Hurricane Sandy

[Hawkmoon]

And Bloomberg does it again.....

 http://nation.foxnews.com/bloomberg/2012/11/03/report-bloomberg-denied-national-guard-assistance-brooklyn-because-their-possession-guns?intcmp=fly#ixzz2BDXk6ys8

WHAT!

How can even Bloomie be so friggin' iggerant that he considers the National Guard to be "Federal" forces? Doesn't he understand that the NG are STATE forces unless and until called up for Federal duty? (I guess that's a rhetorical question, isn't it?)

[French G.]

The NYPD... Aren't they the ones who fired two mags at a single armed assailant an injured 9 bystanders while only hitting the target twice?

Be fair. They woulda hit 10 but they ran out of ammo. Anyway, NYC is perfectly safe as long as you don't reach for your wallet too fast.

[zxcvbob]

I don't have any experience personally, but a friend told me once that when he was in a hurricane aftermath, there was a point where the Red Cross was selling blankets and stuff on one side of the street.  The Salvation Army was giving the same stuff away on the other side of the street.  Guess who I support.  I am sure the Red Cross does some good stuff, but IMO they are a bit too big.

On the other side of the coin, I am not sure what those people were expecting from the Red Cross.  

Friends will tell you all kinds of stuff.  I'm not sure that I believe this one.

Compare the salaries of the CEOs of the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. If you had any question as to which deserves your support, that should give you the answer.

+1

[never_retreat]

Day 8 and the power is back. And cable. Time to catch up on the walking dead tonight.

[Harold Tuttle]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49646622/ns/weather/#.UJhjzny9KSM

Interactive before / after sideshow of satelite images

[vaskidmark]

Friends will tell you all kinds of stuff.  I'm not sure that I believe this one.

Believe it.  My own personal experience (not Katrina) plus reports from those I know & trust who were on the ground post-Katrina as emergency relief workers - including two who packed up and left the ARC when instructed to collect money for blankets and comfort packs.  They walked over to the Sally Army and were welcomed as grunt labor hauling cots and blankets.

To be as fair as possible, I understood that the ARC was "asking for donations" rather than outright selling relief supplies.  My point of reference is that disaster "survivors" arw going to need all the cash they can muster for stuff that did not start down the pipeline as donated/donatable supplies.  No matter how you phrase it, asking for money for basics is just wrong.

stay safe.