We are the most generous country and the most hated.
E in Long Beach
Sent from my iPad2
Blog: http://elizabethsmusingsandstuff.blogspot.com
/\__/\_____
(=-.-=),,__,,_)~~~~
On Nov 4, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Judith Barnett <pooh4jvn@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Depends on just who we are talking about Ed. Some of those people may
> have had supplies for a period of time but after they were hit by the
> storm there supplies were gone? There are a millions stories and no one
> can lump them together.
> Living on the left coast I have done what I can, I donated money and a
> woman is coming today to pick up a bag of clothes I donated to her
> family that lost everything.
>
> One thing that bothers me.....we give all this foreign aid to countries
> that have had disasters, has anyone heard of any country even offering
> to help?
>
> On 11/3/2012 10:44 AM, Ed wrote:
>>
>>
>> Judith, you've probably read my previous post on this subject by the
>> time you read this one and going to be hitting the ceiling. Before you
>> bang your head on it, please realize that I was NOT complaining about
>> those who decided to stick it out rather than evacuate…. I was
>> complaining about those who made that decision but did NOT take the
>> necessary precautions. I just find it difficult to excuse the
>> actions, or inactions, of those who knowingly place themselves in
>> jeopardy without at least taking suitable precautions.
>>
>> Am I asking too much, or expecting too much of people to do this? I
>> know there's a Bell curve, but I thought the majority of people had
>> enough sense to know what their essential needs are when power, water,
>> and communications are not available. … maybe I'm wrong?
>>
>> Ed in Oregon
>>
>> *From:*iPad@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iPad@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of
>> *Judith
>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 03, 2012 7:52 AM
>> *To:* iPad@yahoogroups.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [iPad] OT Hurricane Sandy
>>
>> Can we have a little sympathy and not go back to another 3 days of
>> bickering about people deserving what they got for not evacuating! There
>> are some people on this list that just have to take the opposite of
>> whatever subject comes up just for the sake of an argument.
>>
>> It is not fair at all for all of you to judge why someone did not
>> evacuate if you are not in their shoes. There are people in the same
>> situation as Eden that were NOT in an area to be evacuated and they are
>> in the same dire situation. How about a little empathy and a helping
>> hand instead of all these "told ya so".
>>
>> Judith Barnett
>> Pooh4jvn@pacbell.net <mailto:Pooh4jvn%40pacbell.net>
>> Sent from my ipad
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2012, at 11:52 PM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com
>> <mailto:jimdoc%40me.com>> wrote:
>>
>>>> I am here in NY & the situation is desperate. We are down to less
>> than a 1/2 tank of gas.
>>>
>>> I am very sorry for your situation.
>>> BUT....
>>>
>>> I am astounded that, given days of warning, people who chose to stay
>> chose to stay with anything less than full tanks in all vehicles. And
>> less than 3 days of non-refrigerated food on the shelves.
>>>
>>>> The lines for gas are more than 2 hours long & that's if they don't
>> run out of gas. Sandy was the East Coast equivalent of Katrina.
>>>
>>>
>>> Except Sandy gave a LOT more warning.
>>>
>>>> ... lower Manhattan still has no power...
>>>
>>> Just last! year we were without power for 6 days with Irene.
>>>
>>>> The amount of devastation & loss here & in New Jersey looks like the
>> pictures you see in history books when talking about World Wars or even
>> the Atomic Bomb.
>>>
>>> Been there. Lived thorough storms like that.
>>>
>>>> There was much controversy in NY today when the Mayor decided to go
>> ahead with marathon on Sunday.
>>>
>>> The Mayor cancelled the marathon.
>>>
>>>> We here in NY & NJ were not prepared for the magnitude of this
>> storm. Many took this storm lightly. I will tell you that those that did
>> will never underestimate a warning again.
>>>
>>> Some in NY and NJ actually *listened* to the predictions and warnings
>> and got the hell out of there. As I would have had I not lived inland
>> and at 400' above sea level.
>>>
>>>> Oh by the way, the temperature is in the low 40s & has been very
>> windy tonight. We are also expecting a nor'easter to hit us either
>> Wednesday or Thursday.
>>>
>>> The current forecast for Staten Island does NOT include a nor'easter:
>>>> Wednesday
>>>> Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 49. Breezy. Chance of
>> precipitation is 60%.
>>>>
>>>> Wednesday Night
>>>> Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy. Chance of
>> precipitation is 60%.
>>>>
>>>> Thursday
>>>> Showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Breezy. Chance of
>> precipitation is 60%.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com <mailto:jimdoc%40me.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> Judith
> pooh4jvn@pacbell.net
>
> (\(\
> (-.-)
> o_(")(")
>
> Photos: http://upload.pbase.com/pooh4jvn
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
| Reply via web post | Reply to sender | Reply to group | Start a New Topic | Messages in this topic (224) |
