Much of New York
is experiencing a power outage right now, including pretty much all of
downtown Manhattan (where, incidentally, I live). The reason: Hurricane Sandy, or
“Franken-storm as the press has dramatically dubbed it in its inimitable style, caused an explosion
at the 14th Street power station.
It happens that in my book, Those That Wake, there was a two-week power
outage in downtown Manhattan brought on by an explosion at the 14th
Street power station. I’m not claiming
any sort of prescience here – in my book it was the result of a terrorist
attack . . . maybe – but I will say it’s rather surreal to be suffering the
consequences of an event that, until three days ago, had been purely imaginary.
I wonder if, years from now, when people read the book, they'll think I got the idea from when Hurricane Sandy blew through.
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