Everybody okay (again)?

[Paul Mackin]

On 8/28/2011 1:39 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:
> I really like this economics essay so poetically enwebbed....

The real business of Hurricanes is buying and selling.



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> From: alice wellintown<alicewellintown at gmail.com>
> To: pynchon -l<pynchon-l at waste.org>
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> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Everybody okay (again)?
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> We had a ton of rain here in NYC; the wind was not so powerful, maybe
> 30 kts with higher gusts but nothing, from what we've seen here, above
> 75 kts as forcast by NOAA&  NWS, no hurricane winds, no trees down or
> power lines down here. The rain, measured at about 6 inches in Central
> Park thus far, with more (maybe 4-5 inches more) on the way will cause
> flooding in lower evacuation areas still. The subways are closed; this
> makes sense, as we know from V. the system under the street here has
> several layers and getting the water out to the rivers and to the
> Atlantic can be very difficult under these circumstances.  The beaches
> have suffered again, but erosion of beaches is ongoing and, in the
> long run, a battle we will lose here. Much comes down to prep work and
> money. So trees were trimmed and drains unclogged and streets
> maintained and so on in wealthy parts of the city, so the impact is
> lower than in areas poorly maintained. I suspect the storm was a net
> positive to NY, as the federal, state, city, along with its citizens,
> spent money and, at least for a few days injected the pent up demand
> that Ben Bernanke so desperately wants to ease into the economy.
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