Left In the Dark, We Switch On Community

Hurricane Sandy reminds us what can happen when people have no choice but to talk to each other and cooperate.

Left In the Dark, We Switch On Community

Hurricane Sandy reminds us what can happen when people have no choice but to talk to each other and cooperate.

We sat in the dark with only candlelight and flashlights to illuminate our faces and we read to each other.   The air in the house has been chilly since we lost power from Tropical Storm Sandy Monday night so my husband, sons and I huddled together for warmth. Our house looked like a set from "Phantom of the Opera." As the batteries ran down on the kids' school laptops, they were faced with what sometimes seems like a last resort: talking to their parents, in a conversation, without using their texting thumbs.  Our older son was in search of a monologue so we started reading aloud from various plays and cracking each other up. It all felt like it had when the boys were little before electronics encroached on our family time.  I don't mean …

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tamarya

8:37 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Then not just people overpricing generators, people are stealing them from traffic lights and those were put there for safety or people that do not believe they still have to stop at a light that is shut off. Then they are complaining about the electric company taking too long, when all they are doing is cutting down the trees the township wanted up.   more ›