I read they were owned or rented by the runner’s association or some organization thats involved with the Marathon.
Those big generators would have done very little anyway, there were 5 million people in NY , NJ & CT without power - 11 days later there is still over 1 million without power, some of my friends were told here on Long Island that they may not get power back on until after Thankgiving.
But they also had 10,000 cases of water sitting there that couldn’t do anything with and would have to eventually get rid of them.
I know they would not have helped everyone, but they could have helped some.
We had no power for a week. A co-worker just got the good news he is now up and running. He was the last. 1/2 here just got it back late this week.
Thanksgiving? Where on Long Island do your friends live?
I didn’t mean to sound pissy....if I did, sorry. My bff’s brother was supposed to run in the marathon and sent out an email whining about how yes people are suffering now, but just like after 9/11, we all came together and next year we’ll run it for Sandy, blah blah blah.
Talked about the people who were going to be out “protesting” the marathon and he was very “saddened” by that.
The whole thing just irked me...still does.