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Amazing picture. Glad you're

Ramona — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:53:57 +0000

In reply to This is how close we were...

Amazing picture. Glad you're okay.

"how the city is not built

EmmaZahn — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:23:03 +0000

"how the city is not built for the new reality"

From what I have read, it was not built for the old reality, e.g.Goldman and others building on the known 100 year flood plain not to mention a subway system with openings to said plain.

Still, good to know that it looks like NYC will be getting a multi-year infrastructure project to stimulate its economy. That is, unless Goldman and others in the financial community decide to relocate. Both Lebanon, Kansas and Rugby, North Dakota look like they have some growing room.

Actually, in this case I

artappraiser — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:57:56 +0000

In reply to Just discovered Yglesias

Actually, in this case I suspect it was the PTB that started the meme: Gov. Cuomo in his Tuesday morning press conference.

It was a little mini-speech after announcements, but before taking questions, about needing to rebuild smarter. Initially I don't think he used the the New Amsterdam reference--that was added later by reporters he gave individual interviews to at various sites as the day went on--but he did use a New Orleans comparison--that maybe downtown needs a levee like theirs.

The mini-speech started out with a political jab toward global warming deniers, with him saying that on the phone with the President he joked that "we have a 100-year flood every two years now." Then he went on to describe scenes he saw at Ground Zero and subway tunnels downtown, as examples of how the city is not built for the new reality and rebuilding needs to address it. He kept repeating the "we have a 100-year flood every two years now" like a talking point as the day went on, and that the city needs to be rebuilt differently, to withstand flooding.

Seriously, Emma...what the

wabby — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:20:22 +0000

In reply to Do you know that guy

Seriously, Emma...what the hell is this guy thinking? First of all, the bar on that saw is way too small. If he's gonna kill himself, he needs at least a 16 inch. And if he wants to kill himself faster, he should take that little sissy saw he's using and cut one of those branchy things propping the tree up farther up the trunk. This guy is definitely not lumberjack material.

Well, the Yoopers might not

wabby — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:13:37 +0000

In reply to Just to be clear, we Michigan

Well, the Yoopers might not have a chainsaw cult, but the Trolls (those of us who live below the Big Mac bridge) surely do. There's a Stihl faction and a Husqvarna faction and Poulan faction and a McCulloch faction and a...

But, if you have a Craftsman chainsaw don't even bother showing up at the meeting because you'll get laughed right out the back door.

You must have at least four saws to be able to join the cult and a flannel shirt...your choice of plaid.

Sadly, Mr. flower and I do not make the cult cut as we only have 3 chainsaws hanging from nails pounded into the rafters of the manshed.

The reason cultists own so many is because at any given moment, only one of 'em is in any kind of working order, the others having run out of their 'special' gas, the chain is loose or dull, or the damn thing just won't start.

Just in case anyone wants to know, it takes about an hour and a half to get the saw prepped and properly revved and then about 18 seconds to buzz through an eight inch log.

We usually end up using the buck saw anyhow.

You city folks just don't know what yer missin'.

Just to be clear, we Michigan

Ramona — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:55:00 +0000

In reply to Your chainsaw point is

Just to be clear, we Michigan Yoopers don't actually love our chainsaws in any romantic, muscled, plaid-shirted way. They sit in our barns and our garages until they're needed--just another tool to fight the elements. Hardly ever used, by the way, at least at our house. But comforting to know it's there.

No love, no cult, just being practical.