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Katrina on the Hudson
November 14, 2012
Katrina or Sandy? Late warnings, confused and inadequate responses, FEMA foul-ups and suffering refugees.
4:13PM EST November 13. 2012 - Is the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy turning into Katrina-on-the-Hudson? Pretty much, and that tells us some things about Sandy, and Katrina, and the press.
One parallel: A late evacuation order. Even before the storm struck, weatherblogger Brendan Loy -- famous for calling for early evacuation of New Orleans before Katrina struck -- criticizing Mayor Bloomberg for not ordering early or extensive enough evacuations in New York, and for making the "ignorant" statement that Sandy wouldn't be as bad as a hurricane.
What Bloomberg said was, "Although we're expecting a large surge of water, it is not expected to be a tropical storm or hurricane-type surge. With this storm, we'll likely see a slow pileup of water rather than a sudden surge...So it will be less dangerous." Ignorant at the time, this turned out to be dangerously wrong when Sandy struck and the sea surged.
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AP notes passage of ‘far-reaching' anti-abortion bill; Opponents start Gosnell drinking game
June 18, 2013 09:23 PM
The writers at the Associated Press hate to break it to you, but the House today passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Seeing as breaking the news is their job, though, they went out of their way to highlight that the House is dominated by the GOP, and the Republicans’ latest anti-abortion legislation is even […]
Nancy Pelosi spaces out on year of first American woman in space
June 18, 2013 08:01 PM
We all know that math is hard for the Democrats, but Twitter couldn’t resist fact-checking Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s tweet honoring the 50th anniversary of Sally Ride’s historic Challenger flight. The 20-year error was difficult to let slide, now that the Democrat leadership has suddenly started counting the days since a budget was passed. @NancyPelosi @NASA […]
Sen. Marco Rubio supports border fence, votes against building border fence
June 18, 2013 06:55 PM
By a vote of 54-39, the Senate today rejected Sen. John Thune’s amendment to the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill that would have prevented the administration from granting legal status to illegal aliens until at least half, or 350 miles, of a proposed border fence had been constructed. Of the 700 miles of reinforced, double-layer fencing required by the Immigration Reform […]
‘Limousine hobo': NYC comptroller wins #SNAPChallenge with bread sandwich
June 18, 2013 06:18 PM
Oh, the humanity!
Bill Ayers says President Obama is a ‘really good guy,' but also a war criminal
June 18, 2013 04:12 PM
You’ll see a lot of headlines today calling attention to Weather Underground bomber Bill Ayers characterizing President Obama as a “terrorist.” Don’t get too excited, though; in an easygoing interview with Real Clear Politics, Ayers noted that every U.S. president this century “absolutely” should be tried for war crimes. Obama actually comes across quite well […]
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