Working with every Governor regardless of party to save lives. No Katrina. Not this time. Thank you.
There is some fallout from the storm already. A crane in New York City is dangling precariously from a high rise. It was not just the 20 mph winds, it was not just the 40 mph gusts. It is the sustained 20 mph with gusts rising to 40 mph.
In all reasonable thought 20 mph winds are not suppose to effect this type of crane, but, that crane has had to withstand a PUSH of 20 mph winds for days now. It was going to happen and the 40 mph gusts finish the job.
If a person thinks about being shoved by someone; normally it would never knock a healthy person over. But, if a constant push without relenting is matched by an additional shove it will knock a person over. That is what is occurring with the crane in NYC. It is a stubborn push in one direction from wind accompanied by gusts that is acting on that crane.
It is important for everyone to be vigilant. It is difficult to say what will give way and what won't.
Thank you for signing pre-landfall emergency orders and dispatching FEMA and emergency supplies early. The supplies would never have arrived after the storm if the flooding was prohibitive.
We are doing better now. Our emergency management is actually management now and not a late response that actually strands people in hopeless circumstances.
Thank you. I am quite confident your early response saved lives. I congratulate you and Governors that found a way to make a difference together.
By KEVIN DOLAK (@kdolak) and TRACEY MARX
'Oct. 29, 2012/
Hurricane Sandy (click here) may have claimed its first American victims today as it sank a tall ship and washed away two crew members as they tried to board a life boat.
Fourteen people were rescued from the floundering HMS Bounty early this morning and an urgent search is on in the churning seas for the two missing sailors.
The Bounty, a three masted ship, was 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., when the owner called saying she'd lost contact with the crew Sunday night, The AP reported. The Bounty is a 180-foot replica of the ship featured in the film "Mutiny on the Bounty.
"There have been 14 people rescued and there are two that are still unaccounted for," Jordan Campbell, Petty Officer, First Class told ABCNews.com....
The HMS Bounty, a replica used in the Marlon Brando movie "Mutiny on the Bounty," sails past the Chicago skyline in this image from July 2003.
What were they thinking? A sailing ship. A three mast ship is on the sea in sustained hurricane winds. What did they think was going to happen? Two lives probably lost and US Coast Guard risking their lives besides. What do people think about? This is just foolishness. A captain had to know better than this and he is one of the people missing.
If a person thinks about being shoved by someone; normally it would never knock a healthy person over. But, if a constant push without relenting is matched by an additional shove it will knock a person over. That is what is occurring with the crane in NYC. It is a stubborn push in one direction from wind accompanied by gusts that is acting on that crane.
It is important for everyone to be vigilant. It is difficult to say what will give way and what won't.
Thank you for signing pre-landfall emergency orders and dispatching FEMA and emergency supplies early. The supplies would never have arrived after the storm if the flooding was prohibitive.
We are doing better now. Our emergency management is actually management now and not a late response that actually strands people in hopeless circumstances.
Thank you. I am quite confident your early response saved lives. I congratulate you and Governors that found a way to make a difference together.
'Oct. 29, 2012/
Hurricane Sandy (click here) may have claimed its first American victims today as it sank a tall ship and washed away two crew members as they tried to board a life boat.
Fourteen people were rescued from the floundering HMS Bounty early this morning and an urgent search is on in the churning seas for the two missing sailors.
The Bounty, a three masted ship, was 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., when the owner called saying she'd lost contact with the crew Sunday night, The AP reported. The Bounty is a 180-foot replica of the ship featured in the film "Mutiny on the Bounty.
The HMS Bounty, a replica used in the Marlon Brando movie "Mutiny on the Bounty," sails past the Chicago skyline in this image from July 2003.
What were they thinking? A sailing ship. A three mast ship is on the sea in sustained hurricane winds. What did they think was going to happen? Two lives probably lost and US Coast Guard risking their lives besides. What do people think about? This is just foolishness. A captain had to know better than this and he is one of the people missing.
