Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band wrapped it up in Shea Stadium - where The Beatles, The Clash and The Who all performed historic shows. The show began at 8:40 p.m., on a chilly night with the hint of rain and it ended a 14-month global tour that has reconfirmed his status as America's greatest living rock artist.
We survived the Blackout of 2003.
On Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003, New York City was paralyzed shortly after 4 p.m. by a power outage from points unknown.
From New Jersey all the way to Toronto, trains stopped, computers crashed, planes were grounded, air conditioners cut off and thousands of homes and businesses were plunged into darkness by the largest power outage in the nation's history.
Hundreds of thousands of subway passengers were trapped in pitch-black, sweltering tunnels by the blackout - forced to clamber across tracks and through trapdoors to safety and daylight.
Alex was driving home from Con Edison Westchester, unaware of what was happening and was surprised when he arrived at Queens and the traffic lights were off. I was home since I have a Thursday day-off. We were very lucky enough not to experience the very tiring ordeal that friends and many New Yorkers have gone through.
NO BUSES...NO SUBWAY...NO CELLPHONE SIGNAL...STORES CLOSED...
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The worst blizzard in seven years shut down much of the Northeast on Presidents Day with blinding, windblown snow that piled up as much as 4 feet deep.
Newsday reports; "There really is no such thing as a 'perfect storm' but this is definitely historic," said John Koch, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Upton. "Fifteen or 20 years from now, people are going to say 'I remember the Presidents Day storm of 2003,' and everyone will know what they're talking about."
