Everybody okay (again)?

[alice wellintown]

Fake flooded subway photo.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/08/this_photo_of_a.php

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 8/28/2011 1:39 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:
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>> I really like this economics essay so poetically enwebbed....
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> The real business of Hurricanes is buying and selling.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: alice wellintown<alicewellintown at gmail.com>
>> To: pynchon -l<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Cc:
>> 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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