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...
DisastersA collection of 6 posts
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...
Rainstorm
or, It's No New Orleans, But It's Ours I arrived home in Queens last night at...
He's a clown, that Michael Brown
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...
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,...
I'm okay, you're okay
Our own crabwalk has created a Hurricane Katrina check-in site: http://www.katrinacheckin.org/ Accessibility has been spotty at times, but overall it seems his web host is handling the traffic better than mine did in...