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24. Yes, it was issued a mandatory evacuation order. It's a low-lying area. nt

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Staten Island is the Lower Ninth Ward [View all] superpatriotman Nov 2012 OP

They're getting help now, though. justiceischeap Nov 2012 #1

Yep, help is on the way tomorrow nobodyspecial Nov 2012 #3

Fema and Red Cross were there TODAY... NotThisTime Nov 2012 #4

Actually, the Red Cross and the National Guard Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #8

Please provide a link superpatriotman Nov 2012 #10

I just did a google search and came up with stories riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #20

Read down, you'll see it. ;-) Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #23

Thanks superpatriotman Nov 2012 #27

Why? demgrrrll Nov 2012 #33

Because I am drawing a parallel superpatriotman Nov 2012 #36

Your lines are diverging...no parallel here. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #38

Why doesn't that surprise me? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #37

Because short of calling me a Troll superpatriotman Nov 2012 #41

I am not calling you a troll... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #58

I was here for Andrew, too superpatriotman Nov 2012 #62

So did mine... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #66

So you challenge people @ their contentions that the Red Cross and Nat Guard are there riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #53

Read post 44 superpatriotman Nov 2012 #59

Nope. The Red Cross and National Guard were there. You said they weren't riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #63

Many of the Staten Islanders that got flooded out were not in evacuation Zones. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #81

There is no gas all over the Island Ter Nov 2012 #94

Access to gasoline does seem to be a big factor for many... ellisonz Nov 2012 #100

I am familiar with the hardships imposed Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #103

This is the richest country in the history of the world superpatriotman Nov 2012 #7

MREs for 500,000 people? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #15

In Diego Garcia... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #52

Good work and glad to know that they are on the job. demgrrrll Nov 2012 #31

Just heard about this on the news. Quixote1818 Nov 2012 #2

It's because people in Staten Island live below sea level. vaberella Nov 2012 #39

Actually Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #65

Phew. Someone who has some first hand knowledge! Thanks for chiming in! nt riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #68

Actually...they don't have a lot of hilly terrain. I have Friends that live out there. vaberella Nov 2012 #75

Ummm Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #83

160 ft above sea level with higher elevations... Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #90

That is not true. Bloomberg did the evacuations half-assed. Many of the shelters in Si were hrmjustin Nov 2012 #85

that gives me some perspective quinnox Nov 2012 #5

Same here. I can't even figure out much when I look at maps of the area. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2012 #12

Sandy made Landfall Monday evening.... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #6

Staten Island wasn't on the radar superpatriotman Nov 2012 #9

Save your watchest. eqfan592 Nov 2012 #11

It didn't take long for the repukes to strike back did it? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #26

Yep, Drudge is covering this and, coincidence I'm sure, it appears on DU shortly after... Spazito Nov 2012 #29

Yep...I was suspicious as soon as I saw it. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #40

You're insinuating? superpatriotman Nov 2012 #30

So have I... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #48

That's right . . . brush Nov 2012 #73

I live in Bay Ridge brooklyn a few blocks from the Verrazano Bridge. I am going there tomorrow to hrmjustin Nov 2012 #87

It's a Disaster for a fucking REASON...... FrenchieCat Nov 2012 #50

lol nobodyspecial Nov 2012 #64

Your name says it all. Eddie Haskell Nov 2012 #110

Lie alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #13

actually, amborin Nov 2012 #32

That is simply not true. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #17

Yes, it was issued a mandatory evacuation order. It's a low-lying area. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #24

That is 100% false. They were sent evacuation notice. What the fuck are you talking about?! vaberella Nov 2012 #42

I meant media coverage superpatriotman Nov 2012 #43

Where do you live? vaberella Nov 2012 #45

Radar was perhaps the wrong word superpatriotman Nov 2012 #51

Glenda Moore ring a bell? vaberella Nov 2012 #77

+1 Chorophyll Nov 2012 #21

I grew up in Bay Ridge Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #35

Yes, a big part of SI is conservative. Chorophyll Nov 2012 #54

Absolutely agree with you. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #61

