Stupid hipsters, lol. Flood water in major cities is pretty fucking toxic.
And to be fair, no one is more deluded than a hipster...nah, the solution to pollution is dilution
WASHINGTON — Home and business owners across a dozen states awoke on Tuesday to an unpleasant reality: significant portions of their property damage caused by flooding from Hurricane Sandy are unlikely to be covered by insurance.
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Thousands of homeowners in New York, New Jersey and nearby states added flood insurance last year after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee swamped much of the same area with heavy rains.
But many others are likely to find that their flood insurance policies have lapsed or that they wrongly assumed their homeowners’ policy would cover the damage. That is a common misunderstanding, according to insurance experts.
Flood insurance “is mandatory if you have a federally backed mortgage and you’re living in a flood-risk area,” said Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan, managing director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
But, he added, “the reality is slightly different. After many events, we realize that many people who were supposed to have that coverage were not covered.”
I talked to my son for a few minutes about an hour ago - still working doing generator related stuff. Apparently, they just set up a new cell tower & generator to power it near Manhattan.
Now, I'd rather not jump to conclusions, but if they're setting up temporary towers, it seems to imply to me that lower Manhattan is screwed for a while. Otherwise, they'd be going in & refueling the other generators, else expect power to be restored. But, maybe they're just being extra cautious (and the cell phone companies don't want to be fined for not having service.)
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In other news, Missouri Task Force One (urban search and rescue) was just sent in that direction; unsure at the moment if it's to NYC or NJ). Again, not to jump to conclusions, but it sounds like the death toll is going to climb.
uh holy fuck, is the building under construction fubar'ed?
uh holy fuck, is the building under construction fubar'ed?
Nah.... they'll just have to find a way to get rid of that crane and put up a new one.
What I'm referring to is...am I blind are the posts on the building to the right (the one that's under construction) not straight?
What I'm referring to is...am I blind are the posts on the building to the right (the one that's under construction) not straight?
GAME FUCKING OVER, WATER FLOODED ALL OVER THE WATERFRONT:
buffalo chicken meatballs are done, I'm all set for my supplies :thumbsup:
if I only had blue cheese dressing.... :'(
I would be too. Yet another overhyped story about a small storm. Certainly some people were affected, but instead of trying to scare everyone, they should have just warned people in areas near water.
They need to stop crying wolf.
Any news on the active ATOT posters on this thread? ZeZe stopped posting after he posted this:
amdhunter wanted to start a religion in my religion thread, may be he ascended... D:Never heard or see any more from amdhunter since then, too...D:
amdhunter wanted to start a religion in my religion thread, may be he ascended... D:
I haven't cared about the weather in years.
Every damn year the news says ITS THE WORST STORM EVER OMGGGG... and its just another storm. Every. Time. We had hail the size of golf balls in like 1996... that was the most interesting thing I've seen. And it did zero damage.
Are the warnings and doom and gloom for old people? Women?
Eh, just another storm. If I'm lucky, they'll cancel work for a couple days (can't do earthwork in the rain!)
Why not perpetuate the hype.
Latest from RI's Fred Campagna (6 reasons why Hurricane Sandy scares me):
http://rightweather.net/2012/10/six-reasons-why-hurricane-sandy-scares-me/
Here's another missing ATOT member; last activity at about 7:30 last night. I hope all is well with all 4 we've identified so far.I do not plan on evacuating and I am in one of those areas.
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey National Guard arrived Tuesday evening in Hoboken to help residents of the heavily flooded city on the Hudson River across from New York City.
Officials announced the Guard's arrival in messages on the city's Twitter and Facebook accounts. It says Guard members will use high-wheeled vehicles to help evacuate residents and deliver supplies to flooded areas in the mile-square city.
Hoboken was hard hit by Superstorm Sandy, which flooded roughly half the town of 50,000 people.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer had asked for the Guard's help late Monday, saying thousands of residents were stuck in their homes.
"We have two payloaders and we're trying to go in where we can to help people, but we have small city streets and payloaders cannot fit down" them, Zimmer said Tuesday night on MSNBC.
"We've got live wires in the waters, and the waters are completely contaminated and getting more contaminated," she said. "It's rain water mixed with sewage water; it's becoming more sewage water."
What I'm referring to is...am I blind are the posts on the building to the right (the one that's under construction) not straight?