I was driving home from shopping in my former hometown when it happened. When we walked through the door at home, we noticed we had had a brief power glitch, as only the most sensitive of our electronic devices were blinking. A half hour later, we left to drive to Albany. Tried to stop for food when we arrived, but found stores & restaurants closed--no power. In nearby Troy, at my son's apartment, the power was on, but we had our problems, anyway! My sons were supposed to be flying out of Albany Airport on a very early flight the next day, w/ David's girlfriend from Long Island. He waited at the train station for her for more than 2 hours. Then, he came home & tried to call her parents. That took several tries, but he was finally able to discover that she had, indeed, gotten on a train. Eventually, she called & told him that she was stranded in Penn Station & couldn't get back to Long Island or to him in Troy. Ironically, the only place she *could* go was Newark, the origination point of their 2nd of 3 flights! She was up all night & had to get to Newark on her own, but it worked out ok. We spent longer than usual at Albany Airport in the morning, since their phones & systems were down & they were ticketing by hand! I was just able to find out that they did, indeed, arrive safe & sound, along w/ their luggage! I spent 2 days w/ a friend in Fishkill, NY. Her power was off from 4 pm to approx. 2 am. When I got home, I didn't have Internet access, but was able to figure out, today, that I just needed to reset my system. Duh.

Not bad, really.

best to all,

bbc