[-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

Thu Nov 1 12:35:49 EST 2012

Hi all.....Alan we are going to keep this month's conversation open as we
move into November's discussion that Tim and I will be hosting on RISK.
More later. Renate

Renate Ferro and Tim Murray
Empyre moderators
On Oct 31, 2012 5:02 PM, "Cynthia Beth Rubin" <cbr at cbrubin.net> wrote:

> One big difference between New York and New Orleans is that as soon as the
> buses started rolling yesterday the city made them fare-free until next
> week.  They want to make it easy for people to move if they need to.
>
> In New Orleans, as I remember, people caught by the storm could not move
> around freely once the storm passed.  In New York City, they can move
> freely in every sense of the word.
>
> Cynthia
>
> On Oct 31, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Susan E Ryan wrote:
>
> > Yes:  overwhelmed, no transportation, no where to go.  That's what
> happened in the 9th Ward, and that's
> > why people couldn't get out of the Superdome. Plus, after the curfew,
> now one was allowed to move around.
> >
> > It's all so familiar. Too familiar.  It's just that it hit New York this
> time, not New Orleans, so its impact is
> > magnified as the victims are not so poor, so marginalized.
> > Point is, everyone must think about disaster
> > in our everyday lives now, when we make choices about where to live,
> what to buy, what is our
> > exit strategy and what is "plan B."
> >
> > Katrina survivor
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> > On Oct 31, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Maria Damon wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, I was going to ask, Where to people evacuate *to*?
> >> I think people stay in their homes not because of bravado but because
> a) they feel overwhelmed by having to make plans, b) they feel safe in
> their homes because they are identified with them and have filled them with
> their identities and view them as a haven even in the face of empirical
> evidence to the contrary (like kids who stay with their mothers' dead
> bodies after a carnage because they feel safe being with their mothers) or
> c) because they have noplace to go.
> >>
> >> On 10/31/12 8:21 AM, G.H. Hovagimyan wrote:
> >>> The flooding and power outages are a bummer.
> >>> I live in zone B which is the secondary evacuation zone. Zone A is one
> block from me.
> >>> The subways are flooded and they are beginning to pump them out.
> >>> Last year we had a hurricane hit New York at the same time. It's odd
> because the year
> >>> before that we were sent emergency evacuation plans for our
> neighborhood in case of hurricanes.
> >>> The hard part is all the people who must evacuate. This also happened
> during 9/11 and the hurricane last year.
> >>> Without power the high-rise apartment building don't have water. So if
> you want to flush our bath you must carry water up the stairs.
> >>> And of course theres no elevator, no refrigeration for food etc..  But
> this is the fourth blackout since 9/11.
> >>> New Yorker have no choice but to cope.
> >>> I have a house in the mountains of Pennsylvania. I split my time
> between New York and PA. We were up there when the storm hit.
> >>> We also have a backup propane generator because we tend to get hit
> with high winds that known out power up here.
> >>> I always thought of this place as a refuge and it appears to be
> becoming more so.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Oct 30, 2012, at 11:34 PM, Maria Damon wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> wow~ chicago!
> >>>>
> >>>> On 10/30/12 8:03 PM, Lichty, Patrick wrote:
> >>>>> In Chicago, we're having 40 MPH winds and 20 foot waves out near
> Lakeshore Drive (LSD)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Patrick Lichty
> >>>>> Assistant Professor, Interactive Arts & Media
> >>>>> Columbia College Chicago
> >>>>> 916/1000 S. Wabash Ave #104
> >>>>> Chicago, IL USA 60605
> >>>>> "Some distractions demand constant practice."
> >>>>> ________________________________________
> >>>>> From: empyre-bounces at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au [
> empyre-bounces at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jonathan Marshall [
> Jonathan.Marshall at uts.edu.au]
> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 PM
> >>>>> To: soft_skinned_space
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I was amazed to hear from someone in Michegan who said they were
> experiencing 40mph winds, so the effects in NY must be staggering. The news
> this morning was full of pictures of the sea moving inland, and the kind of
> heavy debris blowing around that Alan was talking about yesterday.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> hoping its moving out now.....
> >>>>>
> >>>>> jon
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ________________________________________
> >>>>> From: empyre-bounces at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au [
> empyre-bounces at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Alan Sondheim [
> sondheim at panix.com]
> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:15 AM
> >>>>> To: soft_skinned_space
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi, thanks Renate, we're ok, have been out numerous times in the
> >>>>> hurricane. NYC and NJ and coastal Connecticut are epitomes of
> suffering at
> >>>>> the moment - a real mess here, no one was expecting this. But our
> roof and
> >>>>> our repairs held! Thanks to everyone who wrote in as well.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> love, Alan and Azure
> >>>>>
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