Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Did the NYC govt ever issue further evac orders beyond Zone A? > > We lost power at dad's house ~11.15 east, but it was only out till > ~2.45, apparently. Dad was unusually up at that hour, desperately > trying to win a penny auction, but his bids were still only in the sub- > dollar range when the cutoff occurred... ended up the item went for ~ > $2.50. > > Not much outage in town, except probably downtown by the still-rising > river. We're well above flooding areas. > No, they mandated evacuation of Zone A on Friday, and never did Zone B or C. Turns out all of the calm and rational advice I received here and online was correct; If you lived in Manhattan in Zone A you really were better off getting out of there (some buildings were full of water by this morning); otherwise, just make sure you have enough supplies and stay inside for the 24 hours, and you will be fine. One of the many flaws in CNN's coverage was significant misinformation among its reporters. For example, Soledad O'brien, who was reporting from the Meat Packing district near the Hudson River, kept saying that Zone A (where she was reporting from) was a mandatory evac area, while Zone B was a strongly recommended but voluntary evac area. I am quite sure this is mistaken - I called a number of places on Friday and asked this question specifically - Zones B and C were not recommended to evacuate at any time - in fact, to the extent that there was any official recommendation for people in these Zones, it was to shelter in place unless and until ordered to evacuate. Another mistake repeatedly made by Soledad and several other CNN reporters was saying, very authoritatively, that while the rain and wind had not hit Manhattan very hard up to that point, "we KNOW it is going to get really bad soon". Not only did that never happen (the last time she said that she was in fact experiencing the rain as bad as it would get - I guess the wind might have gotten worse on the back side of the storm, I'm not sure, but by then and real threat to Manhattan was past) but the weather expert on CNN had already said several times on her air that it was not going to get much worse. CNN's coverage got better when Candy Crowly (sp?) came on and did a real job anchoring the coverage, providing some cohesion and perspective, which Cooper was unable to do for whatever reason from his location (she seemed to be outside too, but also seemed to have access to a monitor and maybe a computer hooked to the internet, since she knew more stuff than the viewer, while Cooper most of the time seemed to know less stuff than the viewer). -- 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
