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rain_gryphonThe rain and wind died down way earlier than forecast yesterday, and in consequence I went out and got my flu shot. Unusually for me, I didn't run a fever afterward. I normally have a day or two of low fever and mild illness, despite the health department claiming that never happens to anyone, no, not at all, never. Last year was the same. It's worth it to avoid the flu, but it's nicer when it doesn't happen at all.
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The tabloid media are doing their best to use the hurricane to revive the global warming panic, but it doesn't seem to be getting traction. Al Gore was blustering away on the radio while I was at the store, trying to restart his ruined political career by telling us how none of this could ever have happened if we'd have just been smart enough to have elected him President.
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Richard Petty was out campaigning for Romney today, which would have been worth seeing, but I'd have had to drive to Dayton...
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Ocean City seems to have come out relatively unscathed, compared to further north. The south end and bay sides got flooded, and the marina looks like a floating mass of kindling wood (I'm guessing one of the bigger boats must have gotten loose), but the boardwalk and the downtown area (the touristy parts, which is what I normally see) are still there, and relatively intact:
Wonderland looks largely undamaged, although the shutters are ruined. Rain blowing in probably isn't going to have hurt that place that much. It's all amusement rides inside, most of them designed to stand out in the weather anyway.
Shriver's is standing as well, although I remember there being more of a canopy than that on the front side, and I think a window may be missing. Litterer's (a magnificent restaurant, for all that it's styled a 'food court' - I have never once been disappointed, and have many times been surprised and delighted by Litterer's) is just out of picture to the left. I hope they're okay. They're definitely my favourite place to eat in Ocean City.
It's a pity about all of the flooded houses, but honestly, a lot of those (bayside, especially) are second homes that people use a few weeks a year.
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That's one hell of a mess in New York City, with the subway tunnels full of water. It's been known for years that something like that might happen, though, and nothing's been done to prevent it. That was the great fear two years ago during the hurricane then, too, IIRC.
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The tabloid media are doing their best to use the hurricane to revive the global warming panic, but it doesn't seem to be getting traction. Al Gore was blustering away on the radio while I was at the store, trying to restart his ruined political career by telling us how none of this could ever have happened if we'd have just been smart enough to have elected him President.
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Richard Petty was out campaigning for Romney today, which would have been worth seeing, but I'd have had to drive to Dayton...
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Ocean City seems to have come out relatively unscathed, compared to further north. The south end and bay sides got flooded, and the marina looks like a floating mass of kindling wood (I'm guessing one of the bigger boats must have gotten loose), but the boardwalk and the downtown area (the touristy parts, which is what I normally see) are still there, and relatively intact:
Wonderland looks largely undamaged, although the shutters are ruined. Rain blowing in probably isn't going to have hurt that place that much. It's all amusement rides inside, most of them designed to stand out in the weather anyway.
Shriver's is standing as well, although I remember there being more of a canopy than that on the front side, and I think a window may be missing. Litterer's (a magnificent restaurant, for all that it's styled a 'food court' - I have never once been disappointed, and have many times been surprised and delighted by Litterer's) is just out of picture to the left. I hope they're okay. They're definitely my favourite place to eat in Ocean City.
It's a pity about all of the flooded houses, but honestly, a lot of those (bayside, especially) are second homes that people use a few weeks a year.
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That's one hell of a mess in New York City, with the subway tunnels full of water. It's been known for years that something like that might happen, though, and nothing's been done to prevent it. That was the great fear two years ago during the hurricane then, too, IIRC.
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