It is early in the month for thanksgiving, but I want to get a jump start.  Regarding Hurricane Sandy, the extraordinary efforts of many people to get the electricity and lights back on, work through the gas and housing outages, and provide humanitarian assistance are worth noting.

I spend a lot of time talking about what is not going well, so I wanted to take the time to acknowledge a few of the many things that have gone well with the preparedness and response efforts for H. Sandy. BRAVO and sincere thanks to: FEMA, the Mayor and many city officials in New York, the Governors of NY and NJ, and countless emergency management staffers, utility workers, and Red Cross volunteers.  I am sure there are many other individuals who have done helpful things too.

Nov. 13th update. Here is an example of the hard work and dedication of some of the disaster workers: For federal Sandy workers, floating NY home is no cruise ship. Reuters, Nov. 12.