Actual Deluge greets "Delugians" opening in NYC

It seemed somewhat appropriate that at the hour that the Delugians show was to open, NYC would be hit by a poltergeist/tempest/tornado. While the weather certainly curtailed some of the expected attendance, the turnout was steady. Universally the guests were impressed and moved by the exhibition. Stella Kramer has written a nice review of the show on her blog, Stellazine.

More on the tornado from the NY Times:

Most of the New York City subway system was back in service by this evening’s rush hour after a fierce morning storm disrupted transit service throughout much of the region and unleashed a rare and destructive tornado that whipped southwestern Brooklyn with winds of up to 135 miles an hour.

The storm dropped about 3 inches of rain on the New York metropolitan area in about an hour, flooding major thoroughfares, cutting off power to thousands of homes and causing confusion that lingered through a humid, sweaty day.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York o said this was the third time in seven months that a sudden downpour had brought the transit system to its knees. “The timing and intensity of the storm took us by surprise,” said Elliot G. Sander, the chief executive of the M.T.A. “The intensity of the storm brought torrential rainfall in a short period of time, overwhelming both our pumps and the sewer system that is needed to accept the pump water.”

As the storm knocked down power lines, more than 4,000 customers throughout the city lost power.

Pete Chiaramonte, 41, said he saw what he thought was the storm touching down at around 5.30 a.m. near the corner of 37th Street and 13th Avenue. “It was a funnel shape,” he said. “It looked kind of black and blue,” adding, “it was way up high and came right down on the roof of” a department store. “Pieces of the roof were all over the place. It was a big bang.”