The news this week from the South Street Seaport Museum was good. The Museum’s Bowne Stationers has reopened its doors after being flooded by Superstorm Sandy. There had been serious concern that the 19th century type and letterpress equipment might be seriously damaged or destroyed by the flood. A small army of volunteers, however, successfully dried and cleaned the type and have cleaned and restocked the store so that it can reopen. Much of the rest of the South Street Seaport Museum remains closed,but they are working toward reopening as soon as possible.
Other news was not as good. Real estate executives are speculating whether the major flooding damage will sink the seaport, at least economically if not literally. The concern is that the repairs and renovations will be so extensive and take so long to complete that the tourists will move on to other areas in the city. If the tourists no longer come to the shopping areas at South Street, the consequences for the seaport museum could be dire as well.
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Scientists from Australia have just returned from a voyage of un-discovery. They have proven that Sandy Island, which appears on many nautical charts and on Google Earth and Google Maps, does no exist. The island which is depicted on Google Earth as a dark oval, roughly 14 nautical miles long by 3 miles wide in the Coral Sea between New Caledonia and Australia, simply isn’t there. Instead they found water over 4,600 feet deep. Sany Islad has apparently appeared with some regularity on marine charts since at least 2000. The un-discovery took place onboard the 