Hurricane Sandy is a set up?

[jerseygal4u]

Originally Posted by Three Wolves In Snow

No, someone who spouts about all "the human beings" that were killed should look outside their own neighborhood and care about the other "human beings" who were killed. Or do we only care about those in NJ and NY? The rest of the world, who cares? Typical American attitude.



No, I'm not. It is NOT catastrophic. Is it messy? Is it nasty? Is it expensive? Yep. But it is not "catastrophic".

And again, for the fiftieth time, I am mocking the media. For them to go stand in a puddle, as one did on the TWC this morning, when everything around him was merely wet, not standing water, is the height of HYPE. I have no use for talking heads who care only about their ratings.

How dare you not understand that.

I guess you get teary eyed when the news discusses Iraqi and other war related deaths?

[Smash255]

Originally Posted by Glitch

We get these kinds of storms two, sometimes three, times per year in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Winds in excess of 90 mph, heavy rainfall, falling trees, etc. Only here they call them typhoons instead of hurricanes. The chief difference between Alaska and the east coast is that they do not call for evacuations in Alaska. My home is built to withstand such winds and rain, as are the overwhelming vast majority of homes in Alaska. They do not even call for work to be halted. There have been many times where I have driven 50 mph into Anchorage with 90+ mph winds.

Do the northeastern States have such poor building codes that they cannot find shelter in their own home?

First off the population is much larger. Not to mention the vast majority of the damage was not winds damaging homes. It was due to winds knocking over trees that landed on homes, wires, etc, and the storm surge, which was at record levels.