I really wish they (“they” being a myriad of people/organizations) would stop telling us that New York is “due” for a really big hurricane.
They’ve been harping on this for three years now. You would think they’d understand by now that as-yet-non-existent hurricanes don’t really have a travel itinerary. There’s no hurricane boss standing around saying “Ok, Hurricane Frank, you will head to NY in August of 2007.” It’s not like these things are flying into Kennedy Airport with their bags packed.
Yea, we’re due. The same way we are due for a blizzard of previously yet unseen terror. The same way we are due for a tidal wave that will sink Long Island into the ocean.
Oh, that reminds me. When I was in high school (centuries ago!), they used to tell us that Long Island was sinking an inch a year and pretty soon it would all be underwater and we’d have to find somewhere else to live.
We’re still here.
Why do the People In Charge Of Everything love to be such alarmists? Maybe they are in cahoots with Home Depot and they have an agreement that says every spring they need to announce an imminent, dangerous hurricane so people run out and by plywood and generators and stuff, and Homeland Security gets a cut of the action.
It doesn’t matter to me, anyhow. I’ve said this before: If a huge hurricane decides to make its way here, I’m not going anywhere. I’m not packing up my family and heading to higher ground. I’d rather take the chance and possibly die in my house than perish in traffic on the Long Island Expressway. Because, let’s face it. If there’s a mass exodus along those Coastal Evacuation routes they set up, it’s gonna take about seven hours for you to get from one exit to the next on the LIE. By the time the hurricane hits, we’ll still be bumper to bumper trying to get onto the Triboro bridge and I ain’t going out like that. I spend enough of my life cursing at the traffic jams on Long Island. If I have a choice between facing a hurricane in the comfort of my own home or making a lame attempt to flee the storm and dying in a sea of Expeditions and Suburbans, I’m going to opt for sticking my head under the covers and waiting it out in my bed.
Even if we survive, it’s not going to be anything like the aftermath of Katrina. Long Islanders are inherently lazy people. We can’t be bothered to loot and riot. Most people around here would spend the days after just worrying about how this affects their lawns or their golf plans.
Besides, there are more important things to worry about, things that the People In Charge of Everything are suspiciously silent about when it comes to preparation and planning.
Screw the hurricane alarmists. I’m ready and waiting for the coming Zombie Invasion.
You’ve got the right idea. You should see how all the transplants down here flip out and buy 1500 gallons of water whenever a hurricane that might possibly come close to almost making it shore is announced. It tickles me every time.
And I am so ready for the Zombie Apocalypse. Whenever I’m in the tool section I always try to pick out which tools would make the best undead skull-piercers.
You could always move to California.
No natural disasters there.
Nope. None at all.
Yeah, but California’s got Californians. *ducking*
Yeah, “they” have been saying the same thing about an earthquake in Charleston for 20 years and at least that is a bit more logical because plate shifting DOES build up over time (e.g. a recorded history that effects the future) for the “we’re due” to work… Where as, hurricanes hitting a specific area is like a roulette wheel, it doesn’t remember that “34″ hasn’t been hit in 1000 rolls
Think about it this way: a hurricane coming your way is one damned fine excuse to start drinkin’. I know I , personally, use it at least 3 maybe 4 times a year.
Two further comments
… first, I predict Val’s gonna get hit by at least 3 hurricanes before you do
second, how does a German band know anything about hurricanes much less rocking like one as I don’t think one has ever hit Europe.
Ah JFH, how I missed you.
Even we, here in the hinterlands, are not immune from the disaster pushers. Eventually, the New Madrid fault will implode, and we here in Fayetteville will have quite the scenic view of Earth’s core.
I’m looking forward to it, personally.
The fact is, living near a coast (or any other large water source) doesn’t make sense in the really really long term. There’s always erosion, subsidence, flooding, storms, invasion, trade disputes, imported diseases, immigrants, and all the rest to mess things up. If you want stability, move a few miles inland from Duluth. The lows in winter might be near -40, but only another Ice Age can really mess with you.