He's a Clown, That Michael Brown

09 Sep 2005

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FEMA chief Michael Brown is recalled to Washington and replaced by Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen as head of on-site disaster relief efforts in New Orleans. It's not enough, and it's too late, but it's something.

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William Shunn

Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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Disasters

Thinking of All Our Friends in New York City

It seems absurd for me to say that I wish we were in New York City right now, with Hurricane Sandy bearing down, but we are definitely thinking of all our many friends there and all over the East Coast and hoping everyone stays dry and safe.

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Recompense

Speaking of electrical problems, do you remember that nine-day blackout we had in Queens a couple of years ago? I swung by the old apartment one day last week to pick up our mail (which our stupid old post office has thus far utterly failed to forward), and found amongst

10 Oct 2008

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Rainstorm

or, It's No New Orleans, But It's Ours I arrived home in Queens last night at about eight, leaving the cab and making my only slightly tipsy way down the way to the backyard. And that's when I heard a most disturbing sound, a

13 Oct 2005

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By: William Shunn

Disasters

Divine Retribution

If there's any truth to the notion that either Hurricane Katrina or 9/11 were punishments visited upon America for her sins, then the sin in question was, in both cases, allowing a clueless, spineless bully like George W. Bush to become president. 2005. 2001. I wonder if

08 Sep 2005

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By: William Shunn

He's a Clown, That Michael Brown

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