As a Manhattanite, I am not used to hurricanes. Although we have experienced some major storms, flooding, and other significant man-made disasters in our city, the effects of this approaching hurricane are unusual for most of us. The shut down of the New York City mass transit system (trains, buses, subways) as a result of a (potential) natural disaster is unprecedented. The airports are also closed, and the tunnels, bridges, and certain highways may be next.
The Whole Foods at Time Warner Center is busy on an average day, and many times I stood on line for twenty minutes. Yesterday and this morning, I held my produce and other nonperishables in my arms and waited for my turn, for more than two hours combined - perfectly calm madness ruled every store I went to. No impatience, no pushing; as a matter of fact, most of us New Yorkers were more civilized today than on a nice sunny day running errands after work.
Foodshopping complete, we taped some of the windows, made bags of ice, put fresh batteries in the flashlights, filled bottles and pitchers with water, and charged the iPhones, iPads, and the MacBook.
What's left?
Baking some muffins. Those will last for a few days even if we have no electricity or gas.
And tonight, when the storm rolls in, I will be too nervous to sleep.
That is where the fully charged MacBook comes in. Let's hope "The Muse" will cooperate.
Stay safe!
ReplyDeleteGood luck.
ReplyDeleteWhat a crazy, crazy storm! I know it was probably a huge pain, but was it kind of exciting, too? Sometimes events so out of the ordinary can be exhilarating, even if they are scary.
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ReplyDeleteIt was exciting in a disturbing way, I admit. Having a child definitely tipped the scale to scary versus exciting.
But the Muse did cooperate a little bit - I finally plotted my new short story...
Hope you sailed thru the storm:)
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