more than a few intense dramas and severe difficulties, like Liza's with a sick child.
But it sounds like there was also considerable festivity and a sense of the people of the city, not solely its imposing structures. New York unplugged and by candlelight on a hot summer night. There'll be lots of good ink spilled as a result of this one.
And so fine that it was without mass mayhem. Pretty classy.
> But I'm very angry about it. Some heads should roll, this sort of > blackout is completely unacceptable. What idiots designed this system? > Who was testing it? Total bullshit!
Yes, quite the screw up. Too many Windows machines, maybe.
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Eryk Salvaggio wrote:
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> http://salsabomb.com/nyc/
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> Hope you all enjoyed the view while you could.
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> -e.
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Thanks, I had 'fun
One hears that New York was very civilized amid this very interesting event.
This was contrasted with the outage in 1997 when there was $150 million
worth of looting and property damage. The difference was attributed to the
effect of 9/11. Does this make sense to you New Yorkers? Very interested to
hear how that experience went.
ja
hi Jim,
i think you're thinking of the blackout of '77?
I'm not sure why there wasn't much looting this time. There was major
police presence on the streets of Bkyln. There isn't as much crime in
the city as there was in '77 overall. There is the effect of 9/11 too,
I'm sure a lot of people were remembering 9/11 as they walked home
through the city once again.
I walked from 34th/8th ave home to Brooklyn over the Williamsburg
Bridge. My feet were a little sore, but it wasn't so bad. People were
pretty mellow. That night the streets had a crazy feeling to them.
Pitch black night with the only light from auto headlights casting
everything in these crazy angles. The Hungry Marching Band was marching
through the streets of my neighborhood and people were sitting on the
sidewalks outside of the bars drinking beer. It was a festive mood
really. Hot as hell to sleep tho.
But I'm very angry about it. Some heads should roll, this sort of
blackout is completely unacceptable. What idiots designed this system?
Who was testing it? Total bullshit!
On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 08:12 PM, Jim Andrews wrote:
> One hears that New York was very civilized amid this very interesting
> event.
> This was contrasted with the outage in 1997 when there was $150 million
> worth of looting and property damage. The difference was attributed to
> the
> effect of 9/11. Does this make sense to you New Yorkers? Very
> interested to
> hear how that experience went.
>
> ja
>
>
> + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
> -> post: [email protected]
> -> questions: [email protected]
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
>
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Someone's being kept in the dark…
marc
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> http://salsabomb.com/nyc/
>
>
> Hope you all enjoyed the view while you could.
>
> -e.
>
> + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
> -> post: [email protected]
> -> questions: [email protected]
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
> > http://salsabomb.com/nyc/
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> >
> > Hope you all enjoyed the view while you could.
> >
> > -e.
ha. i right clicked to view source and found i'd clicked on a picture. but
right clicking a bit to the edge did reveal the source. wonder whether the
source/cause of the view will so easily be found.
nice touch with the graphic!
ja
> hi Jim,
>
> i think you're thinking of the blackout of '77?
There was talk on the news of a long one in 77 and a shorter one in 97 that
was associated with a lot of property damage and looting. If I'm not
mistaken, the 97 one that lasted 25 minutes was associated with $150 million
in damages. Or was that the 77 one?
> I'm not sure why there wasn't much looting this time. There was major
> police presence on the streets of Bkyln. There isn't as much crime in
> the city as there was in '77 overall. There is the effect of 9/11 too,
> I'm sure a lot of people were remembering 9/11 as they walked home
> through the city once again.
>
> I walked from 34th/8th ave home to Brooklyn over the Williamsburg
> Bridge. My feet were a little sore, but it wasn't so bad. People were
> pretty mellow. That night the streets had a crazy feeling to them.
> Pitch black night with the only light from auto headlights casting
> everything in these crazy angles. The Hungry Marching Band was marching
> through the streets of my neighborhood and people were sitting on the
> sidewalks outside of the bars drinking beer. It was a festive mood
> really. Hot as hell to sleep tho.
I imagine there were more than a few intense dramas and severe difficulties,
like Liza's with a sick child.
But it sounds like there was also considerable festivity and a sense of the
people of the city, not solely its imposing structures. New York unplugged
and by candlelight on a hot summer night. There'll be lots of good ink
spilled as a result of this one.
And so fine that it was without mass mayhem. Pretty classy.
> But I'm very angry about it. Some heads should roll, this sort of
> blackout is completely unacceptable. What idiots designed this system?
> Who was testing it? Total bullshit!
Yes, quite the screw up. Too many Windows machines, maybe.
ja