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| Re: Did the Mayor & Governor Over-react To The Blizzard Forecast? (1260880) | |||
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Re: Did the Mayor & Governor Over-react To The Blizzard Forecast? |
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Posted by SLRT on Wed Jan 28 11:41:42 2015, in response to Re: Did the Mayor & Governor Over-react To The Blizzard Forecast?, posted by r30a on Wed Jan 28 11:21:43 2015. That's another issue. It kind of reminds me what they say about potentially dangerous medications: "You use this medication when the potential for cure more than outweighs the potential side effects."Or something along those lines. Rather than use scare tactics like "Historic Storm"; "Worst Storm EVER" and schoolboy excuses like "Better Safe Than Sorry" it might be worthwhile if they explained what were the risks of keeping safe sections of the subways and els running vs. the advantages of shutting them down. Rendering an entire region immobile by fiat has its dangerous downsides. Think of this: On 9/11 thousands of people left Manhattan walking across the bridges. It is not inconceivable that terrorists might have planned to bomb those easy targets, resulting in additional catastrophic loss of life. Was it foolish to leave those bridges open? |
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