It sounds strange, maybe even cruel, but my friends and I got through the storm without much hassle. We huddled in … No traffic lights (but plenty of cars almost crashing into each other), no phone network, no internet, no business, no public transportation. We walked north about fifteen minutes from the Lower East Side to the East Village in almost complete darkness, save the odd candle flickering in the windows or the headlights of a car passing by. We found a bar, … …

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Hello Darkness, My Old Friend | Hugo O'Doherty