Occupy Sandy

I worked for three days last weekend on hurricane relief, on Friday in Red Hook, Brooklyn serving food, on Saturday in Far Rockaway unloading trucks that were arriving with supplies and helping sort them, and on Saturday in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn first canvasing the neighborhood for extra hurricane supplies people no longer needed, then sorting supplies that were coming in and putting together "blackout kits" with flashlights, batteries, candles and matches.

I am going to try to go back today to 520 Clinton Ave where I was working on Sunday. There is a distribution hub there for supplies going out to all affected areas. There is another storm coming in today which is scary for the many areas of the city that still do not have power!

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