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In reply to the discussion: Really Staten Island????? [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)305. That is good to know
Problem is I am not lying. Unless you are one of a very small group of people you are. An if you are, mission commander or mission specialist? Yes, it matters.
Here is a hint, I reported recently on our last wild fire, I was there like fr real. I also was a paramedic with the Mexican Red Cross and in disaster planning and response. I did that for ten years...so you could say I have a smidgen of a clue of what emergency response looks in general, and in this case disaster response.
So try that on again...been there, done that.
So should I call you mission specialist or mission commander?
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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