Mayor Bloomberg's Sign-Language Interpreter Lydia Calas Is New York City's Hurricane Crush
Is "Hurricane Crush" a thing? Let's make it a thing. Lydia Calas, who's been interpreting Mayor Mike Bloomberg's various Hurricane Sandy press conferences into American Sign Language, is clearly New York's Hurricane Crush, thanks to her engaging expressive skills. Just listen to Twitter:
The amazing sign-language interpreter from Bloomberg press conference. gifboom.com/x/5569483a
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 29, 2012
The Mayor's sign language interpreter is named Lydia Calas and she's pretty much trending on Twitter now.SNL writers, take notice.#sandy
— Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) October 29, 2012
Bloomberg’s sign language interpreter has vastly improved my day.
— Greg Pak (@gregpak) October 29, 2012
Is there a fan page yet for Mayor Bloomberg's sign language interpreter?
— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) October 29, 2012
2 questions: does anyone know the sign language interpreter's name and doe she happen to be on Twitter?
— Sarah Conley (@StyleIT) October 27, 2012
There's not a lot of information about her out there, but I'm sure the Times will come through with a short profile soon. And anyway, hasn't it always been true that the mystery the most fun part of having a Hurricane Crush? Here's a longer version of the GIF above, and some video:
You can catch her next to Mayor Bloomberg at all of his hurricane press conferences.
