and there was a chapter about honey produced by people who keep bees in urban hives.
Matilda has one on top of her elementary school.
Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Oct 30, 2012 6:37:17 am PDT #27772 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Burrell - Oct 30, 2012 6:56:37 am PDT #27773 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks everyone for checking in. Yipes! Such scary damage, overwhelming really.
amych - Oct 30, 2012 6:57:10 am PDT #27774 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So incredibly thankful that y'all are all okay. Hope things get more or less normal as soon as possible.
DavidS - Oct 30, 2012 6:58:08 am PDT #27775 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeesh:
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said early on Tuesday that the storm was the worst disaster in the history of the New York City subway system.
“The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night,” said Joseph J. Lhota, the authority’s chairman, in a statement. “All of us at the M.T.A. are committed to restoring the system as quickly as we can to help bring New York back to normal.”
He outlined the extent of the damage that city workers and residents would face in the coming days:
- As of last night, seven subway tunnels under the East River flooded. Metro-North Railroad lost power from 59th Street to Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line and to New Haven on the New Haven Line.
- The Long Island Rail Road evacuated its West Side Yards and suffered flooding in one East River tunnel.
- The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel is flooded from end to end and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel also took on water and was closed. Six bus garages were disabled by high water.
Dana - Oct 30, 2012 6:59:19 am PDT #27776 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm glad everyone seems to be okay.
Has anyone heard from DX?
DavidS - Oct 30, 2012 7:01:16 am PDT #27777 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Addendum:
The New York City subway system, hit by unprecedented damage from the storm, will remain closed for “a good four or five days,” and schools will be closed again on Wednesday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Tuesday morning.
msbelle - Oct 30, 2012 7:02:14 am PDT #27778 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Theo - have you seen this from Point Pleasant [link]
sj - Oct 30, 2012 7:04:25 am PDT #27779 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Has anyone heard from DX?
I just sent him a lj message; I'll let people know when I hear back. His area of the state was hit hard, so he may be without power.
Tom Scola - Oct 30, 2012 7:30:59 am PDT #27780 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
amych - Oct 30, 2012 7:36:22 am PDT #27781 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sigh. I really wish my parents would learn to freakin' text. (THEY ARE OKAY) They have no power or water, and the worst of it was right on their doorstep. Or rather, several feet up in their lobby. (THEY ARE OKAY) And if they would just FREAKIN' TEXT I wouldn't be worrying about using up all their remaining phone battery by calling to check on them.
Sigh. (Also, y'all know I'm just exasperated stress-venting, yes? There's a reason I don't say this to the rest of the Internet.)