A Surreal Vision of Manhattan.

<p>Like many in the NYC area we lost power (twice) yesterday afternoon and into the evening. We&#39;re still trying to <q>clean up</q> from the unexpected kink it put into life. (Living in a large apartment complex we lost water also. We had what looked like watered down iced tea coming out of the tap this morning.) Being in NJ we had power back just after midnight and all seems to have returned to normal. Can&#39;t say the same for Manhattan quite yet, but the recovery seems to be on its way.</p>
<p>I have to say looking out my window and across the river to Manhattan last night was the second most surreal thing I&#39;ve seen from here &#8211; the outline of skyscrapers shrouded in darkness against the evening sky. No lights of the Empire State Building, or the illuminated oblesik of 30 Rockefeller Center with its orange neon GE atop it or the orb-like glow of Times Square&#39;s lights. Just the occasional fluorsent lights of ferry boat cabins like on the Hudson and a few lights from building with emergency generators &#8211; most of which are downtown around the former site of the World trade Center towers.</p>
<p>I would have taken a picture, but there would be nothing to see &#8211; exactly what made it so surreal for me.</p>