Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy has been the topic of discussion in most house holds the last week and a half. When ever its discussed (which is pretty often) everyone has something to add. While we were talking about Hurricane Sandy (again) a girl said. "Do we have to talk about Hurricane Sandy again, can we change the topic?"
Sure I said. "Hows the weather?"

Why is weather the most fascinating subject? When you meet someone after the "Hello, how are you?" you somehow always find yourself  talking about the weather. Try not talking about the weather to anyone for a whole day. It's pretty hard.

While we're on the topic of weather, here are some HP stories on Hurricane Sandy. (There are many many more.)

Rabbi Frankel was the rabbi of the Shul Agudas Yisroel. It was the night of the hurricane and he was trying get a Minyan for Maariv. Rabbi Frankel  texted Benny Gross, one of congregants to see if he was able to come for the Minyan. Benny really did not want to leave his house and  was nervous to go out. After the second text from his Rabbi, Benny decided it was the right thing to do and he drove to the Shul to join the Minyan. After Maariv, he headed home and  was shocked to see that a HUGE tree right in front of his house fell right where his car was parked only twenty minutes before. HP!

The Rasmon family from Israel was flying to Detroit for a Chasunah. When they were booking their flights earlier this month they were trying to get a stop over in New York and from there get a connecting flight to Detorit. Each time they tried to book the flight, it wouldn't work. Frustrated they tried again, but then the flights were very expensive. Finally, they just decided to make a flight with a stop over in Amsterdam instead of New York.
Last week when Hurricane Sandy hit New York all of the airports were shut down. Had the Rasmon family stopped off in New York they would have been stuck there and missed the wedding. HP!