With the heat wave that hit New York, I was very happy to have been out of the city the past few days. I’d heard vague reports about brown-outs in Queens, but I didn’t get concerned until I checked Astorians.com this morning.

I ventured out to my apartment, since I had to move boxes anyway, to find my entire block has no power. Driving back to the highway, power was out all the way down 21st Avenue (and grr, we’re the block closest to the Con Ed plant), most of the stores in the Ditmars & 31st Street vicinity are closed, and traffic is a mess by the Tribourough/GCP.

Fun stuff. So yeah, I’m officially one of those disgruntled Con Ed clients in Northwestern Queens. My roommate has been intelligently avoiding our oven of an apartment and staying with his girlfriend, who has AC, so I have no clue how long the power’s been out. I got rid of everything in the fridge and the freezer and retreated.

Now I just need a place to crash the next few days, as Con Ed is saying the problem won’t be fixed completely until the weekend. Fabulous.