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Twentysomething‌By David Lion Rattiner from three brothers, all around 13 or so, who were hidden underneath a sailboat that was still on land. They were screaming for the fun of it, but screaming nonetheless. I piled back into my car and raced to my dad’s house, where my brother was out on the deck with his digital camera. He was enjoying the show. “This is crazy, man!â€? I felt like I was on the Earthquake ride at Universal Studios in Florida as we watched, in semi-amazement,
a decorative pillar by my dad’s pool just flop over onto the ground, firing dirt up into the air from its base and just barely missing the electrical wire that runs to the house. My dad came out of the guest room with flashlights. “Don’t open the refrigerator, the power is out!� KABOOM! “DUDE, DID YOU JUST SEE THAT?� My brother Gabe hooted from outside. He was soaking wet in the rain. “Get a picture, get a picture of the lightning!� I said. And then it was over, about as fast as it came in, and we all looked around the room. “Do you think Nick and Toni’s has power? I’m pretty hungry,� my dad said.
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The Perfect Storm The whole town went completely bananas last week when a 20-minute storm hurdled across Long Island like an angry gorilla. People are still talking about how powerful it was, and telling tales of heroic grandeur about how they survived. Power lines went out, trees fell, windows broke and cops were everywhere, directing traffic and delivering advice. Kind of makes you wonder what the heck we would do if a storm lasting 40 minutes were to hit the Hamptons. Anybody who was out on a boat at the Blessing of the Fleet in Montauk enjoyed quite a ride during the storm. The Schirrippa family of Springs happened to be aboard one of the charter boats, and rode the waves until it passed over. Amelia Schirrippa recounted the day, “All I could think about was the movie, The Perfect Storm.� As for me, I was out on my sailboat, testing a new eight-horsepower Mercury engine in Three Mile Harbor. Twenty minutes before the storm, a large crane was dropping my sailboat, “Serenity Now,� into the harbor. “Looks like a storm might be coming,� I said as I looked over at dark clouds. “Yeah, looks like a bit of rain,� said the marina manager. I fired up my engine and began to motor out. I can deal with a bit of rain, I thought. I’m just going to get my engine a little warm. As I motored out I looked out at the clouds. Half the sky was gray, the other half perfectly blue. What a weird day. As I headed farther out into the harbor, I saw off in the distance three motorboats racing through. In Three Mile Harbor, boats are only supposed to go five miles an hour; these guys were going around 40. Jerks, I thought. When they got to where I was, a Boston Whaler with three people on board slowed down, and the captain cupped his mouth and yelled out to me, “GET THE HELL BACK TO THE DOCK! THERE IS A STORM COMING!� He was jumping up and down on his boat. It was almost comical how nuts he was. Wuss, I thought. Probably takes that Whaler out of the harbor once a year. Then I heard thunder crack. KABOOM! Then I saw a perfect bolt of lightning smash into the sea off in the distance. Holy crap, I thought. I turned around and headed back to my slip at the dock, but the wind had started. It just came out of nowhere, like a hidden knockout punch by a boxer. The rain was hitting my back so hard that I had to cringe and tighten my body to deal with the welts. I was soaked within minutes. There was another thunder crack, and I willed myself into the boat slip. I felt like Captain Jack Sparrow trying to tie up. Off in the distance I heard insanely loud screams
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