Damn You, Mikey

So yeah. I’ve been reporter/witness to two fires in the city today. One as I left a newspaper job at Union Square. Burning building, 10 trucks, large men in black-and-yellow uniforms on ladders high up. The other fire, now, near my other newspaper job. Here’s the view from the "terrace" [read: frighteningly high out-jutting platform surrounded by skinny metal bars]:


Which brings us to the Morbidity Count as of Today, since the past almost-three weeks:

2 fires
+
1 staffer car accident
2 staffer relatives/significant others dead
2 staffer relatives/significant others dying
=
What the fuck?
No, but what the fuck?