1977 NYC blackout

Yes, I was there. It was dark.

I remember the one in '03.

R2 haha you beat me to it.

I'd like to know how many DLers born in NYC turn 46 next year.

I was a kid, & yes, OP. I remember it well.

I was a kid not in NYC but it cut the NY tv stations we watched. I think I was watching Charlie's Angels.

You were 47 when the blackout happened, OP?

That explains a lot.

r7 you need to work on reading comprehension.

I missed it. I was in Cape May, NJ at the beach.

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.

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.

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.

I experienced The Northeast Blackout of 1965.

I was 10 when the 77 blackout happened. I remember it clearly.

I was minus 11…..

Not looks. Minus 2 on a good day.

I was running away from The Son of Sam

I was literally blacked out in a room full of black cocks.

Too busy doing the Bump.

I wash at Shtudio doing coke with Halshton.

NY77: The Coolest Year In Hell is another great documentary

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!

If you were in New Jersey I would have been more concerned about a Martian invasion.

R22. Did you guys know past the time by doing some snow. This was 1970s NYC after all. Ive heard it ALL.

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.

The sky was so black!