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Lower Manhattan Hurricane Sandy - Business Insider Oct 31st 2012, 12:34 More than 250,000 homes and businesses lost power Monday night after a massive explosion at a Con Ed power station on 14th street.  Nearly everything below 39th street is dark — and it could stay that way for up to four days.   Cell phone service is also limited and you can find people clustered in hotspots struggling to get a signal.   The utility says it's the largest storm-related-outage in their history.  By Tuesday evening the sidewalks were still clogged with people — many on their way to seek refuge uptown — but with restaurants, movie theaters, drug stores and other shops plunged in complete darkness, New York looked like a shell of itself.   The novelty is already starting to fade.   The few stores that are still open are selling goods by candlelight.  Dina Spector/Business Insider Crowds are clustered in one area trying to get cell service.  You can see the West Side is still lit up.  Dina Spector/Business Insider This store had a generator and was letting people charge up their cell phones. Dina Spector/Business Insider All boarded up. Dina Spector/Business Insider Dina Spector/Business Insider Incredible Pictures Of Storm Damage In New York City > Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/lower-manhattan-hurricane-sandy-2012-10

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