Once or twice in our sojourn upon this earth something happens which shapes the course of our lives. Many on the East Coast have experienced such an event. Consider for a moment what has been set in motion from Sandy:

*13 foot surge of seawater. 3 feet above the 200 year old record.
*90 mph winds
*The battery tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn flooded.
*74 foot crane in the middle of Manhattan tittering over the city
*8.2 million in 7 states from the Carolina’s to Ohio without power
*a close call at 2 nuclear plants
*100 homes destroyed first by flood and then by fire in Queens (historic Breezy Point *neighborhood)
*a presidential campaign stopped dead in its tracks
*The West Virginia Blizzard as a result of the storm.
*ships and trees, and roads, and homes gone.
*dozens of people l…