He said: "Should you ever come within range of the 'monster' I hope you will not be deterred by humanitarian considerations from shooting him on the spot and sending the carcass to us in cold storage, carriage forward.
On Wednesday, exhausted passengers arriving at St Pancras International station, London, claimed they were left on the train for hours with no food, and in darkness and overbearing heat after the power was cut, then packed into a cold station after the carriages were finally evacuated.
More than 3,000 people had been evacuated in the past few days and some were being accommodated in cold conditions in train carriages, he said.
The Ferris wheel, still fully erect, regards the party like a cold and distant sun, its carriages creaking in a shovel of wind.
The hotel borders Central Park, where within minutes one can enter the zoo, go for a horse and carriage ride or, on a cold day, go ice-skating.
Carriage prevalence was higher in the cold (May-August) and hot (September-November) seasons as compared to the rainy season (December-April).
When they did travel, people had to sit in carriages shrouded by blinds, lit by cold blue lights, and patrolled by new lighting attendants whose job was to check the blackout.
So does "The Terminal," a picture taken the day after the storm; it shows a carriage driver watering his horses in the bitter cold, producing great clouds of steam.
The entrance featured a double set of plate glass doors to give protection in cold weather, and a U-shaped driveway for horse and carriages.
We arrived at the almost-finished orphan care facility by horse-drawn carriage and rode motorcycles across and through - wide and cold rivers to reach his rural school.
