I could not let this tragic, devastating, and historic event go by without saying something about it.  Many have said that this is New York’s “Katrina”, and they are right.  The loss of life is not as great, but the pain, suffering, loss of property and tremendous sense of dislocation for so many is vast.

You really cannot imagine what the past week has been like unless you have lived it.  Public officials are calling this the greatest natural disaster to ever fall upon New York.  I am certain the same is true for NJ, and CT is not far behind.

The range of how people have been effected is very broad.  To begin, it was the tale of two Manhattans:  above 30th St or so, life was basically normal.  Below 30th St. was something out of a post-apocolypse movie, only everything was still standing.  If you have seen the Will Smith movie, “I am Legend”, you would begin to get the scene.  (more…)