I am from and live in bay ridge too. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #76

We watched the Verrazano Bridge being built from our 4th floor apartment window... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #113

FHHS is still there! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #114

OMG Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #115

I watched a huge press conference there today malaise Nov 2012 #14

According to an ABC report, the Nat'l Guard and the Red Cross arrived Tuesday.... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #18

More like Chalmette than lower 9th but... ThePhilosopher04 Nov 2012 #16

I saw that. I was wondering, though...wasn't it supposed to have been evacuated? Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #19

Do you have anyn idea how big Staten Island is? alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #25

That's false. There were tons of shelters open. vaberella Nov 2012 #44

False superpatriotman Nov 2012 #49

vaberella...I'm just pointing out to Honeycombe 8 that she doesn't know fuck all about NYC alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #60

people were not told to evacuate until the day before. Several of the evacuation sites were flooded. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #89

Anyone in Zone A was supposed to evacuate. Jennicut Nov 2012 #82

With freak weather the "new normal," is it time to talk about forced evacuations? K8-EEE Nov 2012 #22

In NYC, a lot of people don't have their own transportation. LisaL Nov 2012 #28

Understood, and part of the "forced" would obviously mean "provided." K8-EEE Nov 2012 #46

I live in NYC . . . markpkessinger Nov 2012 #57

I live in brooklyn and people were told to leave the day before the storm. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #91

The conservatives in this country said the same thing about Katrina Marrah_G Nov 2012 #104

Not the same thing at all, because ... markpkessinger Nov 2012 #116

Um, subways wouldn't have gotten to Staten Island anyway alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #71

Exactly. It's Ferry or the Verrazano Bridge which ended up closing at a certain time. n/t vaberella Nov 2012 #79

They have a rail line that connects to the ferry and bus lines that lead into Brooklyn, but those hrmjustin Nov 2012 #97

Many people on SI do not have cars and do not live near buses or the train line there. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #93

Yes, so SUGGESTING evacuation isn't enough K8-EEE Nov 2012 #102

THERE WERE BUSES> THERE MOST CERTAINLY WERE SUBWAYS OPEN WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM KittyWampus Nov 2012 #117

$$$$$$ superpatriotman Nov 2012 #34

No I'm not blaming the victim but K8-EEE Nov 2012 #47

+1 ellisonz Nov 2012 #101

I think we do need forced evacuations Marrah_G Nov 2012 #105

Sorry- not much sympathy demhottie Nov 2012 #55

Our assistance in a crisis should never be based on a stereotype of a region Marrah_G Nov 2012 #106

Thanks for the speech but demhottie Nov 2012 #118

Except that it's not... brooklynite Nov 2012 #56

Yawn. Take your bullshit lies somwehere else please. n/t Avalux Nov 2012 #67

No Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #69

+1 n/t Spazito Nov 2012 #70

Thank you...Staten Island is huge, with more population than Atlanta, St. Louis, and, yes NOLA alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #74

Thank you for the stats. :) nt Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #86

I think people who don't know NYC, or have only been as a tourist don't grasp the scale of these alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #88

You are so right Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #92

It used to be small Ter Nov 2012 #96

Staten Island had 380,000 population in the 1990 census alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #98

+1. n/t vaberella Nov 2012 #80

Hmm. Don't have a clue about either place, do you? n/t gkhouston Nov 2012 #72

I smell troll. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #78

Fail thread shawmut Nov 2012 #84

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that Drudge has a similar hyperbolic headline. AtomicKitten Nov 2012 #95

I've been to both, I'll bet you've never seen either. NYC_SKP Nov 2012 #99

Bullshit Blueprogress Nov 2012 #107

Don't believe it RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #108

Um, I call bullshit. HappyMe Nov 2012 #109

Anyone care to answer me this durablend Nov 2012 #111

Say hello to Glen Beck for me. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #112