Thread: Where are They?????

Where are they?



Where are the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods? Where is good old Michael Moore?


Why is the media NOT asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn't solved this problem?
...Asking where the FEMA trucks and trailers and food services are?


Why isn't the Federal government moving Iowa people into free hotels in Chicago and Minneapolis ?


When will Spike Lee say that the Federal government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines ?


Where are Sean Penn, Bono, and the Dixie Chicks?


Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes, cases of beer and television sets?

When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a 'vanilla' Iowa .. because that's what God wants?

Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of shootings at rescuers, of rapes and murder?


Where are all the people screaming that Barack Obama hates white, rural people? My God, where are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Oprah, and Ray Coniff Jr?

How come you will never hear about the
Iowa flooding ever again?

Where are the government bail out vouchers? The government debit cards?



There must be one hell of a big difference between the value of the people of Iowa and value of the people of Louisiana. Pass this unedited, un-doctored, factual information forward ..... to get Americans thinking. Where the hell are all the people that think the Haitians are more important than the good people of Iowa, for that matter.



I had some awesome pictures with this email but I couldn't get them over for you to see..but anyways WHERE ARE THEY???????



Kathyet

Where are they???? Any one helping with Sandy...Union member's only apply!!!! Running marathons is how they help!!!!! Okay so where are they???? All these big mouth opinionated people just love to shoot thier mouth off on so many things ...so .... where are they now!!!


'We are Katrina': Residents furious as they claim outer boroughs are ignored while all help following superstorm is being directed at Manhattan

• Residents claim they are the 'forgotten victims' of Sandy
• Staten Island livid it is marathon starting point while hundreds are still homeless, without power, food or water
• Coney Island residents say they are forced to 'scavenge for food like animals'
• Power unlikely to be returned to Brooklyn, Queen's and Staten Island for days after Manhattan

By Rachel Rickard Straus
PUBLISHED: 05:16 EST, 2 November 2012 | UPDATED: 07:23 EST, 3 November 2012

Fury is mounting in New York’s outer boroughs as residents left hungry, freezing and some homeless believe they are being passed over while help is directed to Manhattan.
As they scrape round desperately for food and are forced to use their gas hobs to keep warm, many claim they are the forgotten victims of Sandy and are furious that in Manhattan preparations are underway for the New York City marathon on Sunday.
‘If they take one first responder from Staten Island to cover this marathon, I will scream,’ New York City Councilman James Oddo, who represents parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn, said on Twitter. ‘We have people with no homes and no hope right now.’

Stacked: Boats piled up on top of one another near Beach Haven Inlet on the New Jersey coastline. Residents in New York's outer boroughs, and elsewhere outside the city, believe they are being passed over while aid is directed to Manhattan


Destruction: Homes in the Sea Gate part of Brooklyn have been ripped apart by the superstorm


Ruin: Whole walls and roofs of homes in Sea Gate, Brooklyn, were destroyed by the storm


Areas of New York and New Jersey are still without power days after Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of America

The Borough President of Staten Island called the reaction of Red Cross - or lack thereof - to the devastation caused by Sandy an 'absolute disgrace'.
James Molinaro went as far as to tell people not to donate to the charity because when push came to shove, the group just didn't deliver when Staten Island needed them the most.
'My advice to the people of Staten Island is do not donate to the American Red Cross,' said Mr Molinaro. 'Let them get their money elsewhere.'
'It's an absolute disgrace in a county that has always responded to disasters all over the world,' he said.
'Katrina - we sent them down four trailer loads of food, water and one trailer load of generators. No one's responding to us.'
‘Of the 22 people across New York City that have perished, 15 of them died in Staten Island. The borough is still underwater.’

Devastating: Homes across Staten Island were flooded in the superstorm and many feel they are facing their ordeal without adequate support

Counting the loss: Residents in Ocean Breeze, Staten Island, salvage what they can from their flood-damaged home)



The Rockaway neighbourhood of Brookly, where the historic boardwalk was washed away, has faced terrible destruction, with buildings collapsing and cars damaged

Hope: As one Sea Gate resident's possessions are left strewn across the beach in the wake of the superstorm, they send a message about life's priorities in the face of misfortune



Devastation: Walls were ripped off and buildings collapsed as Sandy ravaged buildings in Sea Gate, Brooklyn


Merciless: A beachfront house in Coney Island's Sea Gate community is reduced to rubble in the wake of the superstorm


A helping hand: Residents start to piece things together again following the superstorm's trail of destruction

Residents are pleading for help as they fear their devastated neighbourhoods are being ignored.
In a Coney Island apartment block, where tenants huddle together in one room and human waste spills out of the toilet, tenant Jeffery Francis despairs that help is not getting to Brooklyn faster.
‘We are scavenging for food like animals,’ he told the New York Daily News. 'We are in a crisis and no one will help us. Look at us. We are misery. Everyone cares about Manhattan. No one is looking out for us. Nothing.’

