…Students who can’t get to classes in the City because they don’t have a car and there is no public transportation. One student who did make it explained how his life had changed during the power outage. He and his girlfriend spoke about things they never have the time to talk about in their busy lives. He read a book by candle light. And he said they had lots of time to do ‘other things’. I suggested that he watch for the stats that will show a bulge in the birth of babies in 9 months; Never seems to fail. One is reminded constantly that so many are affected by the storm: one theatre production is on hold because the directors house on Staten Island has 7 feet of water in the basement and all the effects of that. Another foreign production has come and will leave without performing because their venue had no electricity during the 4 days they were scheduled to perform. The marathon was cancelled, except for the group that organized their own in Central Park to the outcry of anyone who heard about it.