Yesterday the local media got New Yorkers all crazy with the threat of Tropical Storm Hanna. They said it would pound us mercilessly, bringing up to eight inches of rain, and the flooding would be nasty.
Fortunately none of this came to pass. The rain dumped down for a few hours, then went away. Walking the streets today, I couldn't even tell that it had rained at all. We've lived through much worse, like the storms that shut down the subways last year, and then the media hadn't given us any real warning about that.
So the lesson, I guess, is to be prepared when the media says that a major storm is coming but also don't be surprised if it doesn't turn out to be that bad, just like Gustav, thank the Lord, didn't turn out to be anything like Katrina.
Fortunately none of this came to pass. The rain dumped down for a few hours, then went away. Walking the streets today, I couldn't even tell that it had rained at all. We've lived through much worse, like the storms that shut down the subways last year, and then the media hadn't given us any real warning about that.
So the lesson, I guess, is to be prepared when the media says that a major storm is coming but also don't be surprised if it doesn't turn out to be that bad, just like Gustav, thank the Lord, didn't turn out to be anything like Katrina.
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