Local excitement

There was a bit of excitement here this afternoon after an explosion and gas leak a block away on Joralamen, with streets, homes and the subway stations at Borough Hall and Court Street being evacuated. (Thankfully no one was hurt). Stacy and Jason and kids arrive in Newark in a few hours and may be all bunking up with me tonight if they are still homeless.

As I've been getting breakfast items for the kids, bedding (and bed strategy) together so a one bedroom apartment can host a family of five comfortably, I've been trying to imagine what it must be like to be really displaced from your home.