It occurs to me (from the recent event of Hurricane Irene) some of us live in the city love to complain about anything. From the MTA stop running, bridges and airports closing to all day coverage of the east coast weather on all local stations. It is just complains.
With a storm the size as Irene, is the city over reacted? We were blessed to escape the storm. What if the storm hit and we were not prepared, and the subway tunnels quickly fill up with flash flood, and train and passenger trapped in it. What if train got blow off the track in the middle of the storm and plunge to the ground, who will be responsible for that then? So is it over reacted?
Case and point, see what happen to Vermont? They did not expect the flash flood at all, and no one can predict that either, is it better to be prepare than sorry?
Some may ask at what cost to the businesses for this stage of prepares so far in advance. No one can answer that question for all of us. It all depends on how much you think your life safety is worth. Need I say more?
The fact is if the storm did hit us as expected, we are not the southern states; we are not preparing for this kind of storm. I have been in inland hurricane hit before. The destruction is not like anything else you have even experienced. Your house would shake and not just for a few minutes it is hours son end, you never know if you roof would hold out.
Debris flying tress falling and broken windows crashing from the high rises. It is surreal. I could never forget the images for as long as I live, and these are states that had experiences with storm. Just imagine if Miami had the record snowstorm we experienced every year. They will never have enough snow prow or salt to deal with the amount of snow, nor they would be able to clear the free way as fast as most of the northern state does.
Therefore is the level of preparation necessary?
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