Hello all,
On Wed. July 26, I went to a plastic surgeon's office at the request of my dermatologist to have something cut off my back and 3 things cut off my face. I'm laying on a table in an interior room with no windows, my shirt was off buy my pants and belt were still on and the Doctor had just finished cutting the last area to be cut. The lights go completly out, the room is pitch black. No emergency lighting, nothing. I reach for my belt take out my Fenix L1 and shine it at the ceiling. It lights up the room enough for the Dr. and his assistant to see the tray they were working with and to clean and cover the area they just cut while I now hold the light towards my face. The Dr. leaves his assistant to finish bandaging me while he goes out to see what happened. He reports that some of the emergency lights are dimly shining, some light is coming in through offices with windows and the elevator is still running. I now get dressed help his assistant find the perscription pad for my anti biotics and one of the staff appears with a plastic 2 D light. I opt not to take the elevator which was still working but walked down to the exit. It was about 4:20 PM and a fairly large are of Staten Island NYC was blacked out. No traffice lights, alot of stores closed for the day and because of the recent 10 day black out in Queens response by the Mayor and all departments was swift. It turns out an overhead cable came down (don't know why) and caused the local blackout.
I hate to think what could have happened to my manly face if I didn't carry that light. When I go back to get the stitches out I'll bring along one of those emergency lights that plug into a wall socket for that room. Bye for now.
On Wed. July 26, I went to a plastic surgeon's office at the request of my dermatologist to have something cut off my back and 3 things cut off my face. I'm laying on a table in an interior room with no windows, my shirt was off buy my pants and belt were still on and the Doctor had just finished cutting the last area to be cut. The lights go completly out, the room is pitch black. No emergency lighting, nothing. I reach for my belt take out my Fenix L1 and shine it at the ceiling. It lights up the room enough for the Dr. and his assistant to see the tray they were working with and to clean and cover the area they just cut while I now hold the light towards my face. The Dr. leaves his assistant to finish bandaging me while he goes out to see what happened. He reports that some of the emergency lights are dimly shining, some light is coming in through offices with windows and the elevator is still running. I now get dressed help his assistant find the perscription pad for my anti biotics and one of the staff appears with a plastic 2 D light. I opt not to take the elevator which was still working but walked down to the exit. It was about 4:20 PM and a fairly large are of Staten Island NYC was blacked out. No traffice lights, alot of stores closed for the day and because of the recent 10 day black out in Queens response by the Mayor and all departments was swift. It turns out an overhead cable came down (don't know why) and caused the local blackout.
I hate to think what could have happened to my manly face if I didn't carry that light. When I go back to get the stitches out I'll bring along one of those emergency lights that plug into a wall socket for that room. Bye for now.
