Just got back from shelter duty in NYC

[brooklynite]

Set up 250 cots; unpacked 250 blankets; created two childrens play areas; cartons of MRE's, pet cages and baby supplies standing by. Whatever this turns out to be, it won't be like New Orleans.

[aquart]

1. Thank you.

[sarge43]

59. +1 n/t

[Release The Hounds]

82. +2

[glowing]

2. At least some things have been better prepared since Katrina.

And its NYC.. Can't have that city drown under like NO.

[loudsue]

7. Yep. Like getting rid of george bush and the most incompetent band of republicans

in recorded history.

[bluerum]

23. I don't know. The city is surrounded by water. Not below sea level as far as I know.

But not much above it. A good surge could flood the tunnels and streets.

[11 Bravo]

40. Self-delete (figures were for the entire state, not NYC). DUH!

[PatrynXX]

55. think one has to look up old maps

downtown NYC uh pretty much on water. although not as bad as the one in japan looking at the concrete bounce around and water coming up O_O

[ananda]

41. NOLA was expendable in order to...

... get rid of the poor population who vote Dem.

[RoccoR5955]

50. NYC would NEVER drown.

Not only is ABOVE sea level, but the spirits of the people there are such that they wouldn't let a storm kill their city. NewYorkers the toughest breed, believe you me!

[Johnny Noshoes]

58. Damn Right!

nt.

[juajen]

76. Believe me, NOLA is alive and well. I had dinner in the Quarter

last Tuesday night. Tourists all over the place. Like a Phoenix, we emerged, harmed, but not dead.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. THanks, just remember to get some rest

yourself

[MrMickeysMom]

4. I'll be thinking of you all there...

Nothing's quite like it used to be.. Thank you for doing this.

[bluestateguy]

5. I'd like to think that getting transport out of the city is a lot easier

Can't one take the train all the way up to Poughkeepsie?

[anamandujano]

6. Pet cages. Awesome. nt

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[brooklynite]

9. The original shelter plans called for no pets...

...which is the policy in most places. Then the City discovered people wouldn't evacuate without them. People are now asked to bring their own cages and supplies, but we have to assume some people won't.

[InvisibleTouch]

15. Yup, I wouldn't leave my pets either.

Glad to see the shelters are taking this into account.

Thanks for putting in your time and energy! Hope everything goes smoothly and the storm effects are mild.

[Bozita]

20. guaranteed: shelters w/o pets = lotsa folks staying home and they ain't coming out

If total evacuation is the order, folks gotta understand this.

Pet cages at shelters is critical.

[tpsbmam]

34. Yeah, it'd be difficult for lots of people due to the no car thing.....

Thanks for helping out! Gotta love folks who get out and do whatever needs to be done in these circumstances.

:applause: :loveya:

[tpsbmam]

33. Imagine that -- putting safety & the welfare of owners & their pets over

expediency. How refreshing!! Good for NYC -- I wish more would do that. I don't crate my dogs but you can be damn sure I'd go for crated dogs with me over leaving them, which I'd never do.

:applause:

[malaise]

8. You rock

:fistbump:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thank you so much!

[Skink]

11. A dry run.

New York compared to New Orleans is almost under water. In New Orleans the roads show how below sea level it is.

[proud patriot]

12. Thank you Sister

:patriot:

[Me.]

13. K & R

[Ruby the Liberal]

14. Pet cages?

Impressive! :applause:

[gateley]

16. What an angel you are! We can SINCERELY say "heckuva job, brooklynite!' nt

[Texasgal]

17. That's awesome!

I hope you all remain safe! :hugs:

[Lil Missy]

18. The pet cages are great! There's NO WAY I'd leave my pets behind.

[Ruby the Liberal]

19. Exactly. They will be terrified enough from the noise - add abandonment to that?

Never. I would board up as best I can and stay with my critters and not think twice about it if i didn't have a place to go with them WITH me.

If its our time, we will just have to go comforted together.

