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Chorophyll

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54. Yes, a big part of SI is conservative.

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 11:09 PM

Nov 2012

But I think people from outside the area don't always get quite how big and diverse this region is. Given the size of the area, the number of people, how spread out they are, and the sheer hellishness of the storm, I think the response has been amazing.

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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