“Batter down the hatches.
Entrench the storm windows. A triple feature Hurricane Reap the Wild Wind&The Mortal Storm” are playing out
ladies and gents,” warned the soothsayer of a 21st century
weatherman, fresh off his meteorology computer models.
II
New Jersey’s Governor Chris
Christie declared an emergency in Bruce Springstein’s state of affairs, “the
Jersey boys” closing shop as the hurricane forced winds curl around the
Bahamas,
bearing down on the Florida
keys, up the East Coast and the tri states.
“Let’s not be cynical, “
said the Governor. “Be prepared for a “Mortal Storm” like no other since 1903. “The shoreline of
our lives are precious. The Red Cross and the Salvation Army are into our
senior citizen centers. Their kitchens are preparing tasty yet lo-cal meals,”
the Governor not unlike Humpty Dumpty on the wall.
”High School gymnasiums on high
grounds, for sleeping cots. Far from our over flooding dams, said the hi
profiled politico, standing in front of a fire station.
“Our public servants. Firemen,
policemen, township honchos. Shepherding their peoples to Alp
like heights.”
III
“ I know you can do it. Shut
down all the electrical grids. A couple of days of escapist reality tee vee
won’t be suspended forever by your own reality show.
“Those of you who can afford to
escape to hundred and fifty dollar per day inns&hotels as the storm lashes
down on your home and lifetime of furnishings and memories, the water rising to
your garage levels.
“Use your common sense,”
said neighboring Mayor Bloomberg of the City that never sleeps. “Our department
of emergency services is 24-7. The bottom line even mass transit, the
subway lines, buses will be shut dfown,” said the Mayor, speaking on cue, from
what was once Tammany Hal, now entrenched as Gracie Mansion in the digital
age’s Information Highway and social network web sites extraordinary.
“Last but not least, we will
close all schools on Monday, depending on how the hurricane like rains and
winds bear down Sunday night,” said the dollar a year public servant.
IV
In Connecticut, the Governor
warmed of downed electrical lines, trees blocking roads, the waters from the
Long Island Sound rising. “Stay off the roads, whatever you do,” he said,
resounding the the caveats from the two
other public servants.
Isn’t this what brings out the
best in human nature?. Humans coming together. Arresting their beast like aggressions and selfishness,
sharing their learning curves. to put it mildly.
Your neighbor is a mirror of yourself.
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You got to lose yourself to find yourself
The Cityu that never sleeps “Hurricane Reap the Wild Wind The Mortral Storm” playing out... October 27,2012
