“And Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
This pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight, for I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy girl
My, my, baby” ~ Bruce Springsteen, 4th of July Asbury Park

Bruce Springsteen wrote that in the ’70s, when he used to be good and long before he turned into a disgusting liberal troll.

Well as all of you know Sandy hit New York City yesterday.

Up until a year and a half ago I used to live on East 21st in Manhattan.  If I still lived there I would have been in the flood/blackout zone.  Part of me still wishes I lived there so I could have taken some pictures.

But now I live in upper Manhattan and between me and the flood zone lay nine miles of urban inner city (and without a car and no subways for the foreseeable future I had no way of getting down there.)

As for where I live in Washington Heights we had of course strong wind gusts and torrential rains.  But I still have power.  Other than all the downed tree branches it’s pretty much normal here.

This poor guy’s white van was crushed like a tin can.

Now that I think of it, a suspicious white van?  All that was missing was a sign that said “Free candy kids!  Come into my van I won’t hurt you!” and  it might have been King Shamus’ van.

Of course the Capitalists were out, trafficking in human misery.

And finally I thought our SCOAMF was supposed to lower sea levels?

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