CRANE’S CORNER
OCTOBER 29, 2012
HEAVY RAINS AND MISSING BRAINS
　
83 YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER BLACK TUESDAY CAUSED THE US FINANCIAL MARKET CRASH…PAVING THE WAY FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION…THE FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE AGAIN SHUT DOWN, ON A MEMORABLE MONDAY..NOT BY A TSUNAMI OF STOCK SALES…BUT A POTENTIALLY DEVESTATING HURRICAINE…THAT COULD MAKE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN MOTHER NATURES HIT MAN. THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS IS CLOSED…HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO EVACUATE…SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED….AS ARE MANY BUSINESSES…AND THOSE WHO NEED TO GET TO ESSENTIAL JOBS---POLICE---FIRE…SANITATION…AND YES MEDIA….ARE ON THEIR OWN….THE CITY’S VAST NETWORK OF MASS TRANSIT..THE SUBWAYS..BUSSES AND FERRY BOATS HAVE STOPPED RUNNING..AS HAVE THE COMMUTER TRAINS THAT BRING MILLIONS INTO THE CITY FROM BEDROOM COMMUNITIES ON LONG ISLAND…CONNECTICUT…AND ALL POINTS WEST AND NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY….

THE STORM WITH THE RATHER BENIGN NAME OF SANDY….MAY LEAVE THE BEACHES WITH A LOT LESS SAND…THESE LATE SEASON STORMS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR BEACH EROSION….AND WHAT MAKES SANDY SO DANGEROUS IS SHE WON’T BE ANY KIND OF HIT AND RUN EVENT…THE MASSIVE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MEET ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM…STRENGTHEN AND THEN STALL…WHIPPING THE NEW YORK METRO AREA…AND PERHAPS A SWATH FROM PENNSYLVANIA UP TO NEW ENGLAND….WITH HURRICAINE FORCE WINDS AND LASHING RAINS…IT’S FEARED THAT EVEN THE STRONGEST TREES AND WELL BUILT ROOFS…COULD GIVE WAY AFTER A 48 HOUR POUNDING…

ANYONE SERVED BY OUTDOOR POWERLINES WILL BE VULNERABLE TO A LOSS OF ELECTRICITY…AND IF AS EXPECTED…SO MANY TREES FALL…RESTORING THE JUICE COULD BE A TASK THAT WILL TAKE DAYS OR IN SOME AREAS…A WEEK OR LONGER….

DEPENDING ON WHERE IT HITS….SANDY’S STORM SURGE COULD BE DEVESTATING TO THE COAST---NEW YORK IS SURRROUNDED BY WATER…THE ATLANTIC OCEAN---WHICH POURS INTO THE HUDSON RIVER OFF BROOKLYN….THE HUDSON AND EAST RIVERS ON NEW YORK’S WEST AND EAST SIDE…AND UP ALONG THE BORDER OF QUEENS AND THE BRONX….THE MIGHTY LONG ISLAND SOUND….

FOLKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WILL FEEL A LITTLE OF SANDY’S PAIN…..BECAUSE SOME 8 THOUSAND FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF NEW YORK’S AIRPORTS..PHILALDEPHIA AND BOSTON HAVE BEEN CANCELLED…WITH MANY PLANES THAT WOULD BE FLYING ALL OVERF THE COUNTRY…UNAVAILABLE….STALLED AT THOSE 6 AREA AIRPORTS….

THAT’S NOT THE ONLY BIG STORY OUT OF NEW YORK…WHERE WAGS ARE CALLING A SCANDAL IN THE M-E’S OFFICE…THE GREAT BRAIN ROBBERY…IT’S ALLEGED THAT OVER THE PAST 8 YEARS, DOCTORS, AND PERHAPS EVEN MEDICAL STUDENTS REMOVED AND KEPT THE BRAINS OF MORE THAN 9 THOUSAND DECEASED NEW YORKERS…WHOSE REMAINS WERE SENT TO THE OFFICE FOR AUTOPSY. THE NEW YORK POST REPORTS THE BRAINS MAY HAVE BEEN USED FOR MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS OR STUDENT INSTRUCTION. SOME LOVED ONES RECLAIMED THE REMAINS OF LOVED ONES NOT KNOWING THEY WERE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN HOLE..ONE WOMAN HAS STATED THAT THE ME’S OFFICE CALLED ONE DAY TO ANNOUNCE THE REMAINS OF HER STILL BORN SON WERE BEING RELEASED..THEN CALLED BACK LATER, APOLOGIZING THAT THE CHILDS BRAIN WAS STILL AT THE OFFICE…IF SOMEONE WANTED TO PICK THAT UP….

KEEP AN EYE ON THIS STORY….SANDY MAY NOT BE THE ONLY FRANKENSTORM TO HIT NY----THE FRANKENSTEIN LIKE S-O-P OF THE ME’S OFFICE….may be a MONSTER OF A SCANDAL.