New York Power Story

Story title: New York Power

Still fresh in the memory of many is the huge power failure that involved much of the northeast United States in November 1965. At 5:18 p.m. New York City went black. So did some 80,000 square miles of New York state, most of seven others states, and most of Canada's province of Ontario. Whether the cause was a generator feeding power at the wrong frequency or a switch thrown in error by some utility company employee was hard to determine.

Millions of people living in New York and the surrounding area had no light and no power, and many of them were stuck for the night in subway train stations, office buildings, and in tunnels under the East River. The blackout meant some 200 planes in the air above New York's Kennedy International Airport had to be rerouted to air fields in other states where runway lights were still burning. Overall loss in business due to the blackout, which lasted in some areas up to 13 hours, was estimated at $100,000,000. A tire company, for example, lost $50,000 worth of tires when power failed during a critical curing process. A car manufacturer had to throw away 50 engine blocks because high-speed drills froze while boring piston holes. Bakeries in New York alone reported a loss of 300,000 loaves of bread, which were spoiled when the power went off.
   All in all, modern civilization as Americans and Canadians knew it came to a halt that November night bacause the power supply on which they depended had been cut off.


The message of this story is that, as a Christian we need  the Holy Spirit not only convicts you of sin, but also leads you into all truth and gives you the confidence and power that you need to live a successful Christian life.