Hurricane Sandy - Page 2

**Ace** · October 30th, 2012, 02:38 PM

9 dead in New York City. Massive flooding. Con Ed shut off the power. A surveillance video caught water rushing out of an elevator door. Water in the subways. Woman electrocuted stepping in puddle. Man loses hand lighting what he thought was a candle, but instead was a firecracker.
Here in upstate, very nasty yesterday, but no devastation.

wgnrgeorg · October 30th, 2012, 05:07 PM

Well,good news we're alive here in northeastern Pa. The power was off for about 12 rs,and,just recently came back on.A lot of wind and rain it us,noting like N.Y., OR N. J. It looks like it isn't done yet,good luck to those of you left it is just reaching

**blueballsdc** · October 30th, 2012, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by wgnrgeorg

Well,good news we're alive here in northeastern Pa. Te power was off for about 12 rs,and,just recently came back on.A lot of wind and rain it us,noting like N.Y., OR N. J. It looks like it isn't done yet,good luck to those of you left it is just reaching

I spoke with friends outside of Philly and in south-eastern Pennsylvania. Lots of wind and rain and power outages but otherwise ok. There has been some flooding of creeks and rivers but that was expected. One of the towns, Bristol in Bucks County, was going to call in the National Guard because of looting after the storm!

**knobby109** · October 30th, 2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by blueballsdc

I spoke with friends outside of Philly and in south-eastern Pennsylvania. Lots of wind and rain and power outages but otherwise ok. There has been some flooding of creeks and rivers but that was expected. One of the towns, Bristol in Bucks County, was going to call in the National Guard because of looting after the storm!

Hope they shoot the bastards.

**blueballsdc** · October 30th, 2012, 09:39 PM

In today's surreal news:

Michael Brown, the director of FEMA during Hurricane Katrina, has criticized President Obama for "reacting too quickly" to Hurricane Sandy.

**tygrkhat40** · October 31st, 2012, 01:20 PM

I think Michael Brown shoud just shut his f***ing mouth and not remind people about how unqualified and incompetent he was at his job.

**9876543210** · October 31st, 2012, 03:31 PM

blueballsdc,

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Originally Posted by blueballsdc

In today's surreal news:

Michael Brown, the director of FEMA during Hurricane Katrina, has criticized President Obama for "reacting too quickly" to Hurricane Sandy.

I thought you had to be wrong about that as I thought Brown was hidden under some rock somewhere. But no! You were right!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2049343.html

Why in hell is this guy (as well as the rest of the Bush administration) not in jail? You could certainly put him there for stupidity! Or incompetence?

mikes · October 31st, 2012, 03:48 PM

hope they are well.

**scoundrel** · October 31st, 2012, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by blueballsdc

In today's surreal news:

Michael Brown, the director of FEMA during Hurricane Katrina, has criticized President Obama for "reacting too quickly" to Hurricane Sandy.

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Originally Posted by 9876543210

I thought you had to be wrong about that as I thought Brown was hidden under some rock somewhere. But no! You were right!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2049343.html

Why in hell is this guy (as well as the rest of the Bush administration) not in jail? You could certainly put him there for stupidity! Or incompetence?!

First Hurricane Katrina; then the Deepwater Horizon disaster; and now Hurricane Sandy.

FEMA are a bag of arse.

Postscript:
In fairness I should note that this really injudicious comment comes from the former rather than the serving director of FEMA.

**spitalhouse** · October 31st, 2012, 08:44 PM

Seems like Hurricane Sandy only became newsworthy once it had reached the shores of the USA.

Regards.

October 30th, 2012, 02:38 PM	#11
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blueballsdc Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 112,645 Thanked 21,428 Times in 1,713 Posts	Truth is stranger than fiction In today's surreal news: Michael Brown, the director of FEMA during Hurricane Katrina, has criticized President Obama for "reacting too quickly" to Hurricane Sandy.

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October 31st, 2012, 08:44 PM	#20
spitalhouse Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Past caring Posts: 768 Thanks: 2,080 Thanked 12,557 Times in 747 Posts	Seems like Hurricane Sandy only became newsworthy once it had reached the shores of the USA. Regards. __________________ Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity. (Einstein)

October 30th, 2012, 05:07 PM	#12
wgnrgeorg Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 163 Thanks: 8,787 Thanked 822 Times in 125 Posts	Well,good news we're alive here in northeastern Pa. The power was off for about 12 rs,and,just recently came back on.A lot of wind and rain it us,noting like N.Y., OR N. J. It looks like it isn't done yet,good luck to those of you left it is just reaching

October 31st, 2012, 03:48 PM	#18
mikes Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 42 Thanks: 468 Thanked 396 Times in 41 Posts	hope they are well.