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Title: WeÂ’ve Been Left FAR Behind
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cbs
URL Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11 ... nse-weve-been-left-far-behind/
Published: Nov 2, 2012
Author: staff
Post Date: 2012-11-02 16:24:12 by calcon
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Views: 2645
Comments: 4
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Staten Island residents are furious. They feel that in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy they’ve been ignored and left to fend for themselves. CBS 2′s Jessica Schneider toured the borough on Thursday night and saw one home on Cedar Grove Avenue that looks like it was torn to shreds by a tornado. However, it was surging ocean waters that tore the house apart, and filled others with more than 10 feet of water. It’s that type of apparent neglect that has left residents saying they haven’t received the attention or help they so desperately need. “Red Cross is here with hot chocolate and cookies. We need blankets, we need pillows, we need clothing. We can get hot chocolate and cookies, we need help!” resident Jodi Hannula said. It was almost too much for Hannula to bear. She said she had 30 years of memories washed away by flood waters. And with no flood insurance, she said she’s been pleading for help, but finding little. “You hope that the government does the right thing and steps in and helps us out. We have been looking for FEMA, [but] FEMA has not been here,” Hannula said. People on Staten Island argued that they’ve been neglected while other parts of New York City, and the Jersey Shore, have been showered with attention. “We are far from fine, and the fact that the mayor wants to have a marathon this weekend, when we’ve had people who have lost their lives or house, everything they’ve worked for their whole lives … I mean, its unbelievable to me,” Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis said. Utility trucks lined up on Staten Island - Nov. 2, 2012 (credit: Laura Cala / WCBS 880) Utility trucks lined up on Staten Island – Nov. 2, 2012 (credit: Laura Cala / WCBS 880) Amid the damage there was also death. Of the 37 known fatalities from the storm in the city, 17 were killed on Staten Island. One of the most tragic stories became nationally known earlier in the day. Two little boys, ages 2 and 4, were swept away by a tidal surge after their mother’s car stalled and she ran for help. Their bodies were discovered in a marsh Thursday. “It’s total devastation. It’s not just New Dorp Beach. It’s the whole shore from Tottenville to South Beach,” resident Kyle Haberstroh said. Donna Solli confronted Sen. Charles Schumer on Thursday afternoon, demanding food and more assistance. Later that night she got a meal — and a promise for more Friday morning. “Yes, I have food. I haven’t had food in two days and I have food, finally,” Solli said. Residents were organizing a huge cleanup day on Saturday. They said if no one else is going to help them restore their community — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was to visit Staten Island Friday in response to the community’s complaints — they’re going to do it on their own.
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abandoned because their primarily white? sure looks like it
Your favorite hannity sounded like Toyko Rose this afternoon replaying specially obtained and editied clips of the 'horrors' of Sandy. Pathetic actually but that is hannity...pathetic.
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'... Everything's under control, gun grabber Chuckie Schumer is there, but they're not too happy about it.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Never Fails. You refused to notice, with the rest of LF, my postings on Sandy. Then when the obvious can not be denied you get the wrong message. A 13.88 Flood Surge that will cost $58 Billion Subway Damage and Months to Repair. They haven't gotten into LI yet. You don't realize the devastation that Sandy is Climate Change Caused. You will. ANother Nor'easter on the way, Wednesday.
#2. To: calcon (#1)
#3. To: calcon (#1)
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#4. To: calcon (#1)
abandoned because their primarily white? sure looks like it
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