Tornado in NY?

Apparantly a part of Brooklyn was hit by a tornado last night (while all of NYC and this area was hit by a huge and violent storm). Yes I do live in Brooklyn. The neighborhood that was hit hardest is very close to me. Roofs torn off, trees uprooted, the whole works.

I woke up while it was at its worst, it was pretty scary.

Mass transit was messed up... I pity those who had to go to work. MTA spokespeople actually said that if you haven't left home..... don't. There are something like 30 subway lines in NYC... 17 of them were either severely delayed or completely not working. The 1, 2, 3, A, B, D, R, and every other possible letter you can think of. Jeez.

In other news, I have an article about how to save money and time in the American Museum of Natural History written up... just need to type it (as always). When I do, I'll link to it here. And I will get around to the sheet music thing too, I just haven't had a moment to myself.

Free Sheet Music

I'm so glad that I didn't make any plans for yesterday... If I had been working, I don't know how I would have gotten home. A huge steam explosion (77 stories high, according to one source) occurred in Manhattan, near Grand Central station. One person was killed, 18 injured... thank goodness it wasn't any more. Most of the places I read about it don't even bother saying the cause - they just blatantly state "It wasn't terrorism!" Of course, my mom is absolutely convinced it was.

Now they're saying that while there is asbestos in the dust, the air is clean. How does that work? Meh. Hopefully by the time I have to work on Saturday, everything will be settled.

In other news, I'm writing an article for Associated Content about free sheet music on the internet, so be on the lookout for that. I'll link to it here when it's up (whenever I get off my lazy butt and finish it).