It’s almost impossible to hear the stories coming from New York and New Jersey and not think, “how would that go over if that happened here?”
Take this announcement today, for example. The “vast majority” of people in New York won’t get power back until November 10th and some may not get it back until late November.
This video shows why that might be a bigger deal than in other parts of the country.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins