1. The power failure created chaos throughout the city and forced three hospitals to switch over to their emergency generators. 2. At one point, a kind of bucket brigade was formed to fuel an emergency generator with gasoline from local service stations. 3. Better check the fuel in the emergency generator and dig out the thermal underwear. 4. A volcanic eruption could threaten emergency generators that protect department labs and other facilities. 5. But at Flushing Hospital, employees said that power was out for nearly two hours, with emergency generators working to help sustain patients needing critical care. 6. But emergency generators quickly kicked in. 7. Electricity comes from emergency generators and television is broadcast from a special studio in the basement of the Presidential Palace, which for some reason is still standing. 8. Ellis vainly searched for an emergency generator. 9. Emergency generators at the Hall of Justice and city jails kicked in, maintaining essential power to the police switchboard and computers. 10. Emergency generators were being rushed in. |