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In reply to the discussion: Really Staten Island????? [View all]KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)4. I'm More Concerned About The Gas Shortage...
Yes...the corporate media is sure gonna make a stink about Staten Island today...but then you know they're looking for any breakdown of assistance and try to blame it on President Obama. Listening to the right wing hyenas on Mourning Joke this morning, you can see they're ready to pounce...time is of the essence. Hopefully supplies are on the way.
The big timebomb I'm seeing here are those long gas lines...that affects a lot more people in that region. Those long lines made for "compelling teevee" and another image Willard and his propagandists will try to push all weekend. It's important they try to make the President look inept and they only have 4 days to do it...
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Thanks for responding, Dorian. Squinch, above, says he/she has a relative in Greenpoint & they are
whathehell
Nov 2012
#195
Do I blame them for not taking responsibility for their own lives and the lives of their families?
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#121
Food stuffs can easily be stored in a manner as to prevent damage from flood waters.
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#200
As a resident of an area that experiences its fair share of them, I can tell you that you are wrong.
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#292
Why on earth do people keep assuming that because I am talking about disaster planning...
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#298
True. I live in Dallas, TX, but I have emergency supplies, enuf to last a while.
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#208
I was about to lose a loved one this week also, I feel for your lost but we would've sent ONE
uponit7771
Nov 2012
#93
I'm sorry for your loss. But given the situation, the wake should have been cut short.
progressivebydesign
Nov 2012
#157
Those people were asked to evacuate and/or prepare. They chose to do neither.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#92
Evacuate I agree 100% but if your house is destroyed preparing doesn't help much with supplies
former-republican
Nov 2012
#97
I understand what your saying, and while in that circumstance shelter may be hard to come by...
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#123
Do you suggest they carry 5 gallons of water and 3 days worth of food and supplies on their backs,
boston bean
Nov 2012
#276
I've done this myself, so I see no reasons why somebody with the means to do so wouldn't.
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#287
I'm curious where you are getting yours from? What makes you think people on Staten Island
cui bono
Nov 2012
#150
the majority of homes on Staten Island on the beach, are worth millions...
progressivebydesign
Nov 2012
#158
But I have to agree. We were told a week of food and water, and I live just north of the city.
Squinch
Nov 2012
#2
there are a couple of big housing projects in rockaway. not everyone who lives near the seaside
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#7
what's the significance of it being in queens? i was just saying that living in a seaside community
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#70
what does any of that have to do with my point: it's not only the wealthy who live in 'seaside
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#182
again, what does that have to do with my point: it's not just rich people living in 'seaside
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#183
True, but having a weeks worth of bottled water and canned goods is not too difficult to manage.
peacebird
Nov 2012
#5
Because there is a strong correlation between intelligence and financial status
BlueStreak
Nov 2012
#176
yeah, like they don't have the gas money, they don't have the money for a hotel
boston bean
Nov 2012
#277
Seriously, you guys have to look at a map. Staten Island is a big place. Only the coastal areas
Squinch
Nov 2012
#283
Yes, I filled my tank early Sunday morning. A few cars were already there but not many.
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#55
I get my gas at Stop & Shop. I was there at 6:55 Sunday morning waiting for them to open at 7.
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#140
Staten Island got a lot of food and water trucks in to various locations yesterday evening
Squinch
Nov 2012
#11
I agree. That's going to be awful to see when the runners go through the devastated areas.
Squinch
Nov 2012
#41
gas is on the way. the President relaxed some rules today, PLUS tankers are probably there by now.nt
progressivebydesign
Nov 2012
#160
No one is saying that, but the fact that they got relief 2 days after the worst storm in the
Squinch
Nov 2012
#14
if the media coverage is wrong, no problem with criticizing that. i just think it's bad form to
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#25
i'm not screaming at anyone. but some of the folks on this thread are. and i agree that it's
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#67
i agree the response from the feds is way better, without a doubt. but i never questioned that.
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#180
Yes, I understand that is what you are saying. Please understand my point: there is no
Squinch
Nov 2012
#216
What?! Bloomberg ordered the evacuation and the media made this thing out to be
KurtNYC
Nov 2012
#125
I know those folks are feeling desperate, angry, and frustrated; however, they were advised to
spicegal
Nov 2012
#10
But the media is NOW ignoring the relief that has gotten there, which is terrible
Squinch
Nov 2012
#22
+1. And those who fall for it don't have a clue as to how much worse a privatized relief would be.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#100
I missed some of the MSNBCs weather forecaster? or producer say that the angle of incoming water ..
nenagh
Nov 2012
#16
Mayor Bloomberg rejected FEMA's Help.. that needs to be entered into the equation..
Cha
Nov 2012
#236
Staten Island was the same place that the woman with toddlers out in the storm asked
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#104
People who wrote such things about New Oleans residents who didn't flee Katrina...
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#29
Link? Were the NO residents given evacuation notices three days ahead of time?
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#35
Mayor Nagin issued a mandatory evacuation order on Sunday, 8/28 about 10:00 AM CDT
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#64
Officials have many competing issues to deal with when a disaster of this magnitude strikes.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#110
Do you kick car crash victims? Do you take the blankets from flu sufferers?
Stinky The Clown
Nov 2012
#42
Yes, they were told and warned. Having never experienced a hurricane before
Harry Monroe
Nov 2012
#51
"and need to take a ferry to get there." - amazing display of cluelessness.
PoliticAverse
Nov 2012
#60
It's something that a reasonably intelligent person should know by now.
former-republican
Nov 2012
#217
Cold hearted would be to say that we should abandon those people to their fates.
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#126
I love it. Some of us were called assholes before the storm for saying folks needed to prepare...
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#138
Some New York residents on the forum here told us repeatedly that there was no need to do any...
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#146
Actually, I'd say that probably is the average train of thought for most people in general.
eqfan592
Nov 2012
#243
the first fatalities there were a family that didn't want to be burglarized..
progressivebydesign
Nov 2012
#156
Actually, as I heard it, the FIRST fatalities were two boys, aged 11 and 13, playing in an upstairs
Squinch
Nov 2012
#245
Don't misunderstand. I think those folks should have evacuated. I was making a different point.
Squinch
Nov 2012
#318
I guess it's easy to miss the 4th-longest suspension bridge in the world...
PoliticAverse
Nov 2012
#197
No, you don't need the ferry. There are a lot of bridges. You can pretty much walk to New Jersey.
Squinch
Nov 2012
#286
I guess they don't get together as neighbors and pool their resources.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2012
#175
I have to agree and pray I NEVER need to look to the people here for compassion and understanding.
auntAgonist
Nov 2012
#269
My dear when was the last time you actually faced victims of disasters?
nadinbrzezinski
Nov 2012
#271
You know what? Doing all of that is admirable. Doesn't make you more compassionate though. The "my
auntAgonist
Nov 2012
#274
How did you leave, by car? were you reliant on carrying three days of water and food
boston bean
Nov 2012
#279
You should yell louder at the TV that way those people who don't have power, died, left
jp11
Nov 2012
#214
I refuse to dump on people when I've never been in their situation, who is anyone to say who isn't
Raine
Nov 2012
#220
"Why should I subsidize your insurance just because you want an ocean view?" you say.
Chorophyll
Nov 2012
#324