In connection with the ebb and flow of the water, the phases of the moon influence the gentleness or the intensity of the tides. The ferocity of Hurricane Sandy was based on the convergence of conditions that were extremely unusual: the storm system traveling up from the south, a storm system traveling down from the north, the arrival of the storm at high tide, and the full moon. These four elements came together in a way that created what meteorologists were referring to as a ‘Super’ storm. I’ve often wondered, if one of those conditions hadn’t existed, would the storm have proved to be as powerful? Would it have created the surge that came on with such force, people were literally running from it, as if running from a tsunami? ‘Full Moon’ alludes to the rising up, the inundation, the flooding, the overwhelming force that created a literal sea of loss.
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