Wheeling in from the Atlantic Ocean and wide enough
to shred the coastal cities of several states with a single landfall, Hurricane
Sandy has struck the Eastern Seaboard.
Not just any storm—maybe the biggest one of a lifetime—Sandy is an
Arctic jet stream wrapped around a tropical storm.
A superstorm.
Striking land in concurrence with high tide and with
sustained winds near 90 miles-per-hour, the advancing rains and storm surges
have already shut down airports and caused thousands of flights to cancel. Wall Street suspended stock trading. Both presidential campaigns cancelled events
today and possibly for longer, little more than a week before the election.
On Greenwich Street, just off the Upper Bay in New
York City, my daughter huddles in her apartment, waiting for the storm to punch
through. Her text to me earlier was
this: “Yeah, I’ll be fine, everything shut down so just holed up in my
apartment!”
One of her last text messages: “Well power finally out. 4-5 ft of water flooding the street in front
of my building. Pretty safe in my apt
though!
Really?
--Mitchell
Hegman
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