Earlier, when Aussie debutant Phillip Hughes fell with just 18 runs added to his overnight century and Neil Dexter edged a mis-hook to slip to depart for 72, Middlesex looked as if they might even be forced to follow-on as Garnett Kruger bowled Glamorgan into the ascendancy.

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On Tuesday, after the storm had passed, I gave my family the slip and walked a mile south through Red Hook, first past houses and businesses that were still bilge-ing out waist-deep water on Van Brunt Street, than over to Lorraine Street, where I heard the water had been high that morning, and the Red Hook Houses, a housing project.

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But to do that, first you have to wrestle the bar down low enough to hook it into a waist harness, then maneuver the board in front of you and slip your feet into the foot straps, all while keeping the kite under control.

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