Hurricane Irene New York: Economic Damage Could Be Huge

[nadinbrzezinski]

Category 3 Hurricane Irene is gaining momentum and seemingly heading right for the city that never sleeps, and the potential exists -- in addition to risks to human life -- for major damage to New York's dwellings/infrastructure and economy.



According to the Wall Street Journal, Irene's economic impact could be catastrophic.

As of Thursday at 6 p.m. EDT, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland hah already declared states of emergency as the storm approached the East Coast. Mandatory mass evacuations are underway in sensitive coastal areas.

The storm is expected to make landfall in North Carolina Saturday afternoon. Irene is then expected to climb up the Eastern Seaboard, where New York City, a city that many experts argue is not adequately prepared for a natural disaster, waits for it.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/204041/20110825/hurricane-irene-new-york-new-york-city-manhattan.htm

Well then... batten down hatches... earlier in the day we were making jokes about rats... well it may not be a joke soon

[southmost]

1. how will such a densely populated place handle

weeks with no electricity? it will be chaotic

how can so many people be evacuated ?

hope you all the best of luck... even the weaker catagory hurricanes are a messy inconvenience

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I was thinking something else

I wonder how much of the gear the guard needs to respond... like trucks... are in Afghanistan and Iraq right now.

[Yurovsky]

3. 2 things you can count on....

Tea Baggers will rejoice that NY "got what it deserved" (probably crediting their god's wrath following the newly-recognized right of gay New Yorkers to marry), and of course a powerful hurricane hitting the NE will be flatly rejected as having anything to do with climate change. Crazier than shit-house rats, them Tea-Baggers...

For all of you from the Outter Banks to P-Town and all points in between, please be safe. Evacuate if so directed, and remember stuff is replaceable, people (&pets) are not.

Best wishes for a safe weekend!

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Tea baggers are probably thanking their gods

for this to be exact... I can hear a few of our "religious leaders" right now.

[durablend]

6. Yup, the "lib left" getting "what it deserves"

Can just see the dittoheads frothing at the mouth....

[Ghost Dog]

5. Good for GDP

and slum clearance.

Let banksters rejoice!

[Renew Deal]

7. Where do all these bombastic articles from ibtimes come from?

They post lots of noise.