| Hurricanes in Perspective: The Inconveniences of Affluence |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Monday, September 13 2004 11:11 |
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We’ve just stumbled through four foul weeks. It was like Armageddon followed by the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And it all started, appropriately, on Friday the 13th. First, Hurricane Charley toppled our trees, pulled the plug on our power, cut our cable, interrupted our Internet access, and crippled our cell phones. The avalanche of email screeched to a halt—although maybe a blessing rather than a curse. Then just 23 days later, the fury of Frances finished off what the chutzpa of Charley began. At our house we had no power for a week, no phone for two weeks, and no cable television or email for 19 days. Then on September 5th, it started all over again.
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