So, Growing Up Life Skills: NYC Edition includes "How To Survive A Hurricane". We had Hurricane Irene last year and there was so much hype and my mom freaked out (isn't that what mothers do - worry about their offspring?), she even tried to get me to fly back home to WI. Hah, yeah. That didn't fly. (ba-dum-chh. Sorry.) I'd never been through any major environmental upheaval, being raised in WI and all (well, there was a pretty bad storm once - but I was super little and didn't know anything but to sit in the basement w/ the fam and play games. Epic. Life skills, right there.), soP I had absolutely no idea what to expect. I did my research and listened to wise suggestions from friends and family - stock up on food, fill the bathtub with water so you can flush the toilet, get a flash light and/or candles, etc. etc. etc. Well, I did all that. And ya know what?
Everyone in NYC is taking this pretty seriously. I hadn't paid much attention, to be honest. I'd heard here and there about some storm coming up the coast. Whatever. Weather does that. I was at work last night, then all day today, and had no idea anything was even going on until my boss stopped into work and mentioned the subways were closing down at 7pm (meaning the MTA, not the sub shops :P Thought that would be tragic if they closed at 7 everyday...). Well, lucky me, I get off at 5pm. I got a voicemail from my hair salon saying they were closing tomorrow because public transport would still be down. All school was cancelled. This city is getting locked down, I tell ya. Better to be safe than sorry, I suppose. But I can't help but feel skeptical that it's all a lot of hooplah like last year and will turn out to be a great big forced vacation (which wouldn't be so bad if I had a significant other. Alas, it looks like I'll be getting fat with my cat watching movies and eating whatever's in the 'fridge. There are worse fates, I suppose.).
I guess we shall see in the next day or two how ginormous this supposedly 800mile wide storm actually is, and how terribly it will crash into NYC. I might end up eating this entire post (figuratively, not literally. I need my computer.). At least we know I won't get flooded, and hopefully no issues with the windows since we're not a high and mighty high-rise.
This year, I feel much more in-line with the "New York" side of things:
I wonder what would happen if the Statue of Liberty got washed away. That would be weird.
And what if I actually wrote a book entitled Growing Up Life Skills: NYC Edition?? The wheels. They be a turnin'.
Of course, now that I've said (or rather, written) all this, just watch - SandyFrankenStorm is going to crash against NYC with a vengeance.
Good night. And Good Luck.