I have not seen that but I think those of us who have survived truly destructive hurricanes watch with some amusement as the NY-DC media describe a mild hurricane/tropical late season storm as Stormzilla and the Apocalypse when it's really not about this being much of a storm but rather where it is hitting...which is admittedly a factor.
And yes indeed I do think that liberals are much much more likely to feel it's all about them and to whine at the slightest inconvenience...versus the stoicism of conservatives...that is part of what separates us from them.
Then there is the media that hypes this up to sell ad space....FOX being truly obnoxious.
This is a large mass but mild late season tropical storm which will cause flooding and worst of all power outtages and some infrastructural damage and very little loss of life
Major destructive storms are very rare above Hatteras...I can only think of (2) Cat 4 or better past 90-100 years...1938 and Hazel
and thank God for that...the population concentrations are an issue as is nowadays the demographic issues and lawlessness.
fortunately aside from a few barrier island low spots, shore relief up north is fairly sharp..which helps
folks are going to be without power for days..maybe a week or more and flooding is yet to determine...surge beat Irene but I think rain will not...which is good.
I do not think folks deserve calamity because they have wrong political views but I do think those folks tend to be less prepared, more afraid in general and dependent on others...not exactly the stock that made us great over the centuries
My daughter is in Park Slope...cell phone working...power on and off..off now i think...they are just holed up with the dogs
She lived through Andrew very close to landfall in South Miami/Old Cutler Road...she knows what a destructive storm is all about as does her daddy who lived through Camille in 1969 as a 12 year old and I am a former Manhattan residence from the 80s
Media hype aside I hope folks get their power back soon, flooding in manageable, snow in Appalachia is not damaging and fewer trees fall on folks regardless of how they vote or think about God etc..
In hindsight it shouldn’t surprise us that New Welfare City seems to have been wholly unprepared for this. You would think a major on the coast would have long been preparing.
As someone who's been through major hurricanes, this storm was over-hyped. That's not to say it didn't cause damage, but the weather's been causing damage throughout the history of civilization. It's too bad these things have become huge national political events. There are more pressing issues.