The blackouts that have been going on in Queens since Monday/Tuesday have affected a significant number of people. This article in today’s NYTimes gives a good overview. A friend of mine didn’t have electricity for two days during that massive heat wave. Very uncomfortable.

Nevertheless, thinking about these blackouts as well as ConEd’s terrible new posters in the subway led me to google “coned ny.” And this is what came up, no joke. Read closely.