Where have I beend? Hurricane Malcolm was a bit worse than expected. I have been stuck on New York main for the last few days. There was an emergency at the shop, so I stayed as late as I could helping put the inventory into water safe containers, securing the furniture, covering the windows, checking for any exposed crevices basically. The alarms sounded earlier than we thought they would.
I bunked with the new guy, Emir. He lives in this cute little micro dorm a block away from the shop. He must pay almost as much as I do for his shared kitchen shared bathroom place. Micro dorms are very big with transplants from the continent.
I stopped by the corner store and bought water, food, candles and a toothbrush. Emir shared nothing with me over the time I spent in his micro dorm. He didn't even really talk to me.
The space was 8 * 7. So it was cramped. His bed took up a lot of the space and I slept on the floor. He gave me one sheet and one towel. The alarms sounded for 4 days. The day we were able to leave I checked the light rail conditions and went to the shop. Emir had strict rules about talking before 10... So he didn't come with.
All shop employees must show up at the shop after a bad storm. The floors were a bit wet from foot prints but otherwise all was well.
My apartment when I got back was fine. The first 2 floors weren't so lucky. At the height of the storm these floors were flooded. People tried to get to higher ground but calamity ensued. People died. Some were killed in the mayhem....
