Hurricane Sandy Lesson: Evacuate Dont Stay

Is it me????? 

Seems like I recall Hurricane Sandy warnings and mandatory evacuation over a week in advance of the storm touching down.  Caveat: I know that some people didn't have the option to leave.  But many CHOSE to stay. Now they are demanding their power be reconnected.  Its been 3 days. They see the extent of the damage. They chose to ignore evacuation orders and chose to stay.

In what world can they drain all that water and reconfigure the necessary infrastructure to have power on within 48 hours????!!!!  Emotions aside, logic should bring prevail. Desperation I understand. But, under the circumstances,  why are these people so "demanding".  Resources are low and mobility is challenging for everyone - even for FEMA and National Guard.  There is a lot of ground to cover the damage is massive.

The lesson... EVACUATE when you are urged to do so - don't stay. Don't wait it out.

Gun Control - Just NOT Logical

Gun control will not work as tactic to control violent crime anymore than DUI laws keeps people from drinking and driving.  If we use the same gun control logic for drunk drivers, then why don't we limit access to cars? Drunk drivers kill and injure as many people as guns.  We don't even prevent repeat offenders from owning a car - how many times has a DUI offender been caught driving on a suspended license? DUI laws/restrictions don't keep drunk drivers off the road.  The laws seem only to deter citizens who are already law abiding - not criminals.  Moreover, because of "gun control" most criminals act with impunity since its HIGHLY probable that their intended victims are unarmed. Criminals getting shot from citizens during the commission of crime - would seem to be a stronger deterrent than laws (laws like robbery/murder that the criminals are actually in the process of  breaking anyway).   The gun control argument seems to overlook the fact that lunatics and criminals don't concern themselves with what is legal. However... I do think that assault weapons like AK47s and MAC10s should be exclusively for military use. You don't "hunt" deer and bears with machine guns.("hunting" don't get me started on these animal rights groups that want to bury Michael Vick under the jail and throw paint on people that wear fur BUT have nothing to say to NRA & hunting for sport)

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