“We understand that he is not representative of TX FReepers.
What needs to be pointed out as well, is that he is not representative of FReepers, period.
Maybe the mods need to slap him down with a time out until either the storm is over or he learns some manners.”
I have alerted Jim. Maybe he will deal with him.
Thank you.
People are going to be dying in those hospitals because of this.
I was just recently hospitalized for 2 weeks with a MRSA infection and while I wasn’t in nearly the bad shape that I saw many other patients in, it DID occur to me what would happen if the power went out and I could not get something as simple as the IV drip with the anti-biotics.
Reading about hospitals without power and the report of the fire in another one, and that only in NYC, they will be going through hell.
How someone can downplay the tragedy and toll in human lives is beyond me.
In all honestly, I have precious little sympathy for people who pay the consequences for outright, blatant stupidity, but this is something else altogether. This is beyond any human doing and there is and was virtually no way to adequately prepare for it. There simply was not enough time or resources. People are suffering and dying through no fault of their own, simply a matter of being in the wrong place, or wrong situation at the wrong time.
We were fortunate. My daughter flew through JFK last night and happened to be on one of the few flights that was not canceled and managed to get home. For that I am extremely grateful. However, many others are not so fortunate and I truly feel sorry for them. I would not want to be in their place, and it was through no doing of mine that I was not.
Instead of blowing it off, as some people have been doing, we need to think, “There but for the grace of God, go I” and pray for those poor souls who have to endure this situation.
We are getting a good, steady, soaking rain right now, but it is still otherwise a beautiful night, mild and almost no wind. I would not have a clue what was coming or going on around me without the media.