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In reply to the discussion: Staten Island is the Lower Ninth Ward [View all]Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)8. Actually, the Red Cross and the National Guard
were there by late Tuesday, distributing food, water and gasoline.
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So you challenge people @ their contentions that the Red Cross and Nat Guard are there
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#53
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
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
That is not true. Bloomberg did the evacuations half-assed. Many of the shelters in Si were
hrmjustin
Nov 2012
#85
Same here. I can't even figure out much when I look at maps of the area.
Gidney N Cloyd
Nov 2012
#12
Yep, Drudge is covering this and, coincidence I'm sure, it appears on DU shortly after...
Spazito
Nov 2012
#29
I live in Bay Ridge brooklyn a few blocks from the Verrazano Bridge. I am going there tomorrow to
hrmjustin
Nov 2012
#87
That is 100% false. They were sent evacuation notice. What the fuck are you talking about?!
vaberella
Nov 2012
#42
We watched the Verrazano Bridge being built from our 4th floor apartment window...
Sekhmets Daughter
Nov 2012
#113
According to an ABC report, the Nat'l Guard and the Red Cross arrived Tuesday....
Sekhmets Daughter
Nov 2012
#18
I saw that. I was wondering, though...wasn't it supposed to have been evacuated?
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#19
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
With freak weather the "new normal," is it time to talk about forced evacuations?
K8-EEE
Nov 2012
#22
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
THERE WERE BUSES> THERE MOST CERTAINLY WERE SUBWAYS OPEN WELL AHEAD OF THE STORM
KittyWampus
Nov 2012
#117
Thank you...Staten Island is huge, with more population than Atlanta, St. Louis, and, yes NOLA
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2012
#74
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
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that Drudge has a similar hyperbolic headline.
AtomicKitten
Nov 2012
#95