I still remember seeing this!! August 14 is also my brother's birthday - we had all planned to go out for dinner that night (and decided to go out another everning). We got our power back relatively quickly compared to some others, so we got to watch most of the news coverage.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9hdmq_late-night-with-conan-o-brien-power_shortfilms