Despite hopes that Hurricane Sandy would be a dud to New
York like last year’s Hurricane Irene, New York was struck hard by the
hurricane. Many parts of the city experienced intense flooding unlike the city
has ever seen in its history.
The wife
and I are among the extremely lucky ones to have undisturbed power, cable and
Internet throughout the hurricane. The most stress we faced was when we had to
pause a streaming Netflix movie to tape up our windows during a very windy
time. It’s been shocking to see images online of areas one is familiar with
sitting under several feet of water. It is a luxury to have power and an
Internet connection right now. I am very lucky to have a job where I can work
at home. I am very lucky to even have a job at all right now.
Eight
people dying in a storm is terrible. But considering wide swaths of the city
were flooded, hundreds of homes destroyed and hospitals evacuated, it’s damn impressive
the body count is so low.
The weather kicked our city’s ass,
but we don’t sit around feeling sorry for ourselves; we get back to work. People
are already making plans and trying to figure out how to get things done
without subways, which is no easy task. The MTA, never one for punctuality and
particularly bad at dealing with the weather, will take a few days to get back
up and running.
In New York, it is only a matter of
time before things are back to business as usual. The city is too busy to be
too sentimental for too long. New York runs on a constant buzz and bustle, and
it takes major disasters or terrorist attacks to knock it off kilter, and then
never for very long.
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