Monday, October 29, 2012
The Hurricane -
Hurricane Sandy
some audio files - sounds from inside our place from
the skylights; playing nepalese sarangi and sarangi
with the sounds; police radio - note the stranded
cars with water rising, fires, etc.; a few shots from
our excursion out with Gary Wiebke holding the piece
of wallboard that almost killed me, and a tree around
the corner which has split and killed a smaller ginko
next to it as well. The buoy videos fascinate me,
taken from a Brooklyn waterfront pier yesterday as
the storm approached. We're hanging in, everything is
roaring.
[later] roaring up to 80 db steady in our place. reports of floodings
all over, small explosions, fires. more evacuations. fearful.
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh1.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh2.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh3.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh4.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh5.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh6.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh07.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh08.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh09.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh10.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh11.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/sandyh12.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/buoy2.mp4
http://www.alansondheim.org/buoy1.mp4
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Happened to take a sick day yesterday
ReplyDeleteLying on the couch wrapped in a blanket
Watching multiple news channels
Reminded me of 9/11
And Fox News mentioning the National Guard
In the streets of New York,
"Just like 9/11... 9/11... 9/11"
But Fox News was also worrying about Wall Street
And MSNBC was politicizing
Even before the storm made landfall
They were saying things like,
"This gives Obama the opportunity to be presidential".
And back to Fox News, who were gleefully
Taking calls from those who refused to evacuate
Essentially glorifying their refusal
Even as Governor Chris Christie called them
"stupid"
And on the Weather Channel, dozens of people
wandering around Battery Park as the waters rose
and night fell
We are collectively numbed to Crisis.
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ReplyDeleteHi Tracey, I really don't think your last line is correct. Fox News isn't news; it's bankrupt and hardly typical of much of anything - they're spinning their agenda. In fact Channel 4 here, NBC, has done an amazing job around the clock helping folks; what I've seen on Channels 2 and 7 is similar (I won't watch Fox, even local Fox, which is better than national). Christie is right by the way; he's fairly far right-wing Republican, but he called all of this accurately and profusely thanked Obama and said this isn't the time to play politics. He's been really good re: relief efforts, as has Cuomo. As far as wandering around, we were all wandering around, not because we're numbed, but because we're amazed at what can happen here. Everyone's helping everyone else; even I had aid offers from other people in Brooklyn, other people in the building, etc., and offered them the same. NYC has been through an earthquake (minor), tornados, and two hurricanes in the past year and a half - oh, forgot the blizzard, and we handled it all. We'll get through this too. All of the governors by the way - not just Christie - have been terrific in the circumstance; the only person I find fault with is the mayor, but that's another story.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're okay. The sights and sounds of crisis are mesmerizing. Thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteI find it so interesting that our collective experience of crisis is so mediated through social media now. Ever since 1991, when the Gulf War was televised, we've become a nation of voyeurs of crisis. Now it's more participatory, as we all share our reactions and emotions in tweets and Facebook updates. In some ways, it brings us all closer as we react in unison, but in other ways, it's alienating. We forget the on-the-ground, in-the-flesh rawness of it; the warmth of the human hand/hug; the actual spray of the water instead of the spectacle of it.
Here the rawness is evident in odd ways - about 40-50 ambulances last night going in a row high-speed down Flatbush Avenue - they must have been evacuating a hospital somewhere. Just a few minutes ago today, about 10 ambulances doing the same, from the same direction. And everyone of course has stories to tell; meanwhile there are people I can't reach, which is frightening -
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