[Styria]

It is amazing to me how dependent these people are on the government. You never hear stories like this when more powerful storms hit Florida, the Carolinas, or the Gulf Coast.

They're only dependent on the (predictably incompetent) government in an emergency. Normally they're just dependent on supply-side capitalism.

[sanjuanbob]

Richmond County, also known as Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States. Staten Island is the least populated of the five boroughs with 468, 730 people but is the third largest in area at 59 sq mi (153 km2).

According to the 2010 Census, there were 468,730 people living in Staten Island, which is an increase of 5.6% since the 2000 Census.[1] Staten Island is the only borough in New York City with a non-Hispanic White majority.