More...

• Vast majority of ConEd won't have power for another 10 days - but Manhattan still hopes to be lit by Saturday
• Shocking images show desperate New Yorkers digging through dumpsters for food as downtown Manhattan embarks on fourth night without power
• Mother whose two boys were swept out of her arms in superstorm was left screaming on street for 12 hours by neighbors who refused to help her
• State troopers called into guard gas stations as drivers battle over dwindling fuel (and yellow cabs haven't escaped shortage)
• New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorses Obama because 'he's the best to tackle climate change which caused Superstorm Sandy'
• Robbers 'posing as Con Ed workers' break into buildings in Manhattan black-out zone
• After $30m overhaul, Statue Of Liberty is closed indefinitely as structural inspectors are called in to check for damage by Sandy

At another apartment where power is still out, residents are out of food and praying for help. Albert Miller, 58, told the paper: ‘One person found a sandwich and we split it four ways.’
While power is likely to be returned to Manhattan’s East and West Villages, Financial District, Chelsea, Chinatown and the Lower East Side by the weekend, according to the power company Con Edison outages in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island are not expected to be repaired for another week.
Across Staten Island residents are also increasingly frustrated they are being passed over while other parts of New York and New Jersey receive aid and attention.
Residents are furious the island is being prepared as the starting line for Sunday’s marathon, while hundreds are left hungry and without homes in the wake of the superstorm.
One resident there told CBS station WCBS, ‘We're gonna die! We're gonna freeze! We've got 90-year-old people!’
Natvel Pritchard, of Staten Island, told CBS News, ‘Though people don't talk about Staten Island much, people are here, a lot of people are hurting, so it's upsetting.’

Witnessing: Mayor Michael Bloomberg toured the storm damaged area of Tottenville in Staten Island with Councilman Vincent Ignizio on Wednesday... but two days later residents are feeling ignored


Disorder: A car that washed up on a bench during the superstorm in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn


The foundations of the historic Rockaways boardwalk are all that remain after it was washed away during the superstorm


Aftermath: Trees damaged several cars as Sandy made its way through Brooklyn leaving residents to pick up the pieces

Homes across Brooklyn and Coney Island are some of the worst hit in the wake of the superstorm.
Many houses shattered into piles of bricks and splintered planks at Coney Island, while others stand waterlogged and abandoned.
One gated community at the tip of the island, Seagate, was particularly badly hit, with some houses entirely washed away or flattened.
Across the bridge in Manhattan, many neighbourhoods are still in darkness and residents have resorted to digging through filthy dumpsters for food.
The Lower East Side and East Village neighbourhoods have both been in darkness for days.
Shocking images captured groups of residents sifting through garbage outside a Key Food supermarket in the East Village yesterday.
For power companies, the scale of the destruction was unmatched - more widespread than any blizzard or ice storm and worse than the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
'It's unprecedented: fallen trees, debris, the roads, water, snow. It's a little bit of everything,' said Brian Wolff, senior vice president of the Edison Electric Institute, a group that lobbies for utilities.
Initially, about 60 million people were without power in 8.2 million homes and businesses.
By Wednesday night, that number had fallen to roughly 44 million people in 6 million households and businesses and today around 3.8 million are without power.

People line up for fuel in the corner of Hylan Boulevard and Reid Avenue in Staten Island


Long recovery: The superstorm left great floods in its wake in Dumbo, Brooklyn and the recovery from this state on Tuesday will take some time



Chaos: Water reaches the street level of the flooded Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in the wake of Sandy



Power cut: From Brooklyn you could see Manhattan plunged into darkness during the superstorm - while one half of the city's iconic skyline is almost completely dark, lights are still visible on the left hand side of the picture

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2BHNNDODT

Hurricane Sandy Telethon Raises Nearly $23 Million
Seattle Post Intelligencer‎ - 48 minutes ago
Friday's telethon to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy raised nearly $23 million, NBCUniversal and the American Red Cross report.


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Floodwater pumped from New York's Ground Zero



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Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts



N.Y. Full service restored to 4,5,6 and 7 subway lines



Most New York City schools reopening Monday




More New Jersey gas stations open after outages; New York also improves: AAA



CBP Seaport, Cruise Ship Operations Resume in New York and N.J.



N.Y. 8 MILLION Gallons of Gasoline Delivered, 28M on the way



As East Coast recovers a new, lesser storm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Jon Bon Jovi will perform at a special "12.12.12" Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden next month, according to organizers.

The Who, Roger Waters, Billy Joel and Alicia Keys have also signed up for the December 12 event, which its producers said is shaping up to be a showcase of rock royalty.

http://www.alipac.us/f19/springsteen...ictims-267389/