Get Your Flashlight On

Last July, I was sitting in my apartment at a romantic dinner with just a flicker of candlelight. I bet that was one of the most romantic nights for Queen's folks since we were all in the dark—-it was the unforgettable unforgivable Queens blackout.

In retrospect, the first night wasn’t so bad. It had that ol’ blackout ’03 nostalgia, the bonding, meeting new neighbors feel, but that wore off – frankly that crashed and burned. After the 4, 5th and 6th day and night of no hot water, no electricity, and throwing out tons of food, me and the rest of the neighborhood were to the point of cracking. There’s only so many hours of 1010 Wins you can listen to on a crank radio and only so many D batteries anyone in their right mind owns.

Let’s not have that infinite darkness again or at the very least, let’s be prepared. As I saw walking past the Sleepy’s on 43rd—the lovely people from the Power to the People Campaign are holding a:

“How to Prepare for a Power Outage Workshop”

Tuesday, June 19, 7:30 PM
All Saint’s Church hall - 43-12 46th Street – Sunnyside
1 block north of the #7 Local 46th St-Bliss St. stop
Refreshments – Air Conditioned - Time for Q&A and Discussion

Learn:

• What to do in a power outage.
• What you should have on hand at home/work.
• First aid for heat stress and related health issues, and more.

Also, even more exciting (and fascinating) at the workshop they will be discussing plans for a flashlight march on July 17th. As the flyer said, “Let Con Ed management know we haven’t forgotten!

Don’t let Con Ed keep us in the dark.