From a relief worker in the Rockaways
http://www.facebook.com/jeff.m.london/posts/4557248524994 CROSS-POSTING**: HERE IS A FWD FROM A RELIEF WORKER IN ROCKAWAYS, NYC via Jen Roesch: (Apologies in advance for the crazy long post, but I know...
View ArticleBelle Harbor segment on “Sixty Minutes”
The other day I posted a link to a video I did out in Belle Harbor, a mostly Irish and Italian subdivision of the Rockaways, where an old friend lives and where I have spent many pleasant weekend...
View ArticleScenes of Indian flooding
The photos below were forwarded from Yahoo by Vijay Kumar Marla, a long-time activist in India. At least a thousand people have died in Uttarakhand and many more are unaccounted for. For an analysis of...
View ArticleApocalyptic dreams
For the last 40 years at least, I have been having apocalyptic bad dreams. Sometimes they are so scary that I start shouting in my sleep, loud enough to wake my wife who then squeezes my shoulder to...
View ArticleThe Boeing 737 Max 8: a case-study in uncreative destruction
Wreckage at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines crash near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) On October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 Max 8 belonging to Lion Air in Indonesia crashed...
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