I was sitting in my office when everything went black! My office doesn't have any windows, so I had a heck of a time getting out of the office! It took me twice as long to get home as usual. Having no traffic lights was a bit frightening, plus the fact that because of the blackout everyone left work at the same time, so the roads were jammed.

Power came back on about 3:30 this morning. About only half of Long Island has power right now, but it is expected to be fully restored by noon today. Parts of NYC still don't have any power. There are no subways or train service in NYC or LI yet and probably won't be restored until this evening.

Cell phone lines were jammed. It was very difficult to make a phone call.

Just enjoyed an evening under candle and lantern power.