(north of NYC, 10583)
Brutal, so many houses clobbered from fallen trees, downed wires everywhere, many roads closed, driving very tricky. Yesterday morning however, there appeared a huge rainbow across the gray sky for about 15 minutes or so before it got darker and the residual rains returned. Today (10:28 EDT), blue skies and clouds but the clouds and some more rain is expected to return in the afternoon as the remaining bands of bad weather moves through (forecast for the next 2 days).
Wooden cuppola atop this local historical tavern/restaurant was ripped off and crashed down onto the sidewalk; a big heap of rubble. Admittedly, small potatoes compared to the overall mess in the NJ-NY area.
At a time like this we see that we need support from friends , community and FEMA . imo it would not be smart to cut FEMA's budget.
Exactly!
If Willard had his way, he would privatize the whole thing :twisted:
Having dealt with FEMA in the past, they are horribly inefficient much like the rest of the Federal Government.
Efficiency is not any disaster survivor intial concern!
there is absolutely no need to have a profit motive when it comes do disaster relief!!!
If you are inefficient in managing resources, you can't help people quick enough. I said nothing about a profit motive.
Efficiency is not any disaster survivor intial concern!
there is absolutely no need to have a profit motive when it comes do disaster relief!!!
This seems to be only the beginning for the NE coast, this sucks. the data shows that this is to become a 'norm'
http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision...climate-change/story?id=17595201#.UJGAx2dq2Ki
Scary stuff.
We need to get off this course by using smarter ways to keep our lives fun and healthy.
I have been talking to the folks at the Vostok Station about renting an apartment there a couple of years down the road. Nice and cool year-round and they have satellite internet there and everything.
How cool can you get ??
Well, if you ever feel chilly inside, you just turn up the heater. Just imagine beautiful life without a fridge, ice-maker, or AC. You just step out into the unheated guest greeting area.
Aren't you precious, funny boy.As a prepper, I'm doing fine. My compound is "disaster" resistant.
I have my own power, satellite connections. Some neighbors tried to enter my land but a few warning shots scared them away. Moochers!
My contracting companies stand to make millions. Disasters are great money making opportunities. Government waste will allow my company to take millions while not have to build anything in return.
The best disaster relief is working together with neighbors. You help them, they help you. Just my experience.
Aren't you precious, funny boy.
MANY people have died from this, millions of people are without power, so many people are still suffering.....and there you are with nothing to add other than your never-ending inept, heavy-handed trolling.
The best disaster relief is working together with neighbors. You help them, they help you. Just my experience.
So, suffering is all relative?People suffer every day. While we are so worried about the North East, how may of you know that in other parts of the world, they have their annual monsoon flooding that will kill so much more than all of US fatalities from accidents, disasters, homicides.
I don't heard much "tender feelings towards" those people.
The milions of people without power are still living better than the majority of people on this planet.
Let's have some sense of the big picture shall we?
I live on the island, this is not unbearable hardship.
Is the US so weak now, that we need to feel sorry to people who can't charge the iphone5?
this is a yearly "event" in this part of the world, in a country, completely unable to deal with it. this is a fact of life NOT a "once in a 100 year event".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18622569
dennis10 said:..Why aren't we spending money on important "National" security issues such as illegal alien invasion
^^^Many people have suffered, many are still suffering and this is what you come up with?dennis10 said:Sandy was caused by people eating rice and beans. Blame the illegal Mexicans not industry. the only thing keeping flatulence induced global warming is heavy industries.
^^^ THIS.dennis10 said:While Obama is wasting time helping the entitled "suffering" from Sandy, the Venezuelan Marine Expeditionary force are about to invade US.
So, suffering is all relative?
That people are suffering elsewhere diminishes the suffering people are experiencing here and renders them worthy of mockery? Whether it's the many people here whose lives have been uprooted, or the many people whose lives have been destroyed or the many people whose lives have been lost, for you to crudely lampoon a disaster that carried tragic impacts with it and then in the same breath attempt to lay claim to "big picture" high moral ground is patently absurd.
Here's the "big picture" big boy: you have openly mocked people because they didn't fit your arbitrary definition of suffering or (more to the point) because they could serve as pawns for your 'political' agendas dispatched in the rudely sarcastic and disrespectfully snide manner which is your stock in trade.
Here in the other 'Sandy-related' thread ("Who's ready for Sandy?"), YOUR POSTS:
^^^Many people have suffered, many are still suffering and this is what you come up with?
As to "tender feelings towards" those other people, well maybe if you joined the many of "us in the U.S." who donate to world-wide-directed relief organizations, you'd know more about those "tender feelings towards" other people whose "put your money where your mouth is" existance you cynically (and conveniently) ignore.
FYI, Mr. "big picture," the U.S. has provided billions in food and development to Bangladesh. Food aid under Title I, II and III of PL-480 (congressional food/peace legislation) has been designed to help Bangladesh meet minimum food requirements, promote food production, etc. Finger-pointing cynics such as yourself might want to check out *and donate to* assistance agencies such as USAID, Zakat Foundation of America (ZF), etc.
But let's get back to YOU. Here, as recently as yesterday in that same Sandy-related thread, YOUR contribution: vvv
^^^ THIS.
THIS is really what you and your "big picture" is all about...in your own words.
Additionally, about the (US) Navy fleet that you've also lampooned in your other 'Sandy' posts? Well my 'big picture' friend, you'll also be saddened (no doubt) to note that when Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh in '07, U.S. troops and U.S. naval vessals were immediately dispatched to assist in delivery of relief supplies to the cyclone victims.
Sufferin'?....Not "Here" Boss! -- Breezy Point, Queens, New York City:
You focus on the iPhone5 or whatever that woman's holding; I'll focus on the 'non-suffering' "grim & sadness" :
I'm glad you've not experienced 'unbearable' suffering in that cultural wasteland of LawnGAH "I"-land, but the "big picture" isn't just about you...
I got heat and hot water back today.
I plan to take hot baths and walk around my heated flat in a bathrobe all night until tomorrow the next storm hits and everything gets shut off again and I die of hypothermia, cold, flu, cholera, and malnourishment.:lol:
Why arent those who have plenty sharing more to the needy and showing up??
I havent seen anything about affluent people going out of their way here.
Hope im wrong.
I can't believe a Noreaster is hitting a weak later. Hope everyone is staying warm up there.
This is God punishing the North East for voting for Obama. Sandy was God's way to stopping voter turn out. Failing that, God is now punishing them.
what, how can you enjoy these luxuries while others other suffering. Look at Bangladesh, ha ha ha
I took a flight once on Srilankan and the plane waitresses wore skirts and bras only basically.
That was not a plane.
Nice dodge clown boy. You piously cited Bangladesh on one hand while you ridiculed the misfortune of others...period...end of story.haha ha
you got punked!
your rant reveals your true feelings. If you responded so strongly, something is amiss with you. The lady doeth protest too much.
This is God punishing the North East for voting for Obama. Sandy was God's way to stopping voter turn out. Failing that, God is now punishing them.