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Exactly. As if the storm cared what anyone called it.
All the same -- this was not even a hurricane when it hit our coast -- imagine how much worse if it had been? Obviously a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane would have been far far worse.
I've been through Cat 4/5 typhoons when I lived in Asia, too.
I'd rather be prepared than unprepared.
I currently live in Europe and still have a wind up radio, candles and a water filter as part of my regular "storm kit".
Basically, people are idiots and whine about it. But I really don't think a majority of US citizens are very smart or can use critical thinking skills. The average IQ in the US is, I believe, 97.
For your second paragraph, I read where there was mandatory evacuation of basement and first floor apartments due to projected flooding. Other people were welcome to evacuate; if my neighbors were being evacuated, do you think I'd stay? No one left those folks stranded, they stranded themselves.
I tried to rep you, but alas I am required to spread it around more. Well said.
Why do you keep on with this? This is your 3rd or 4th post with this "it wasn't even a hurricane" tack.
The reason, AGAIN, that it wasn't called a hurricane any longer was because it lost it's tropical storm status, and it became a cold storm, not because it was downgraded.
The technical name for it became Post Tropical Cyclone Sandy, not Just A Strong Storm Sandy.
It had the winds of an actual Cat 1 and the storm surge of an actual 2 or 3.
Just like Katrina, it's the huge record breaking storm surge that did the damage, not the winds. And in that regard, it was worse than any storm they've ever had.
Because in 1821, there was a hurricane that hit NY, and a hurricane in 1893 came close, in 1938 another Cat 3 hurricane, and several other strong storms since -- so the area is certainly at a risk for hurricanes and any rebuilding should be done with that in mind.
The hurricane in 1938 killed 200 people, the storm in 1955 killed 200 people, the storm in 1972 killed 122 people -- so this year's storm isn't exactly record breaking considering how many more people are packed into that area now than back then.
They need to rebuild for something stronger than a storm or Cat 1 or 2 hurricane.
We're watching on the news, people waiting in miles of lines waiting to buy gasoline from stations that have electricity. This situation will never happen in Florida. All gas stations are required to have generators. We learn things from history. That's why after Hurricane Andrew 1992, the building code was revised where houses built after 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 are built like Fort Knox. Even new Manufactured homes are elevated and can withstand 130 mph wind.
We're watching on the news, people waiting in miles of lines waiting to buy gasoline from stations that have electricity. This situation will never happen in Florida. All gas stations are required to have generators. We learn things from history. That's why after Hurricane Andrew 1992, the building code was revised where houses built after 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 are built like Fort Knox. Even new Manufactured homes are elevated and can withstand 130 mph wind.
There's a difference between storm-prone areas and areas where this is the first time a storm like this has occurred.
Once in a lifetime is different from annual or regular.
I'm sure requirements will be in place in the future for such eventualities.
I think there are a few factors at play here. Number one, every storm is so hyped by the media that I think many people have grown numb to the warnings. You can't say every storm is The Worst Ever and expect people to take it seriously when they see nothing happening to them. Number two, I'd wager that many of those who did not evacuate are not high income people. As in many other things in life, evacuations brutally show the differences between lower class and middle/upper class populations. That isn't a political statement, it's a statement of fact.
Typical Northeast liberals. Whined and complained that nobody was bringing them anything, but when advised that volunteers and emergency personnel were stretch and working 24//7..did one of these whiners offer to raise a finger to help? iTS ALL ABOUT ME wahh, what can you do for me wwaahhhh
Sure they did.
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