Really Staten Island?????

[Squinch]

36. I think there are two different conversations going on.

One is saying that the people should have prepared better, which they should have, but (pardon the pun) that's water under the bridge and now we just have to get them relief.

The other conversation is about the coverage. All the media began saying yesterday, day 2 after the storm, that Staten Island was being ignored. But in fact, the food and water trucks went to Staten Island beginning yesterday. They are in a few locations, and it is important that the information about their locations gets out. For that we need the media. But the media is too busy saying the aid isn't there to talk about where the aid IS.

And one last point: this is big. We're going to have hard lives for a while. Those of us who are majorly inconvenienced (I'm talking about those of us who have homes and food but may be having a hard time getting around, or may be without power) need to shut up and deal with it. And we'll need to deal with it for a while. Get used to it.

Beause right now the efforts need to go to those without roofs and food, and to restoring major infrastructure.