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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> >Doug, what's the weather like in NYC. Are you having an LBO </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> hurricane</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >watch?</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Lots of rain. Schools closed. Malathion washing into the storm </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> sewers. Rudy strutting about, lacking only a balcony ...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Actually, having viewed him on the evening news, Rudy G. was looking pretty casual last night -- as Il Duce wannabes go -- in his führer bunker, er, "Emergency Command Center." Peerless leader was wearing a tennis-style sport shirt stenciled with the seal of the NYC Office of the Mayor *and* some important-looking inscription identifying the wearer as affiliated with Emergency Services *and* bold lettering further identifying the wearer as Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor. He was, to say the least, unmistakable.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The storm itself was a joke. The biggest risk I encountered was nearly being trampled by weather-bulletin-frenzied fellow railroad commuters fleeing the city.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carl</FONT>
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