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In reply to the discussion: Staten Island is the Lower Ninth Ward [View all]Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)Lifelong New Yorker here. New York City is an enormous metropolitan area. (Something like 20 million if you count the near suburbs.) But it is in a blue state, and has good governance and surprisingly good infrastructure.
Staten Island is indeed an island -- a big one -- in between New York and New Jersey. Flooding in all of the coastal areas in and around New York was more severe than anyone had ever seen. Some communities are on barrier islands accessible only by one or two roads. The situation is not perfect; not everyone could or would evacuate these areas. But there are many, many boots on the ground (and boats in the water) and this has been the case for days.
If you don't trust the MSM to report accurately on the election, why trust them to report accurately on this? They'll seek out the worst situations (and yeah, there are some bad ones, absolutely) because they want ratings.