If I remember correctly, Bloomberg warned residents in this area, before the storm hit, that help would be long in coming (I think he mentioned two weeks or so) and that residents should therefore evacuate and plan on being without services for some time. Where are the family members of these old people who allegedly have nothing? Surely there must be some relative who can tend to them. Why expect government agencies to supply everything?
My image of east-coast Americans as being self-reliant, civilized and independent is going to have to be readjusted to thinking of them as being whiny, crude and entitled. I hope this is just a temporary adjustment. I think we can all do better than that.
And if any of you have relatives who have been affected by the storm and you've offered no help to them -- SHAME ON YOU. Family is always the first line of defence. If you've done nothing to help your kin thus far, now is the time to start.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24279842 Evacuate to where, exactly?
And some old people don't have any relatives nearby.
Yes, there should be some prepping on each persons part, but 111 homes burnt to the ground. Ho,es completely flooded out. No prepping is going to help that. I doubt they can just get on their private jet and head to sunnier climes.
It's easy to say "evacuate" when one is untouched by it. But a lot of people have kids/families, and most of these people are blue collar folks, firemen and police and sanitation, and
have to be at work. No excuses.
When 50% of your income disappears in taxes each paycheck, it's not unreasonable to think that maybe the National guard, or Army, or Fema, or the Red Cross can at least make an appearance.
Just saying.
