Comments on: Downtown After Sandy: Walking 3 miles in blacked-out NYC, the night after the storm

By: Joshua Bardwell

Joshua Bardwell — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:02:00 +0000

Because New Yorkers think that everything that is interesting or novel to them must also be interesting to everyone else. Because they are just that awesome.

By: flickerKuu

flickerKuu — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:40:00 +0000

Why is this so amazing? The power is out. Things are dark. So what?

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:39:00 +0000

The music was so overdone and cheesy for this (I don’t care if it’s Mozart) that I couldn’t even watch. It made me grimace at the cheese.

By: Kizone Kaprow

Kizone Kaprow — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:33:00 +0000

Hurricane? What hurricane? Reason.com’s Mangu-Ward described Sandy as a “rainstorm.” Not that a little flippancy (or is it sarcasm?) is not appropriate when millions are going through hell.

By: Noctilucent Studios

Noctilucent Studios — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:08:00 +0000

Definitely has that “apocalypse-is-right-around-the-corner” feel to it. Plus, adding the Requiem to anything automatically adds a haunting element to anything.

By: Stephen Anderson

Stephen Anderson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:54:00 +0000

“And to Think That I Didn’t See It on Mulberry Street”

By: hobomike

hobomike — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:42:00 +0000

Insurance? What is this…insurance?

By: BarBarSeven

BarBarSeven — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:37:00 +0000

Great idea! But you know there already are solar cells on the streets of NYC? Right on top of the new-fangled parking meters known as Muni-Meters. Lights? They can’t make money off of light.

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:02:00 +0000

Something doable:

Outfit each lamppost with a solar cell, rechargeable battery, and a LED light. Not so much light the streets, but to outline the roadway and sidewalks.

By: Nicky G

Nicky G — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:30:00 +0000

Lower Manhattan and surrounding environs remind me of Old Seoul in Cloud Atlas, or NYC in A.I.

By: Nicky G

Nicky G — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 03:28:00 +0000

Sheesh, I caught one of the last Amtraks out of NYC to Baltimore on Sunday. Place in DUMBO my friends got married at on Saturday was under water about 48 hours later I understand. What a mess.

By: Allison C. Meier

Allison C. Meier — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:43:00 +0000

Wow, this is amazing. It’s so strange to look over at the dark tip of Manhattan from Brooklyn and have no idea what’s going on. I like the cameo of Hecho en Dumbo lit by candlelight and bravo for using the 28th St. subway in the pitch dark.

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:29:00 +0000

Katrina reference. You may not have heard about it.

By: BarBarSeven

BarBarSeven — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:21:00 +0000

Rebuild what? Electricity. That is all that is out. And without that, everything is broke.

By: talbo0o0

talbo0o0 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:01:00 +0000

You don’t need to go back to the 1700′s to drink by candlelight- 2003 will do just fine!

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:47:00 +0000

Do you think they’ll rebuild it?

By: Luca Lucakiss Calabrese

Luca Lucakiss Calabrese — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:41:00 +0000

So this is what it takes to appreciate life again.

By: BarBarSeven

BarBarSeven — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:27:00 +0000

Wow. I used to think that Snake Plissken driving up Broadway was creepy.

Where’s Duke? Is he still “A number 1?”

By: Ender Wiggin

Ender Wiggin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:24:00 +0000

progressed hell, i’m betting there were a lot of people kicking themselves for not getting some schwag before the stores flooded. insurance pays either way.

By: sdh

sdh — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:17:00 +0000

eerily reminiscent of 1977. only no looting. goodness how we have progressed as a city and society.

By: Red Pill Junkie

Red Pill Junkie — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:08:00 +0000

“There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne…”