Frankenstorm

[Great-Kazoo]

Everyone but my dad and 1 sister have generators. Some with some w/out electricity. My nephew is on duty dealing with that crane in madhatten.
One has no house, under 10' of water others neighbors tree on new car. Oh well better then their roof, or head.
The interesting aspect is how many areas of the east coast where people were basically ordered to stay off the roads. I understand the need to maintain safety for all plus minimize issues foe emergency and repair vehicles. BUT Ordered to stay indoors vs Common sense and not go out.
OOPS Common sense and humanity, never mind......

[jerrymrc]

It just astounds me some of the comments I read. "I always eat out but I guess I have to learn how to cook since the gas is still on in my apt" Said the man buying pasta and sauce at a market.

"I tried to but some food but the CC machine is not working because the powers out. I went down the street to the ATM and it was not working as well. What am I supposed to do now?"

"People were huddled around outlets charging there phones at a place that had power"

[hatidua]

Each time hurricanes would hit in Florida when I lived there, it was always amazing to me that while some had lost their homes and all their belongings, others just received a windfall of new business as a result of the storm (clean-up, reconstruction, etc).

Although many people got hit pretty hard by Sandy, a friend sent me this link with 37 photos & videos of people in Sandy's path that made the most of the ocean conditions:

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/tr...art-two_78053/

[SuperiorDG]

Each time hurricanes would hit in Florida when I lived there, it was always amazing to me that while some had lost their homes and all their belongings, others just received a windfall of new business as a result of the storm (clean-up, reconstruction, etc).

Although many people got hit pretty hard by Sandy, a friend sent me this link with 37 photos & videos of people in Sandy's path that made the most of the ocean conditions:

http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/tr...art-two_78053/

I have surfline save as a favorite. Check it everyday to see what's going down in the surf world.

[HoneyBadger]

Heard on the Radio this morning (Bob and Tom Show... 98.1fm in C-Springs) that most of Manhattan was just told to stay there because all the bridges and tunnels were closed. More than a million people were litterally trapped in Manhattan. In a situation lasting more than just a few days, hundreds of thousands of people could have died from exposure or eventually lack of food/water or theft/looting. Good reason not to live on an island with millions of other people...

[hatidua]

Heard on the Radio this morning (Bob and Tom Show... 98.1fm in C-Springs) that most of Manhattan was just told to stay there because all the bridges and tunnels were closed. More than a million people were litterally trapped in Manhattan. In a situation lasting more than just a few days, hundreds of thousands of people could have died from exposure or eventually lack of food/water or theft/looting. Good reason not to live on an island with millions of other people...

Humans are a bit more resilient than that. Genocide kills hundreds of thousands. Major plagues kill hundreds of thousands. Hurricanes combined with Nor'Easters do not kill hundreds of thousands - although it might make for good radio.

When I lived in Manhattan, even the tiniest of studio apartments had a closet. A weeks worth of food/water doesn't take up all that much space to store for just this kind of event. As for those that didn't live in Manhattan but merely commuted there for work and may have been stuck there - head uptown, the entire island isn't located down at The Battery. Then again, even people in Colorado knew 24 hours ahead of time when the tunnels/bridges/subways in NYC were going to be shut down so a bit of preplanning goes a long ways toward getting off of anything South of Canal Street.

[HoneyBadger]

You seem to have more experience with the topic than I do, but I still feel like you're putting a lot of faith in the typical New Yorker... As I was saying, a situation lasting more than 10 days seems like it could easily result in tens of thousands of deaths. What would an EMP do?

[Great-Kazoo]

You seem to have more experience with the topic than I do, but I still feel like you're putting a lot of faith in the typical New Yorker... As I was saying, a situation lasting more than 10 days seems like it could easily result in tens of thousands of deaths. What would an EMP do?

They'd walk over to jersey and freeload off them, or hit brooklyn & queens hard.
We left almost 30 years. One of the reasons we told people was IF something happened there are only 3-4 bridges total to escape NY from, not us.

[roberth]

Looting started yesterday.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/...ys-amid-storm/

Three people were arrested at a gas station, three at a Radio Shack, and two at a clothing store.

[hatidua]

Wealth redistribution started yesterday.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/...ys-amid-storm/

Fixed!