Welcome to the danger zone. We’ve spoken about it before and we’ll do so again.
The trees in Napeague are a potential hazard of epic proportions [“Bats and Bugs Conspiring To Create Wildfire Hazard in Napeague,” 27east.com, September 6]. It didn’t take Maui to be the cause. Last July, here, the already forgotten Canadian wildfires.
This goes along with other forgotten happenings in this district: Napeague Harbor not being dredged, Cranberry Hole Bridge, cubes in the middle of a road and emergency access.
District 12 is alike to the Hunger Games and the same district of the same number. Funny that the movie’s lead heroine filmed in Montauk last year.
Still here.
Joe Karpinski
Amagansett
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