I drove into work on October 29, 2012, faced with the following dilemma:Where to park my car in case the upcoming storm (later to be named Superstorm Sandy) was going to be “the real thing.” I pulled up to the parking lot across the street from NYU Langone Medical Center, and the attendant assured me that it was safe to park in the lot, even on the lower level, since the lot had “never had any flooding.” Little did we all know that the word “never” was not going to mean much after the next 24 hours. I opted to park a block away from the medical center, further west from the East River.
Throughout the day, my colleague and I followed the course of the storm. We noted its landfall and estimated the time it would reach the New York metropolitan area. Periodically, we glanced out the window...
