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Hurricane Sandy Can’t Dampen Packers spirit.

Found November 07, 2012 on AllGreenBayPackers.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Bruce Springsteen
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“Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us. The pier lights our carnival life forever… - Bruce Springsteen There was no aurora rising behind Hurricane Sandy and I, rather it was merely a dark gloomy sky, darker than I had ever seen in my neighborhood. There were no porch lights or street lights interrupting the view of the NJ sky. There was also not a star to be seen, just cloudy eerie darkness… The power went out at 7:15PM on Monday.  My wife and mother-in-law (who we had convinced to stay with us to ride out the storm) were most disappointed that they would be missing Dancing With the Stars. What can I say? It was my good fortune to have purchased a generator a few weeks earlier. Not because I was Nostradamus and had foreseen this storm coming, it’s just something I’ve always wanted to have for cases of emergency, tailgating, outdoor activities, etc.  After hurricane Irene last year, I promised myself I would buy one, yet it took almost a year before I finally did so. The weekend befo...
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