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nolabear

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26. I know this from experience: First Responders are helpless in the midst of a hurricane.

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:21 PM

Oct 2012

Christie was right to tell people that he cannot send people into the middle of a storm. Things will kill them as readily as they will kill those who didn't leave.

During Katrina my sister received call after call (911 operator) pleading for help from people who stayed. There were ten feet of water and everything that would have told anyone where they were...markers, roads, signs, everything...was obliterated. She, and I by proxy, have not yet gotten beyond the helplessness. My job was to watch CNN and try to tell her what was going on as she was locked in a building upstate trying to coordinate a million calls and had nothing but generator power and no TV.

When the storm is over the First Responders can help. Not before.

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Chris Christie: FU You're on you're on your own. [View all] Whovian Oct 2012 OP

You see, Turbineguy Oct 2012 #1

Wasn't that about people who still refuse to evacuate? NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #2

yes -- and he's right obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #13

Yep. Sending first responders on possible suicide missions to rescue people who chose NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #18

Yep Aerows Oct 2012 #33

You just summed up how Republicans really feel jonpaulprime Oct 2012 #3

Rescue operations are carried out by people, not governments. nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #48

right jonpaulprime Oct 2012 #54

+1 ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #55

He said it's too dangerous for the first responders to go there right now. mucifer Oct 2012 #4

We hear it in NC. nc4bo Oct 2012 #8

Not normally a Christie defender Kber Oct 2012 #9

You can't send people to pick through dead bodies Aerows Oct 2012 #34

So, KatyAnn Oct 2012 #5

This guy is a dick and he lacks leadership skill flamingdem Oct 2012 #6

Except Christie is 100% right in this case obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #15

It's more about his impulsive manner flamingdem Oct 2012 #24

Uh, no...what he actually said had to do with being pissed at the mayor of Atlantic City who.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #7

Kinda like telling ice fisherman not to go on the ice louis-t Oct 2012 #10

Serious Ice Fishermen (and Fisherwomen) don't panAmerican Oct 2012 #27

Having lived through several bad hurricanes, I agee with Chris Christie obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #11

I know Aerows Oct 2012 #35

Not exactly. MadrasT Oct 2012 #12

No, it isn't what he said. n/t Lucinda Oct 2012 #14

Not a fan of Christie, but I watched the briefing and that's not what he said. likesmountains 52 Oct 2012 #16

Sounds to me like the people still on the Jersey Shore are in big, big trouble... reformist2 Oct 2012 #17

I've been saying that for *years*... theKed Oct 2012 #32

Good one! BlueIndyBlue Oct 2012 #44

Too good! ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #49

LOL! Sadly, they've all moved to LA... reformist2 Oct 2012 #53

ROTFL johnt_1956_55 Oct 2012 #57

Christie's right leftynyc Oct 2012 #19

The elderly, disabled, non-English speakers might still be there flamingdem Oct 2012 #25

Rev. Al just did a wonderful, thought provoking segment a few minutes ago.... nc4bo Oct 2012 #31

This is why Christie and similar aren't suited for leadership, he can't think of others in need flamingdem Oct 2012 #36

First Reponders would not be allowed to go out in this obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #39

Ok, but Christie dumps it like everyone has a way out of the situation and FU flamingdem Oct 2012 #50

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #51

No need for a computer leftynyc Oct 2012 #60

Gotta stand up for my Governor on this panAmerican Oct 2012 #20

Uh huh. Actually I think Christie has been handling this really well. MadrasT Oct 2012 #23

Hi back atcha! panAmerican Oct 2012 #29

The Romney people talk out of both sides of their mouths. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #21

Gov. Malloy in CT said the same thing. People were warned. First Responders should not have to Jennicut Oct 2012 #22

I know this from experience: First Responders are helpless in the midst of a hurricane. nolabear Oct 2012 #26

OT but hope you and your sister realize that many who stayed behind in New Orleans had no choice but coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #30

That's a terrible paraphrase. I saw the conference, and he was correct, and correct in his tone. Kurovski Oct 2012 #28

Well, he's right. AngryOldDem Oct 2012 #37

I'm dealing with Sandy right now in Southern Jersey... tallahasseedem Oct 2012 #38

He's a political opportunist fuckface like all conservative dickheads. LovePeacock Oct 2012 #40

He was simply stating a fact slackmaster Oct 2012 #41

Unfortunately, conservatives don't believe in facts. LovePeacock Oct 2012 #45

Some relatives are stubbornly sticking it out in Atlantic City Matariki Oct 2012 #42

Have you heard from them now that it's the next day? i'm sure others would like to know as well. Kurovski Oct 2012 #61

I hate the guy but he said it with valid reason. He told everyone to evacuate. vaberella Oct 2012 #43

The gubment doesn't have the right to tell people to evacuate. LovePeacock Oct 2012 #46

His delivery was pretty blunt. I think he got the point across ecstatic Oct 2012 #47

Um, weren't people told to leave before Katrina too? Nine Oct 2012 #52

That's not what he said. undeterred Oct 2012 #56

No, that isn't what he said. Ruby the Liberal Oct 2012 #58

isn't that kind of the republican mantra for everything? nt Momgonepostal Oct 2012 #59