I’m in Brooklyn for the day and I’m reading the news online for the first time since Monday. Just read through a couple articles that underscore the experience I’ve had over the past few days:

• “The boundary between 39th and 40th street has become the border that separates the haves and the have-nots of Manhattan: the northern portion which has electricity from the southern half that’s without.“

• “At a time when people need each other, they’re getting to know each other,” Watson said, noting that not one argument has broken out over the power strips. “