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Misery for 2.5 million STILL without power after 6 days - lawlessness, fear take over New York
Daily Mail ^ | Saturday, November 3, 2012 | Rachel Rickard Straus and Snejana Farberov

Posted on 11/04/2012 8:56:52 PM PST by Jyotishi

o Residents claim they are the 'forgotten victims' of Sandy

o Also say that lack of power and law enforcement means more looting and violent crime

o Those in stricken areas stockpiling weapons like kitchen knives, machetes, and bats to protect themselves

o Coney Island residents say they are forced to 'scavenge for food like animals'

o Power unlikely to be returned to Brooklyn, Queen's and Staten Island until sometime next week

Almost one week after superstorm Sandy struck the East Coast with its ferocious force, power was still out to some 2.5 million customers due to damages, down from 3.5 million on Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability claimed.

The state with the largest number of outages by far is still New Jersey with 32 percent of customers without power, it said it a report.

And as the lights begin to flicker on in Lower Manhattan, nine percent of customers across the state of New York still do not have power, followed by seven percent in Connecticut

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2012; ct; democrats; hurricane; looting; nj; obama; sandy; storm; wheresobama
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To: USARightSide

Go get ‘em, RightSide! I’ll be casting my vote tomorrow, though I doubt it will do much good here in NY. We NY Conservatives are counting on the rest of the country to carry us over the top!

Regards and hopes for the continued safety of your family,


81 posted on 11/05/2012 5:36:49 PM PST by VermiciousKnid (Sic narro nos totus!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; sickoflibs; justiceseeker93; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; ...

As for poor NYC.

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.

Who is the Duke of New York, A #1? Al Sharpton? Maybe he will kidnap Bloomberg and take over.


82 posted on 11/05/2012 5:41:12 PM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Jyotishi

New York’s alright,
New York’s alright,
New York’s alright,
if you like saxophones!

New York’s alright if you wanna be pushed in front of the subway!
New York’s alright if you like tuberculosis!
New York’s alright if you like art and jazz!
New York’s alright if you’re a homosexual!

New york’s alright,
New York’s alright,
New York’s alright,
if you like saxophones!

New York’s alright if you like drunks in your doorway!
New York’s alright if you wanna freeze to death!
New York’s alright if you wanna get mugged or murdered!
New York’s alright if you like saxophones!

New York’s alright,
New York’s alright,
New York’s alright,
if you like saxophones!


83 posted on 11/05/2012 5:45:19 PM PST by Rome2000 (NO ONE IN ROMNEYS DIRECT LINE HAS EVER SERVED THE UNITED STATES IN UNIFORM 170 YEARS)
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To: fatima

On a positive at the end of the shift today a stranger handed them 2 cases of cold beer.If you see the crews on the road honk and give them a wave.It means a lot.


84 posted on 11/05/2012 5:59:23 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Impy; All

“ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.”

Classic!


85 posted on 11/05/2012 6:00:05 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (The Glove don't fit, but it's better than a burqa.)
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To: Impy; All

Bloomberg is a lifelong whore. Not worthy of even a cheap knock-off version of Mrs. Dash.

“I actually think there is a good chance he might, and he could win the rat nomination.”

Great point! The RAT field for ‘16 should be wide open and their bench is pretty thin.


86 posted on 11/05/2012 6:03:22 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (The Glove don't fit, but it's better than a burqa.)
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To: Impy; stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs; justiceseeker93; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3
Bloomberg is a lifelong liberal democrat.

Here is something that the media is either blind to, or does not want to bring attention to:

Obama claims that he sides with OWS, and says the "rich don't pay their fair share," and yet he depends on rich leftists like Bloomberg for contributions, endorsements, etc.

Goldman was Obama's #2 contributor (second only to U of Cal.) in 2008. See Bought and Paid For: The Unholy Alliance Between Barack Obama and Wall Street by Charles Gasparino.

87 posted on 11/05/2012 6:27:09 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Fool me once, shame on you -- twice, shame on me -- 100 times, it's U. S. immigration policy.)
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To: Rome2000

Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TJmF1Lo5fU


88 posted on 11/05/2012 6:43:45 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; ...

After one week without electricity, phone and heat the power is now on! Back to eating some real food. It was cold and very boring and depressing. But I’m thankful that it wasn’t worse. Schools, Gas stations and many businesses are still closed.

http://www.njkofc.org/

http://www.kofc.org/un/en/news/releases/detail/hurricanesandy-relief.html

http://www.catholicharities.org/

https://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=1258

http://www.nj.com/

http://www.northjersey.com/

http://www.app.com/


89 posted on 11/05/2012 7:37:45 PM PST by Coleus
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To: Jyotishi

Checking in. In the cold dark w nothing more that booze guns wabc and free republic

Fubo you rotten thug! See ou tommorow at the polls!


92 posted on 11/05/2012 7:41:30 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: Coleus

Glad you are back in civilization. Stay safe and warm my FRiend, and make sure you vote tomorrow.


93 posted on 11/05/2012 7:50:34 PM PST by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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To: Jyotishi

You voted for it!

Now you’ve got what you voted for.


94 posted on 11/05/2012 7:55:42 PM PST by Randy Larsen (Aim small, Miss small.)
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To: Coleus

So glad for you! One weeks is a long time. Most we were ever out was 3 days, and even that was tough, especially in January.


95 posted on 11/05/2012 8:13:13 PM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Coleus

So glad for you! One weeks is a long time. Most we were ever out was 3 days, and even that was tough, especially in January.


96 posted on 11/05/2012 8:13:39 PM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Impy

LOL

Great comic relief, but Al doesn’t exactly fill the bill. He’s such a pussy.


97 posted on 11/05/2012 8:17:41 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Oh oh oh... ooooh ooooh. Oh oh oh... ooooh ooooh. Oh oh oh... ooooh ooooh. Yes Toto, it's over!)
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To: Proud2BeRight

Not true!


98 posted on 11/05/2012 8:18:37 PM PST by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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To: OrangeHoof

Not True!


99 posted on 11/05/2012 8:20:10 PM PST by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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To: eyedigress

Not True!


100 posted on 11/05/2012 8:21:17 PM PST by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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