Thousands of disabled and elderly residents were trapped for weeks in high-rises without power, elevator service or heat.
"We were hoping that, at peak capacity, it would have been enough to power the elevators.
There are new high-rise apartment buildings popping up everywhere, although the lower floors are most desired since there isn't enough electricity to power the elevators.
Others claimed that the Y2K bug would show the folly of computer dependence through disruptions in automated teller machines, power plants, elevators, airplanes and grocery line check-out stations.
In addition, they employ building management system components such as heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, power, lighting, elevators and security systems.
Without a blink in its brilliancy, without a hitch in its smooth, regulated power, the elevator containing only the two of us was going up.
In return, Mr Nugent will have to shelve his dreams of using lasers to power space elevator-climbing robots or ultra-efficient rockets, and focus instead on turning a profit.
Everything was so immense and out of context, like the large item resting beside them in the mud: one of the motors that once powered the elevators of the twin towers.
Features include a rotunda staircase, floor-to-ceiling windows, solar power, an elevator, five bedrooms, six bathrooms, 6,893 square feet of living space and a three-car garage.
