Oh, another thing this blog is sure to be about at times is…the weather. For me talking about the weather isn’t small talk – it has a real impact on the way I plan and live.
It looks like we’re about to get a nor’easter of potentially historic proportions, and no one knows for sure quite how long it’ll stick around or just what part will hit us. But basically we should prepare for at least five days of cold, wet and very windy conditions. For an arthritic dogwalker and bicyclist that is not good news.
But it’s even worse news for our regional ecosystem as a whole. The heaviest part of the storm hits tomorrow right at high tide, as I understand it, and significant shoreline erosion is expected. I fear for my beloved Rockaway, and areas further east on Long Island, which will get hit even harder. All this shoreline erosion of course will eat away at the dunes and wetlands, reducing an endangered habitat, and more refuse will turn up on beaches and be very bad news for marine wildlife.
So it goes.
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