I'm so sorry your city went through that. :(. It is amazing, how people step up. I hope the damage will be resolved sooner than later.

I've been through one hurricane and some severe thunderstorms, and they freak me out. Wind and water are scary forces of nature.

Oh, what a coincidence! I picked up The Ministry of Time at the airport on my way back from vaca last month. I read it - and now I'm reading it again. It was only after I finished it and read some of the post script that I realized ... it's kind of a self-insert historical fanfic, isn't it? I have a few bones to pick with it, but it stuck with me enough that I had to re-read it immediately. That doesn't happen often. I do like timey-wimey stories, so it may be that simple.

Enjoy the hockey!