Sandy Devastation pictures

Andrew Sullivan's blog has a great post filled with tweets and tweeted photos of the damage in NY and NJ, particularly NYC:

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast....rricane-sandy/

Scroll down the page and check out the many links. Click on the "Read On" links to expand the posts and see hidden photos.

A lot of people in other threads downplayed how Sandy could be that bad, if it was only a Category 1 storm. Well, now you have your answer.

The storm surge and the elevation and population size in the impact area are what's most important.

Can't believe all the photos of flooded subway stations, which may take days to pump out.

Damage is already estimated in the 10s of billions.

And we all end up paying for it.

No, no, this can't be right. Whirly says this is a media-event, not a weather disaster. Check your sources.

Hope all NY'ers and others effected by this thing are OK.

I New York!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtwbMs_9WYk

And for those in New Jersey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjqy...eature=related

I New York!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtwbMs_9WYk Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

So. You're not backing your buddy Whirly on the "Sandy is just a media event" comments? Speak up. Gee, did the mainstream media get this one right, as opposed to the winger media's almost universal condemnation of the pre-storm coverage of this weather event being overblown? Since, after all, it was just New York, that bastion of liberalism? Which is, of course, the entire conservative media's basis for the criticism of the MSM's coverage of the event.

Overblown estimates by politicians who want bailouts from the rest of the country. NY/NJ should pay for their own clean up and rebuilding......the midwest had the same number of citizens killed in a single tornado that lasted less than seconds. NY had days of warning and wasn't prepared.

Overblown estimates by politicians who want bailouts from the rest of the country. Mostly liberals anyway, right? NY/NJ should pay for their own clean up and rebuilding......the midwest had the same number of citizens killed in a single tornado that lasted less than seconds. NY had days of warning and wasn't prepared. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

So, there you go. The moron doubles down. Fuck New York and Fuck New Jersey. Mostly liberals anyway, and fuck them, right? This is their problem since the moron not affected by the storm lives in Texas. Republicans in a nutshell.

By the way moron....help me remember....did the federal government offer any aid to the folks impacted by the tornado you reference? And, since we are talking about it, did you oppose relief to those mid-westerners as well?

You are truly a sad piece of humanity Whirly.

More people died in New Jersey than in Benghazi.

Whiny bitches.

A disaster is horrible, no matter how fucked up you want to be about it. But your smugness puts your lack of compassion in clear focus.

Sad for you.

We prefer our people to die from natural causes. Not by O'slimeball's ignorance or indifference...fucker

Overblown estimates by politicians who want bailouts from the rest of the country. NY/NJ should pay for their own clean up and rebuilding......the midwest had the same number of citizens killed in a single tornado that lasted less than seconds. NY had days of warning and wasn't prepared. Originally Posted by Whirlaway

You are getting increasingly loathsome. Not quite Choomczar territory yet, but you are on final approach.

Louisiana got loads of FEMA money after Katrina. The whole country paid for that.

Texas got loads of FEMA money after Ike. The whole country paid for that.

Why should NY and NY pay for their own clean up?

And from where does your fantasy come that NY and NJ were not prepared? They appear to have been exceptionally well prepared.

And your comparison of Sandy to the tornados in Tuscaloosa and Joplin actually refutes your point - if in fact you even had a point.

The whole reason why a tornado is so deadly is that THERE IS NO WARNING - or very little. Which is why, even in a low population area like Joplin, Missouri, 129 people died in minutes.

Sandy hit in an area that probably had 15-20 million people living with a 50 mile radius of where it came ashore. And yet only dozens died. And many of those weren't even in the NY/NJ shore areas.

So why was death toll so low? Because they WERE prepared. They evacuated the beach communities and they moved rescue workers in close to the area where they will be needed.

The proper point of comparison for Sandy is not a tornado, but another hurricane - like Katrina or the Galveston one in the early 1900s. Clearly we have come a long way since the Galveston hurricane. We are even much better than we were after Katrina.

So far, NY, NJ and the federal government have done a good job.

What exactly do you think they could have done differently? Do you think they could have moved all the subways above ground?

Here are some stunning photos of before and after damage in NY and NJ:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/shock...urricane-sandy

Parts of the Jersey Shore are completely destroyed, particularly Seaside Heights and Mantaloking.

The half-ripped away house in picture 15 actually looks kind of funny.

But the before/after pictures in 10 (Ocean Parkway) and 11 (Seaport) show the incredible amount of dunes and beach sand the storm moved out to sea (Ocean Parkway) or inland (Seaport).

If it were 2013 and Obama was in office, he'd let em rot and be glad to do it. We'd HAVE to cover it with red cross or not at all.

And insurance.

If it were 2013 and Obama was in office, he'd let em rot and be glad to do it. We'd HAVE to cover it with red cross or not at all.

And insurance. Originally Posted by LovingKayla

What the fuck are you talking about? where has he ever said that? When?

OR ARE YOU JUST RUNNING YOUR STUPID MOUTH AGAIN?

The President was on top of this before it hit. Romney was talking pictures and trashing FEMA.

You're a fucking idiot. Get a grip on something other than, well, that weedeater sized dildo of yours!

We prefer our people to die from natural causes. Not by O'slimeball's ignorance or indifference...fucker Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB

I have three words for you, but munch ...

MY PET GOAT!!!!

...fucker.