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Return Of The Pay Phone

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HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - When Apple's iPhone cannot find a cell signal, the phone's status bar displays -- in lieu of the typical 3G or 4G line of bars indicating signal strength -- a message of hope and patience: "Searching..."

That is a status -- "Searching..." -- that could well describe the scene in the city in the days after the storm, as throngs of New Yorkers wandered dazed and aimless through the streets without the assistance of their typical go-to electric lifelines. click here to read more