Video and article... http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/10/31/sewage-bacteria-gasoline-found-in-nyc-floodwater/
Look how many of those people died by falling trees. That is just ridiculous. What the hell were they doing outside during a hurricane.
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I'm going to be in DC from the 4th through the 9th. I'm guessing that area is not going to be too messed up? I haven't been paying much attention, honestly.
Wow, lot of deaths caused by a tree. http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/10/31/rats-new-york-city-after-sandy-possible-outbreak?hpt=hp_c2
Seems like Staten Island's not getting enough help. <embed src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" scale="noscale" salign="lt" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" background="#333333" width="425" height="279" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" FlashVars="si=254&&contentValue=50134372&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57544180/staten-island-sandy-victims-were-being-ignored/" />
Flood water in a major metropolitan area is almost always going to be toxic. Most older cities still have their sanitary sewer systems tied into their storm sewer system so anytime one of those gets overloaded it ends up flushing sewage into the storm water system. On top of that you have to consider how much stuff around us is toxic, oil, paint, solvents, cleaners, fertilizers and etc..
The troubling thing is that in some ways things are going to get worse for many in the next few months. The temperatures are already falling in the Northeast and many neighborhoods are still without utilities. Even without power as noted above the flood water is toxic and any house that is flooded has to be gutted above the water line to get rid of mold and other toxins that form in drywall and grow on studs. The situation in many of these places are going to be uninhabitable for months with many unable to survive out in cold.
As insensitive as I may be, I find it hard to sympathize for people who were outside driving/boating/ATVing during a hurricane. A lot of those deaths were so easily preventable by having any common sense. Now a tree falling on you in your house, that's understandable and legit. A tree falling on you while you're trimming it...hard to fault Sandy for that one.
More on the sign language lady... http://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...language-interpreters-are-so-animated/264459/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...callis-bloomberg-sign-language_n_2058469.html See the cool video in the article. Wait until the end. There is a skit on Chelsea Lately after the video. The actor wasn't even signing at all. Just total gibberish. Lol.
Nor'easter's supposed to come next week. Lots of folks still w/o power, trees down. Lines for gas are hours long. One station near me is only accepting gas cans, no cars.
Callis needed a break, maybe? DRIFTING during SANDY. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uGBpWhfDlfo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
i grew up in houston and never had a hurricane this bad hit. you guys can really quit it with the "we on the gulf" know our hurricanes bull****. peace.
