governor. new york state has 1.38 million people without power. the area where you are is an area -- a zone of new york city that was evacuated. what's the word down there? did most people heed the warning, ida? >> you know, we were down here and we saw them packing up. a lot of people said they were not going to ride it out like they did irene. it's hard to say. you can see some of the windows in some of these high rises where there is power to them, generator power or what have you, but obviously it's very dark down here in lower manhattan with the power that's been shut off on purpose in many areas and that's the con edison said that they are doing that so they can easily -- more easily restore power once this storm goes through. but they've got a lot on their