[WarhammerTwo]

37. Me too.

Back in 2007, Jersey got hit with a Nor'easter and the firetrucks came through telling us to evacuate. We did, although we didn't have to. When we got back to our house, we had, like, two inches of water in the basement. But we had never been through anything like that before and we panicked. Anywho, we put our 4 cats and their carriers (with blankets aplenty)in the back of my covered pick-up truck along with two litter boxes and they sat in the parking lot of the shelter overnight. We set them up with food and water and checked on them periodically. We wouldn't take them into the shelter because there were too many dogs and kids. They would have been even more terrified than they already were but there was no way we were going to leave them at home alone.

STAY SAFE EVERYONE!

[onestepforward]

21. You are awesome!

Thank you!

[NOLALady]

22. We didn't evacuate during Katrina.

Partly because it was the end of the month, and we really could not afford to escape. But we also had criiters. My pony and the Malamutes could not fit in the sedan.

[JackDragna]

24. As someone who went through Katrina..

..what, exactly, is that supposed to mean?

[Kceres]

25. Pet cages? Will they let people bring their pets?

I know during Katrina a lot of people refused to evac. because they couldn't bring their pets with them. I totally understand that rationale. I'd stay behind with my pets, too!

[Lars39]

26. Curious...how many people are they expecting in the shelters there?

LA had about 150,000 people in Red Cross and state shelters.

[Chorophyll]

27. Thanks, Brooklynite!

I'm in Westchester but have good buddies down in the city. :yourock:

[Bendra]

28. Say what you will about Mayor Bloomberg

...New York is working its disaster plan for this hurricane. Thanks so much for the update.

[DinahMoeHum]

29. That is totally angelic, man! Pet cages. . .

at least pets and their owners can still stay together but be safe.

:yourock:

[underpants]

30. Thank you

[lunatica]

31. Great work! I also wouldn't leave my pets behind.

[Betty88]

32. question about pets and cages

This whole thing got me thinking. We have carriers for the cats but I think that it would suck to keep them in little boxes for perhaps days. Its to late now, and thankfully we probably are in no danger of having to get out, but would something like this be allowed in a shelter?

http://www.csnstores.com/popups/media_viewer_images.php?sku=WFG1110

[WillyT]

35. K & R !!! - You ROCK !!!

:yourock:

:patriot:

:hi:

:kick:

[lucca18]

36. Thank You....Thank You!!

[radhika]

38. Wonderful ... thanks so much n/t

[femrap]

39. Cool....I

have faith in NYers.

[LynneSin]

42. Some coworkers yesterday were questioning why they would evacuate parts of Wilmington

Nice people but none of them are from the area (this is in DE not NC).

The part they did a mandatory evacuation is low-lying near both the Christiana and Delaware rivers and tends to flood. But what's worse is it's filled with low-income housing and people who rely on public transportation everyday (which is closed the next 2 days) plus one of the main routes out is over a bridge. My guess is Mayor Baker knew this area would be at risk and would be safer to evacuate them then to risk a nightmare situation similar to Katrina.

[Raksha]

43. K & R - Thank you!

[DissedByBush]

44. Be happy for modern MREs

They're practically gourmet food compared to the first ones in the 80s, which had tasty treats such as the "four fingers of death" and the freeze-dried "pork" patties.

The people needing the shelter will be well-fed, and likely not be disgusted as were the soldiers of the late 80s.

I actually get MREs sometimes for my kids to eat as a treat. They love them.

[stuntcat]

45. yay, pet cages!!

omg *happy tears*

[Beacool]

48. Yep, we love our pets as much as our families.

My friend is coming up to stay with her mom (my neighbor). She lives in a ground floor apt. and there's a mandatory evacuation of all ground floor residents. She brought everything over already, but still won't come because her cat Daisy is hiding and won't let her grab her (she senses that something's up). I hope that she doesn't wait too long. Right now the weather is not bad, a little rain on and off, but it will go down hill after 8 PM.

:-(

[stuntcat]

53. ((Daisy))

I had a little Daisy once :loveya:

I hope they will all be safe!!

