Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread michael gurstein
To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy Hi, thanks Renate, we're ok, have been out numerous times in the hurricane. NYC and NJ and coastal Connecticut are epitomes of suffering at the moment - a real mess here, no one was expecting this. But our roof and our repairs held! Thanks to everyone

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread Martin Glaz Serup
: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:16 AM To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy Hi, thanks Renate, we're ok, have been out numerous times in the hurricane. NYC and NJ and coastal Connecticut are epitomes of suffering at the moment - a real mess here, no one was expecting

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread G.H. Hovagimyan
. From: empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au [empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jonathan Marshall [jonathan.marsh...@uts.edu.au] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 PM To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread Maria Damon
. From: empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au [empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jonathan Marshall [jonathan.marsh...@uts.edu.au] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 PM To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy I was amazed to hear from someone

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread Alan Sondheim
To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy I was amazed to hear from someone in Michegan who said they were experiencing 40mph winds, so the effects in NY must be staggering. The news this morning was full of pictures of the sea moving inland, and the kind of heavy debris blowing around that Alan

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread Maria Damon
To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy Hi, thanks Renate, we're ok, have been out numerous times in the hurricane. NYC and NJ and coastal Connecticut are epitomes of suffering at the moment - a real mess here, no one was expecting this. But our roof

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread Susan E Ryan
To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy I was amazed to hear from someone in Michegan who said they were experiencing 40mph winds, so the effects in NY must be staggering. The news this morning was full of pictures of the sea moving inland, and the kind of heavy debris blowing

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread Maria Damon
...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au [empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jonathan Marshall [jonathan.marsh...@uts.edu.au] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 PM To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy I was amazed to hear from someone in Michegan who said they were experiencing 40mph

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread Cynthia Beth Rubin
...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au [empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jonathan Marshall [jonathan.marsh...@uts.edu.au] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 PM To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy I was amazed to hear from someone in Michegan who said they were

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-31 Thread Renate Ferro
...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au [ empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jonathan Marshall [ jonathan.marsh...@uts.edu.au] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 PM To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy I was amazed to hear from someone in Michegan who said they were

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Cynthia Beth Rubin
As long as we are talking about the hurricane, those of us in Connecticut just saw a very distressed Governor on television. Apparently there are a significant number of people who refused to leave their homes despite mandatory evacuations for those on the shoreline. The water now surrounds

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Renate Ferro
To all of the empyreans on the East Coast of the US please be safe. From here in Upstate New York we have been watching television and news reports. We have certainly had rain and wind but the brunt of the storm seems to be in the New York, New Jersey, Ct. and Maryland coastal areas. Alan please

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Timothy Morton
Hi all, In answer to Cynthia, there are lots of reasons. During Katrina some people stayed to look after their pets, for instance. But in general, humans seem reluctant to admit the scope of the nonhuman forces they have unleashed since the late eighteenth century. I'd go not with facing

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Simon Biggs
A good number of our key people for the Remediating the Social event are caught up in this storm. We also hope they are OK and can get on their flights to Edinburgh asap. best Simon On 30 Oct 2012, at 14:22, Renate Ferro wrote: To all of the empyreans on the East Coast of the US please be

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Alan Sondheim
Hi, thanks Renate, we're ok, have been out numerous times in the hurricane. NYC and NJ and coastal Connecticut are epitomes of suffering at the moment - a real mess here, no one was expecting this. But our roof and our repairs held! Thanks to everyone who wrote in as well. love, Alan and

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread { brad brace }
Don't forget the Looters! Bill McKibben: Name Storms After Oil Companies (The Ones Most Responsible for Climate Change) http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/30-12 /:b On Tue, 30 Oct 2012, Timothy Morton wrote: Hi all, In answer to Cynthia, there are lots of reasons. During Katrina some

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Jonathan Marshall
-] Hurricane Sandy Hi, thanks Renate, we're ok, have been out numerous times in the hurricane. NYC and NJ and coastal Connecticut are epitomes of suffering at the moment - a real mess here, no one was expecting this. But our roof and our repairs held! Thanks to everyone who wrote in as well. love, Alan

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Lichty, Patrick
. From: empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au [empyre-boun...@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jonathan Marshall [jonathan.marsh...@uts.edu.au] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:54 PM To: soft_skinned_space Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy I was amazed to hear from someone

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-30 Thread Maria Damon
: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy I was amazed to hear from someone in Michegan who said they were experiencing 40mph winds, so the effects in NY must be staggering. The news this morning was full of pictures of the sea moving inland, and the kind of heavy debris blowing around that Alan was talking about

[-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-29 Thread Alan Sondheim
Everyone I know is documenting the storm and putting it up online. The reality as such is troubling; listening to the police radio gives an idea of the degree people are in trouble. At the moment the situatio is more severe, small explosions, more fires, flooding everywhere. So far we're

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-29 Thread Maria Damon
what is the roaring inside your building? you write as if from inside a sinking ship, as in Edgar Allen Poe's short story... On 10/29/12 8:04 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: Everyone I know is documenting the storm and putting it up online. The reality as such is troubling; listening to the police

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-29 Thread Maria Damon
wow, watery apocalypse clanging sounds great On 10/29/12 9:34 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: The roaring's from the wind rumbling over the tarps; we repaired the skylights with shower curtains, tarps, duct tape, gorilla tape, and bungee cords - and it's still holding. But we went out walking for

Re: [-empyre-] Hurricane Sandy

2012-10-29 Thread Jon Lebkowsky
Relieved that you're okay. Those sound files brought it home to us. On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: The roaring's from the wind rumbling over the tarps; we repaired the skylights with shower curtains, tarps, duct tape, gorilla tape, and bungee cords