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Here’s how the rich can escape NYC when a calamity hits
NY Post ^ | March 9, 2017 | Alexandra Klausner

Posted on 03/09/2017 9:26:10 AM PST by C19fan

Paranoid New Yorkers now have a speedy way out of the city should disaster strike.

Chris Dowhie, co-owner of Plan B Marine, runs a marine evacuation service which advertises the fastest possible way out of Manhattan.

Whether it’s power failure, blackouts, grid failure, bad weather, flooding or a terrorist attack, Dowhie’s clients want to be prepared for doomsday.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: apocalypse; preppers
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To: HombreSecreto
And taller.
41 posted on 03/09/2017 10:09:23 AM PST by Jonah Hex
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To: C19fan

Soooo...he takes their money now for a service promised to be performed in the future, and if he doesn’t deliver...the customers will be too dead to do anything about it.

Nice racket.


42 posted on 03/09/2017 10:18:12 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: C19fan

There’s a sucker born every minute - contractual obligations don’t mean squat in a doomsday scenario.


43 posted on 03/09/2017 10:22:58 AM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: C19fan
A boat won't do you any good. In Land of the Dead, the Democrats waded into the water and walked on the river bed to get to the city. Image and video hosting by TinyPic The Undead will walk on the ocean floor until they see a boat, then you're what's for dinner.
44 posted on 03/09/2017 10:32:53 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: marktwain
It takes hours to days for those items to be put into effect.

I remember a beautiful, clear, Tuesday morning a few years ago......

45 posted on 03/09/2017 10:35:12 AM PST by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: tumblindice

46 posted on 03/09/2017 10:37:02 AM PST by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: thoughtomator
...contractual obligations don’t mean squat in a doomsday scenario.

Unless both parties survive and order is restored. Unlikely in doomsday.

47 posted on 03/09/2017 10:42:25 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: kingu

Rich people who worry about this are already pursuing the Warren Buffett strategy. It’s not nearly as hard as it used to be to oversee your business interests from Omaha, Nebraska - or even rural Wyoming.


48 posted on 03/09/2017 10:46:54 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Roccus

I remember a beautiful, clear, Tuesday morning a few years ago......


OK, how long did it take for the government to shut down the piers in NYC after 9/11?

It took hours to give the order to shut down air traffic, and that was a simple order from the president.


49 posted on 03/09/2017 10:50:28 AM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: C19fan

What they need to do is buy a stool. Stand on it. And kiss their asses goodbye.


50 posted on 03/09/2017 10:58:18 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: C19fan

If the majority of NYC rich people voted for Hillary, who cares if they escape disaster?


51 posted on 03/09/2017 11:01:36 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: Red Badger
Best escape is to not live there in the first place...................

Totally Agree

52 posted on 03/09/2017 11:26:19 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: marktwain

Your timeline is a bit off

8:45 1WTC hit
9:03 2WTC hit
9:17 All NYC area airports closed
9:21 All NYC area bridges and tunnels closed to vehicular traffic
9:40 The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports


53 posted on 03/09/2017 11:28:22 AM PST by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Roccus

You are correct on the FAA, as I was only using decades old personal recollection from radio and tv reports.

So, when did they close the piers?


54 posted on 03/09/2017 11:42:09 AM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Not a bad idea


55 posted on 03/09/2017 11:50:06 AM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: marktwain
You are correct on the FAA, as I was only using decades old personal recollection from radio and tv reports.

< I was there.

Nowheres near the number of piers in Manhattan as there once were. Closing the piers would have been a waste of resources. You don't have to close the piers when you control the waterways.

56 posted on 03/09/2017 11:53:45 AM PST by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: C19fan
Hell,the Midtown Tunnel to Long island sounds like a good option!
57 posted on 03/09/2017 12:01:36 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Roccus

Nowheres near the number of piers in Manhattan as there once were. Closing the piers would have been a waste of resources. You don’t have to close the piers when you control the waterways.


OK, but it still takes resources. And you are going to stop outgoing boat traffic for what reason?

It could happen, but stopping people from *leaving* a disaster, in perfectly good private transportation? Why?

Sure, could happen, but seems unlikely.

I do not recall any shut down of boats leaving New Orleans when the Hurricane hit, for example.

New York is a different culture. I would expect people with boats there to be well heeled.


58 posted on 03/09/2017 12:58:05 PM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: C19fan

I’ll be the one offering swimming lessons. Cash up front, of course.


59 posted on 03/09/2017 4:12:26 PM PST by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: marktwain

If the PTB wanted to, they could very easily. West 79 st. Marina, East 23 st. marina and Battery Park marina are it.

You said they couldn’t shut the city down for hours or days. I’ve proven they can very quickly.

Look FRiend, I’ll listen to you when it comes to guns and gun laws, but Fun City just ain’t your bag.


60 posted on 03/09/2017 4:29:51 PM PST by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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