47 years ago this month. Were any of our eldergays there for it? Great PBS documentary at the link.
Yes, I was there. It was dark.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 24, 2024 12:43 AM |
I remember the one in '03.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 24, 2024 12:50 AM |
R2 haha you beat me to it.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 24, 2024 12:52 AM |
I'd like to know how many DLers born in NYC turn 46 next year.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 24, 2024 12:55 AM |
I was a kid, & yes, OP. I remember it well.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 24, 2024 12:56 AM |
I was a kid not in NYC but it cut the NY tv stations we watched. I think I was watching Charlie's Angels.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 24, 2024 1:00 AM |
You were 47 when the blackout happened, OP?
That explains a lot.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 24, 2024 1:02 AM |
r7 you need to work on reading comprehension.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 24, 2024 1:13 AM |
I missed it. I was in Cape May, NJ at the beach.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 24, 2024 1:16 AM |
I was watching "Lovers and Other Strangers" when my downstairs neighbor called to ask if my lights were flickering. Just then, all the power went out and we both screamed. We joined up downstairs and ended up at the local bar. It was fun. Some of the guys in the bar would run out when anyone heard that they were looting anywhere along the block.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 24, 2024 1:21 AM |
I was asleep. I was in nursing school, constantly in the library, studying, writing papers, etc. I was wiped out, fell asleep. My mother me about it the next day.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 24, 2024 1:29 AM |
I was a teen in Greenwich Village and I remember walking around to see what's what. I actually remember the below scene at Mother Bucka's Ice Cream on West 8th Street SE corner of MacDougal Street, but I didn't go in.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 24, 2024 1:34 AM |
I experienced The Northeast Blackout of 1965.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 24, 2024 1:37 AM |
I was 10 when the 77 blackout happened. I remember it clearly.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 24, 2024 1:54 AM |
I was minus 11…..
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 24, 2024 2:04 AM |
Not looks. Minus 2 on a good day.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 24, 2024 2:05 AM |
I was literally blacked out in a room full of black cocks.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 24, 2024 2:09 AM |
Too busy doing the Bump.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 24, 2024 2:10 AM |
I wash at Shtudio doing coke with Halshton.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 24, 2024 2:28 AM |
NY77: The Coolest Year In Hell is another great documentary
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 24, 2024 2:42 AM |
We were at my grandparents house in North New Jersey. A family party. I was 7 so I was watching television. Suddenly, and this was before cable, channel 5 went all snow. I tried to change the channel, but it was all snow save for channel 9, whose transmitter was in Secaucus, NJ. First the adults talked of a possible Russian invasion. Then, after listening to the radio for a bit, they understood.
All the NYC television stations were snow until about 1pm the next day. It was HELL!
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 24, 2024 3:00 AM |
If you were in New Jersey I would have been more concerned about a Martian invasion.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 24, 2024 12:14 PM |
R22. Did you guys know past the time by doing some snow. This was 1970s NYC after all. Ive heard it ALL.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 24, 2024 5:25 PM |
R21 That is an amazing documentary of NYC in the late 1970s. I saw it when it first came out, and it encapsulates the mood of the city in a very comprehensive and accurate manner.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 24, 2024 8:33 PM |
The sky was so black!
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 24, 2024 8:36 PM |