HilaryH suggested that gasoline is also being diverted to run the generators. And the generators are so necessary for families with children against the cold, and hospitals and nursing homes and for the mcmansions that have to keep every room like it is all the time… sorry, that slipped in.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Didn’t Think of This
Shortage of gasoline for cars. Took a ride out of the City and saw long, long lines at the gas stations on the NJ Turnpike. The reason: there was not enough gasoline available because the local pump was dry due to no delivery or was completely inoperative. Now a couple of days later, in town, …
There Is Light
Nothing like it. The flip of a switch and there’s illumination. Electricity is restored to my little corner of the world. As I enthuse, let me not forget to remember and aid those still in the dark.
The Walmart of Sandy
Street Scenes
A once busy street is now quiet – mid morning. This is the route of the M20 bus. The street never flooded. The second picture is further up the street. Under the awning notice the coffee shop patrons collected outside. No electricity. All coffee is now being made via gas stoves and machines attached to …
Smart
The small blue stickers read, NYC drinking water. This is a cart on wheels with 6 spigot
The Inexplicable
The M20 bus runs North all the way from Tribeca on Hudson St and then 8th Avenue to 59th and Columbus Circle, in the dark of night. Concurrently the M11 travels South on 9th Avenue. Inexplicably the chauffeur of the southbound M11 announces, somewhere around 34th St, that the last stop for the bus is …