perhaps later this week i shall swim home

Well, it seems like everything is underwater, but I'm not, so...okay. My parents' apartment is two blocks from the Hudson River, but on high ground, so no flooding in my immediate area, but watching videos on the news of the parts of Manhattan that ARE underwater is seriously giving me the heebie-jeebies. WHY IS 23RD STREET A RIVER, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. We do still have power, fortunately -- I'm not sure if my own apartment does, but since it sounds like the subways won't be functional again until Wednesday at the very earliest, it's not like I'm going to be seeing my own apartment in the immediate future anyway. Fun times.

I'm safe and comfortable, though, so no real complaints. Although inhabiting a small one-bedroom apartment with one's parents when no one can leave the house is strangely not conducive to writing. Who'd a thunk it. I have watched an awful lot of television news today. My brain might explode.

Not much actual rain here. The wind is INTENSE. And we're only on the 12th floor -- I'd imagine it gets even freakier in the real high-rises.