Forbes: Monday night, denial was a river in Manhattan. It was impossible to believe the severity of the storm that was about to hit. I had almost flown out-of-state, leaving my wife and two young children, but backed out at the last minute. My friend, the best-selling author and journalist Alex Berenson, who at 2:37 pm tweeted: “#Sandy tip: When the forecasters tell you the storm’s category doesn’t matter because it’s just so big, turn your TV off.” The billionaire Kenneth Langone, who, according to a Bloomberg…