Weather Woes

From time to time, I have to cover major events in New York City, particularly when they make the national media spotlight. This week, it's the weather here.

If you've watched the evening news, you may be aware that a tornado touched down in Brooklyn yesterday. According to the National Weather Service, this urban twister packed winds possibly as strong as 130 mph.

I know this site is supposed to be about Queens, but both my parents are from Brooklyn and of the five boroughs of NYC, Brooklyn runs a close second place in my heart. Besides, it was an historic event as it is the first recorded tornado in Brooklyn since records have been kept.

Queens was not immune from the weather woes yesterday either. I woke up to loud claps of thunder and saw blinding rain outside my window. The winds were strong here too (not 130 mph, but strong). By the time I went out to my car, around 7:15 am, the rain was over but the damage was done. In God's providence, I found a parking spot closer to home than I typically do. I say this because the place where I park six days out of seven, was a lake with water up to the doors on the cars that were parked there. Thankfully, I didn't have to wade through the asphalt swamp to get to my car, but had this happened any other day, I would have.

Though the rain cleared out of the metropolitan area by 8:30, flooded subway tunnels and highways, made getting around, well, an inconvenient truth.

I won't make the eschatological connections regarding the weather that some friends of mine would. The only thing I have to say about this waether and the prospect that the forecast calls for more of the same is this: "Whata you kiddin' me?"

I promise I'll have some updates for you in the near term about how our plans for the Fall season are shaping up. We will be firming up what looks to be a busy Autumn in the life of Ascension Church very soon.