I live in Evacuation Zone A, and evacuated for both Irene and Sandy. I'm too close to the Hudson to play games with high winds and/or flooding. Despite all that, lower Manhattan got its power turned back on last night, and two of the subway tunnels are open. Actually my place didn't lose electricity. Who knew?

Compare/contrast this to Jersey, Connecticut or Long Island where they have gas shortages and power may continue to be out for days, yet.

Bottom line, mileages vary. There are more variables at play than you expect.

You might think, putting flood doors on the tunnels might've helped. Until you realize, the tunnels gave the flood waters somewhere to go (as opposed to our lobbies). I do, however, think that LIRR's and NJTran's penchant for laying track right along the shoreline needs to be rethought. Amazing how the trackbed gets flooded out, every time...

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

A. This was not at a moments notice
B. Scrape up the money to live or move, you live on the coast, sell your property.

The "It costs too much" to leave and find safety is about as dumb as blaming the government for not telling people to open windows if they are too hot.

I dont live on a coastal property because I cant afford to maintain it. If it took all my money to live there so I couldnt even afford to scrape up the money to leave for a few days to live, then I deserve the situation I put myself in.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

These people are not poor, they are idiots. #Truth

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