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Staten Island was not getting any help. They could not get anywhere. The temperatures have to be freezing there. CNN went there last night to tell people bring attention to it. CNN did not even make it partisan. Even CNN was attacked on this thread.
The temperatures are not "freezing". It is chilly but if you are indoors and have blankets there is no reason anyone should freeze.
CNN was reporting and did a good job. Lawrence O'Donnell also put out a call to help Staten Island.
Scumbag Sean Hannity is the one who polliticized it and called this "Obama's Katrina".
Not sure if he does but I live in Staten Island, and for the most part the island isn't too bad off although I live up on a hill so I wasn't affected as badly. You walk out my front door though and just 1 block up north it's completely dark out. The thing that sucks about living in Staten island is there is no other way off the island unless you go over the bridges or take the ferry and right now the ferry terminal is closed because in lower manhattan the terminal got flooded and all the subway stations in lower manhattan are currently down. And while I agree that those in parts of staten island where flooding was possible and evacuations were ordered people did not leave mainly because how often do we hear the media over hyping storms ? I remember when the last hurricane hit out here it was just windy and really rainy nothing much else.
I live on Long Island. We have no power and gas lines 50 cars plus. It's cold but it's not life threatening cold. Things are worse on Staten Island but there's no one who should "freeze" unless they are too stupid to put a coat on.
I'm sure Sean Hannity has $15K natural gas powered generators running his mansion up in Centre Island funded by all his stupid Fox News and talk radio fans.
People are not trapped on Staten Island waiting for help. Help has been there since Day 1. I have no idea why anyone would compare this to Katrina.
I'll tell you why: Because they hate Obama and watch Fox News all day every day.
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