[Beacool]

71. Well, my friend will do the best she can to catch her.

If she can't get her into the pet cage, she'll leave her food and water on the kitchen counter. This is not New Orleans, in my town we won't see water over people's roofs. The worst that will happen is that she'll get a few inches of water and there are plenty of high places for Daisy to climb. Our building is only a few blocks away from her apt. and tomorrow she can check on her.

:-)

[BiggJawn]

46. Rock On!

Pet cages? Oh, THANK YOU!

[Beacool]

47. Good job!!!

Here in Hoboken they set up the high school as a shelter. Hoboken is below sea level and the back of the town is prone to flooding. All stores on the main drag have to close by 8 PM. NJ Transit is shutting all service at 6 PM.

Bloomberg has done a good job preparing the city for the worst, but so has the fat bastard governor of ours in NJ. I have to admit that he made me laugh yesterday when in his best Soprano style he told the people at the beaches that it was 4 PM, that they had soaked enough sun and to "get the hell out of the beach". Stupid people, the shore of NJ and Long Island are predicted to get the worst of the storm and these dopes hadn't evacuated yet. Atlantic City closed down every casino for the first time in history.

Anyhow, I hope that all the DU critters who are in the path of the storm have taken precautions and stay safe.

Good luck!!!

:pals:

[JustAnotherGen]

73. I loved when

He said that too . . . FWIW - I do like the way he's handled this. He's very out in front of us all and I appreciate that.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

49. good job. yes, it wont. at the very least bloomberg has planned as much as one can

and communicated very effectively to new yorkers

[tawadi]

51. NYC seems prepared

Great news. Good job!

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[PatrynXX]

54. I think I would have stayed

cheering the kids up walking the dogs . pets still my legs gave out.

[bigwillq]

56. Thanks.

Great job. K and R :thumbsup: :hug:

[Johnny Noshoes]

57. Good job...

:thumbsup:

[Honeycombe8]

60. You are a good person. If only there were more like you. Kudos...and here's hoping there's karma.

nt

[purselippedparker]

61. Thanks from an upper west sider

Glad there are able bodied, caring souls looking out for fellow new yorkers!

[sarge43]

62. Thank you Brooklynite

Special thanks for considering the pets.

[Ilsa]

63. Thank you. I live near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and have been

through hurricanes but never had to ride one out in a shelter. Thank you for making people's lives easier and safer.

[JDPriestly]

64. Good job!

[ProfessionalLeftist]

65. Thank you! I hope it's a minor event rather than a catastrophe.

People will grouse that danger was overstated, but better safe than sorry.

[mcar]

66. Thank you

Many people will be safe and comfortable tonight thanks to you. My son lives in DC; your help means so much to all of us who have loved ones in the path (or midst) of this. :patriot:

[The Wielding Truth]

67. Awesome! Great job and stay safe yourself.

[DesertFlower]

68. that was very nice of you to do that.

[SidDithers]

69. Well done...

stay safe! :thumbsup:

Sid

[dipsydoodle]

70. K & R

You've got a good heart.

[rosesaylavee]

72. Thank you...

My son and his roommates are there holed up 10 blocks from a shelter. I am hoping he won't need to go to one.

Thank you for your volunteering on his and so many others' behalf.

[w0nderer]

74. pet cages in separate areas i assume?

just curious

since keeping pet cages in main area could lead to some interesting allergic reactions
or lead to allergic people staying home the second they hear 'pet cages'

[catrose]

75. If it's with Red Cross

For sure they're in a separate area; we were told that the health code required it.

[w0nderer]

77. thanks for info n/t

[sandyj999]

78. Thank you!

[Hubert Flottz]

79. Those cages will be perfect if some teabraggers show up.

Freepers too...

[stlsaxman]

80. Thank you!

[Marrah_G]

81. Thank you so much!

I have loved ones in Brooklyn. Some in the surge area and some not. It's really great to know they have people like you nearby to help.

[JackDragna]

83. Nice to be in a town people care about, isn't it?

And also to not be hit by a gigantic storm with powerful winds? Yep, won't be like New Orleans. Congratufuckinglations.