I Can't Believe He Said It!
Jay over at The Daily Rant brought to my attention that Mikey was telling people that a list of city shelters for those stranded by the massive power outage would be available on the city's website. Indeed, it's true. During this press conference (dial-up audio or high-speed audio), Mikey did say, in response to a question about shelters, that the list would be posted on the city's website. Hey, Mikey, internet access means power. No power, no internet access, no able to view website.
Fortunately he also said the list would be available on 311, the city's hotline. So people with access to wired phones could at least get the information.
Comments
OK then, send an e-mail telling everyone that the e-mail server is down.
Posted by: Rick DeMent | August 15, 2003 09:13 PM
I thought cell phones were down too...for a time anyway.
what a putz.
does he tell the homeless (whether there is a power outage or not) to check the internet for shelters too?
Posted by: wag | August 20, 2003 01:47 PM
Cell phone service was spotty, although it wasn't absolutely impossible to make a phone call. However, there are still wired phones on which one could have called 311. Pay phones, phones in stores, in offices, etc. I mostly use a cordless phone at home, for the convenience, but I do have a wired phone specifically in case of a power outage, much like I have a flashlight (although it didn't work as advertised). Hey, just a bad storm can cause the lights to go out for a few hours. And that wired phone came in handy last week.
Posted by: Lesley | August 20, 2003 05:38 PM