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https://scmp.com/news/world/article/1074314/new-yorkers-queue-banks-shops-charge-phones-use-wi-fi World
New Yorkers queue at banks, shops to charge phones, use Wi-fi
With hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers still without power, good-natured queues form at every shop with electricity or Wi-fi
A food cart provides the only light in a New York neighbourhood on Wednesday night. Photo: Reuters
There was a post-hurricane run on New York banks, but the panic was to withdraw electricity, not cash. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and thousands of tourists trapped in the great Sandy blackout are desperate to charge cellphones and laptops.
Any spare plug in bank lobbies, pharmacies, 24-hour delis and bars has come under assault from the masses, starved of power since Hurricane Sandy hit the city on Monday night.