Though too late now, something to keep in mind for the next local non- snow emergency is evacuation to that forgotten part of New York, ie, upstate.
If I were wanting to evacuate and were able to obtain transportation, I would have planned an impromptu weekend trip to Buffalo (though not the place to go when winter emergencies strike). Perhaps that should have been the spotlighted location for last weekend's New York Times series, instead of "36 Hours In Portland". For those wanting a slightly snarky (as is its wont) look at hurricane fever in New York, New York Magazine's Daily Intel blog does a pretty good job: <http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/08/ hurricane_watch_2011_the_wrath.html> As mentioned in one of the 'updates', apparently most New Yorkers do not keep a two-day supply of food in their apartments (or, I would add, flashlights). _____ On Aug 27, 9:30 am, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to David, Joe and Ron for the info and advice. Looks like we are > going with the hunker down approach (she is in a second floor apartment). I > could not get her off the island by this morning anyway, and everything I > have read, as reflected by the feedback here, is that unless she is directly > flooded by the storm surge, the biggest danger would come from being out and > hit by debris caught in the strong winds, so I am nixing any plan for her to > walk or taxi to the hotel I found for her sunday morning. I did email her a > map from her apartment to her closest evacuation site (a high school) just > in case. I do keep hearing from people like sheriffs in North Carolina on TV > that more people die in hurricanes from "inland flooding than coastal storm > surge" (they repeat it just like that, as if it is a mantra in that part of > the country) - but I am guessing that does not apply to a place like > Manhattan (where rivers ring the edges, and do not thread through the > mainland, and they have such an effective drainage system) - at least, I > have not read any warnings about flooding in NYC from anything except storm > surge or getting caught in the subways or tunnels. > > Good luck to everyone from this list on the eastern seaboard - last week we > were amused out here by the quake anxiety 300 miles from the epicenter of a > 5.8; this week we are concerned about the destructive potential of a force > that seems more powerful (and is more mysterious to those of us out west). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
