70 Trillion people affected, 13 Bajillion dollars in damage, Hurricane Sandy and media hype

This touched me from a very special american in my life..

hey baby, I hope you
have been checking your emails since I can't communicate any other
way. I wanted to tell you that the wind is over, but the flooding is
severe. We spent the day getting as much stuff to out upstairs
baracading the doors to block water. When we got rescued by the guard
the water was starting to come in and we were waste deep in water.
Trees are toppled over, my home is ruined and the tide is going to
rise 8ft tonight. I'm gonna try and get home to assess the damage
tomarrow so far we have no power so I'm spending some battery life
letting you know whats the matter..

Using her last battery just to tell me this ..

reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan


What about the people who took shelter?? Then their shelter caught on fire and they cant be rescued because the fire department cant get to them because of flooding....??? And even if they could how do you put the fire out with no utilites?

What about the towns that are flooding because the dam was breeched and now thousands have to be evacuated???

What about the trees that blew over onto peoples homes and crushed them? They took shelter.
Do these people deserve to be taken out of the gene pool? Do those kids deserve to lose parents or vice versa?

Have compassion friend, its to soon to make this into a polarized cover up political conspiracy. I umderstand this is Ats but come on man this is a tragedy for our country.

reply to post by denver22


Dang, that sounds rough ... No wonder you haven't slept. I am sure she is OK, hang in there bro

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by denver22

 

I just want to say on behalf of some who have no electrical power to say it themselves...and at least one friend I'm hoping to hear from today outside NYC...your sentiments mean a lot. Thanks and I've caught many of your posts across the evening. It's been good to know folks outside the U.S. have their thoughts focused on people here making it through this.

No problem my friend after all we are all family with the same first language. We do care in the uk
You will be surprised how many do..

I am not going to sleep untill i know you guys get over the worst of it.

Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by LittleBlackEagle

 

My viewpoint:

It is a hurricane. If people need to be warned to take shelter and/or evacuate during a hurricane, then our gene pool might need cleansing.

My feeling is that people who make comments like this need to be taken out of the gene pool.

Part of the problem with the world today is people lacking compassion and caring. Think about it.

Originally posted by Sissel

Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by LittleBlackEagle

 

My viewpoint:

It is a hurricane. If people need to be warned to take shelter and/or evacuate during a hurricane, then our gene pool might need cleansing.

My feeling is that people who make comments like this need to be taken out of the gene pool.

Part of the problem with the world today is people lacking compassion and caring. Think about it.

I have compassion. And I care. Read the post I am referring to for context.

Originally posted by CitizenJack
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan

 

What about the people who took shelter?? Then their shelter caught on fire and they cant be rescued because the fire department cant get to them because of flooding....??? And even if they could how do you put the fire out with no utilites?

What about the towns that are flooding because the dam was breeched and now thousands have to be evacuated???

What about the trees that blew over onto peoples homes and crushed them? They took shelter.
Do these people deserve to be taken out of the gene pool? Do those kids deserve to lose parents or vice versa?

Have compassion friend, its to soon to make this into a polarized cover up political conspiracy. I umderstand this is Ats but come on man this is a tragedy for our country.

Read the post I am referring to for context.

For the love of God, people. Cut out the knee jerking.

The person said, "If it weren't for all the hype, how many would more would be dead?"

My answer: "If people need hype to be warned to take shelter (or evacuate), then they likely are candidates for Darwinsim". How long ago was Katrina? Do people really forget things so quickly? Who says, "Oh, theres a hurricane coming? Ho hum...."???? So it needs to be screamed in their faces over and over? To an extent that news about other things are forgotten while we watch Al Roker struggle to stay standing out in a hurricane?

It has nothing to do with compassion. It is a comment regarding the amount of press coverage and hype is dedicated to the storm, and how it displaces other news like Benghazigate and BBC sex xcandal.

Originally posted by Tazkven
reply to post by denver22

 

Dang, that sounds rough ... No wonder you haven't slept. I am sure she is OK, hang in there bro

Well i am going to stay up tonight and converse with you guys and listen
for updates about all you're towns city's etc and peoples well being.

Peace to you all my colonial cousins from accross the pond.

ahhh....i see the problem.....


.....silly me. I was commenting in relation to the TOPIC. I was not aware that this thread had become a support thread/update thread.

Silly me for being topical.

Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan[/i


I have compassion. And I care. Read the post I am referring to for context.

I did my friend. Many people have never been exposed to hurricanes, so yes, they need warning. Prior to my being in some, I never knew what to expect. I was happy to be around other people that knew exactly what to do, because they came up with preparations I never would have thought of.

I fully admit due to my lack of knowledge on it, that it needed to spelled out to me.

I also know that it's not my right to say who lives or dies, and to say the gene pool needs cleansing is rather obtuse for this reason.

The person who said the quote you edited in was me. I grew up in the Chicago area, and while we certainly can have weather there, I in no way knew anything about what to expect when confronted with a hurricane. I did go through Katrina and Rita, and some other ones.

Just saying. And this thread has evolved into what it is, with people arguing against what it was intended for.

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