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Posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Jan 26 18:43:22 2015, in response to Re: All Transit Closing at 11 Tonight, posted by Ray jules on Mon Jan 26 18:14:05 2015. I've dealt with people who think the other way.The problem is, people in other countries who don't understand the "Ambulance Chaser" society we have here and look at how people in Japan dealt with an earthquake and tsunami and a Super Typhoon that were BOTH WORSE than Sandy have felt that is how it should be done. The NYC Subway system didn't shut down during the 2006 blizzard (which was actually WORSE than this one is expected to be) because the MTA was prepared for that storm. The 2010 storm, from which we are now dealing with blowback from (and something many have forgotten) was as poorly prepared as it was due to the fact that even in Christmas Eve day (when winter weather plans would have been announced normally), that storm was supposed to be "maybe 1-3 inches" and only exploded on Christmas Eve Night (to 6-10", still not that bad) and the really exploded on Christmas Day. A combination of people having family/religious commitments they could not easily get out of without being harshly criticized and in some cases facing worse blowback from family/religious types coupled with lack of normally available media due to the Christmas Holidays (since now available even on Christmas Day) contributed heavily to what happened with that storm, which is forgotten by many. Had that storm NOT fallen when it did, I think they would have been far better prepared for it and we might not have seen the people stuck as they were in that storm. That I think is something that would be brought out if firms took the MTA and state to court to prevent future shutdowns and make it look like "ambulance chasers" following the 2010 storm were responsible for the 2015 shutdown. |
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