Yukon Cornelius wrote:Actually it's all the "OMG there's a TREE blocking my driveway -- *SNIFF* -- and no internet, I can ONLY get cell phone coverage and it's spotty" tweets.
The one that pushed things over the edge was the "It's been three days and I'm starting to worry about the contents of my wine fridge." I tweeted back that they might just put the wine OUTSIDE.
But hey, nevermind, the Marathon's on Sunday. NY just dodged a bullet, and they're worried about what would be a busy April weekend in the tornado belt. Every year.
You cannot be serious. Whole neighborhoods burned to the ground, one borough practically washed away, a power plant that exploded, people cannot get from one end of the city to the other.
As someone who has actually FLOWN in a tornado, I have to call total bullshit. You need to get out and read the genuflecting news stat.
This is one of the most ignorant posts I've ever read.
I ain't complaining about lavender, the only thing I can't do is travel to Brooklyn. I didn't get touched by the hurricane at all.
Here's some keywords for the person who didn't even read the thread he posted in.
Breezy Point, Gerritsen Beach, Red Hook, Far Rockaway, Lower-East Side.
It's quite a bit more than not having power for iPhones and being unable to order a Machiatto.
The lady who had her two sons ripped from her arms when she tried to get out of her vehicle after she was told to evacuate and she got stuck in the storm surge, she should just suck it up and be self-reliant like an Alaskan.
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
-Alexander Hamilton