It seems hard to believe that the scene I beheld
here—before Hurricane Sandy made damaged homes, torturous commutes and gas lines
last seen in the Seventies an inescapable reality for all too many New Jerseyans—existed
last than two weeks ago. But I can still
remember walking around the “New Overpeck Park” near me in Bergen County, N.J., bursting to explore a
stretch of 100 acres, courtesy of a recently opened road.
I don’t want to linger on the thought that the
stream that I and so many others beheld that lovely Sunday afternoon in
mid-afternoon could have been churned and whipped into something ugly this past
week—and even less the thought that it could ever happen again.
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