Now, at 3:59 p.m., November 9, 2012: Long Island officials want military to take over power restoration.
Nothing like the fear of a shortage of booze to get people moving. How long has it been since they've had no power, turning away non-union support, enforcing regulations about tree clearing by untrained individuals, gas lines stretching for miles, one photo op by the president, and electricity still not restored? How long? I believe it was on/about October 29 when the storm hit New Jersey. Ten, eleven days ago.
But, a liquor drought -- call in the US Marines.
I cannot make this stuff up.
Yes, I know the liquor drought was in New Jersey; and, I know that Long Island is in New York but New Yorkers read the headline and want action before the liquor drought spreads.
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I'm trying to imagine what is worse: 300 Fiskers bursting into flame due to the flood or this graphic description of the liquor warehouse, from the linked story above:
Yesterday, a sad mix of liquor and slush puddled on the ground outside Fedway Associates Inc.’s warehouse in Kearny — where the smell of red wine hung in the air as workers piled boxes and broken glass into an 8-foot-tall mountain.
The devastating deluge smashed bottles of pricy libations such as Grey Goose vodka and Cristal Champagne, leaving a river of booze pouring onto a pile of soggy cardboard.
