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Top Ten Awesome Things About Surviving Hurricane Irene!

Heightened Fear and Stress Threshold Kills Appetite /Aids Personal Weight Loss Efforts

Flattened Cardboard Boxes Tied to Your Front Window Makes More Attractive Covering Than Screen
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Post-Irene Sunset, NYC August 28, 2011

Image By Inga Sarda-Sorensen Via Karl Brandt

Video of The Day: The Smiths “Panic”

Just substitute “New York” and “Brooklyn” for “London” and “Birmingham.”

Lyrics of The Day: Peter Gabriel’s “Here Comes The Flood”


“Or Not”

When the night shows
The signals grow on radios
All the strange things
They come and go, as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
Still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
There’s no point in direction we cannot
Even choose a side.
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Preparing for the Arrival of Hurricane Irene


Irene Over Jacksonville, Florida (Image Courtesy of Heath Riccobono)

In an Email Dated August 26 at 11:48 AM, Heath Said:

I took a picture on the way to work this morning – something you guys in NY can look forward to…coming your way. Here [you can see] the outer band over JAX – bright and sunny to the west, black to the east. Hope you guys stay safe! I know we got lucky here.