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Robert Baer

Monday, February 11, 2013

"Nemo" Threatened to Bring All of New York City to Its Collective Knees

Turned out to be simply more hype than harm. A birds eye view from expatriate St. Louisans in the Big Apple this past weekend.

Robert Baer, the younger brother of Ladue-Frontenac editor Jim Baer, is a transplanted St. Louisan, retired and living in New York City. A graduate of the University of Missouri and Michigan's law school, this former Ladue High student took all of the hyped up storm in stride. Amanda Meier, former resident of Olivette and John Burroughs and Penn graduate also resides in NYC. This is pretty much how the storm of the year turned out to be one rather major dud for both of our contributors. Robert Baer first: “Nemo threatens to bring Metropolis to its knees.”  Have no fear; New York was not threatened by a killer blowfish, swallowing hard boiled Yankees and tourists alike in an orgy of aquatic violence.  Rather that was the prediction of …

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