Headed to Allentown Pa to restore power (and maybe score some homebrew from a cool@$$ hbt'er) hope all you guys made it through the storm safely.....especially those of you who had to suffer through the DTV interruptions! What a D!CK...
Call me what you want, with everything else going on in the world, this pales in comparison. At least that's my opinion on it. I HAVE been through bigger storms, that didn't get all this attention. They were closing highways even up here yesterday afternoon for it.
Headed to Allentown Pa to restore power (and maybe score some homebrew from a cool@$$ hbt'er) hope all you guys made it through the storm safely.....especially those of you who had to suffer through the DTV interruptions! What a D!CK...
Might I suggest A) a public apology, or B) Fall on your sword?
Because I can't THINK of a worse series of words in sequence today. Epic Fail.
CreamyGoodness said:Might I suggest A) a public apology, or B) Fall on your sword?
Because I can't THINK of a worse series of words in sequence today. Epic Fail.
Thing is, two things.
Thing one. Weatherism. It's like terrorism using weather reporting. Many news outlets really hyped this to the 9s. It's nothing new. They do it damn near every time it so much as rains. The hype is built up so much bigger than the actual situation that when it doesn't play out as bad, some folks are like, 'Pscht. That was nuthin'. Or, 'That wasn't as bad as they said', and somehow that translates to it wasn't bad, at all. It was still bad.
Thing two. If they don't instill a sense or urgency or emergency in people, a good many may blow it off. If that happens, the reporters and weathermen get booed again for not telling people how bad it was going to be.
Either way, they take flak for how they portray things. I think the answer is to use less adjectives and less grandiose adjectives. Just tell it like it is. Knock off all the hype. Concentrate on the facts.
48 dead (edit)
80 homes burned down
The NY subway system is flooded out
8,000,000+ without power
NYU Medical Center evaced. 200 patients
New York University Langone Medical Center evaced
Levee was breach in Bergen County, N.J.
It may be days to weeks before everyone can return home, if they have a home.
The NY stock exchange will open tomorrow
Zuljin said:Glad yallr okay.
I saw some pics of the neighborhood flooding. Looks bad.
Yep, there's some crazy ones going around. What a mess.
The whole shoreline of Staten Island is demolished. There's definitely more bodies to be found. Whole neighborhoods are wiped out. As crazy as it is working in Manhattan with no power all night, coming home was 100 times worse. The only experiences I've ever had like this were in Bosnia. Even during Katrina I was more inland, so I never got to see what a shoreline area looks like after such a powerful storm. New Orleans was damaged more by the flooding when the levees broke, this is all from actual ocean surge. The power of the water is just insane.
The whole shoreline of Staten Island is demolished. There's definitely more bodies to be found. Whole neighborhoods are wiped out. As crazy as it is working in Manhattan with no power all night, coming home was 100 times worse. The only experiences I've ever had like this were in Bosnia. Even during Katrina I was more inland, so I never got to see what a shoreline area looks like after such a powerful storm. New Orleans was damaged more by the flooding when the levees broke, this is all from actual ocean surge. The power of the water is just insane.
I haven't seen any stories about it so I assume lady liberty is still holding down her post, yes?
Still alive. Back and work. Staten Island is a disaster zone. Whole neighborhoods gone. I'm so lucky I didn't take damage. Just missing my kids at this point. Going to be awhile before I see them. They're in jersey with power though thankfully.
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