Amazing pictures after super storm Sandy hit New York.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....5m-power-17-dead.html

But from one of the pictures there is something to smile about, and that is the lengths that health and safety regulations will go to.

I refer of course to this picture where a 'CAUTION WET FLOOR' notice has been placed.

http://i.dailymail.co...005DC-535_964x621.jpg

[naomi24]

Excellent post AOG.

Poor New York.

[wolf63]

The first two pictures were taken at somewhere called "Breezy Point".

[Bazile]

Is that a burger in that plastic container?

[starone]

Got to say (selfish I know) I am glad I don't live there or visiting either.

[LazyGun]

Video of con-ed electricity sub station catching fire and blowing up in the attached video - 21 secs in.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f9c_1351567828

[anotheoldgit]

LazyGun

You might have warned us that we then have to watch nearly all 4 minutes of it to see the same thing repeated.

[LazyGun]

@AoG - if I have managed to waste 4 minutes of your life and prompt you to post a churlish whinge then I consider it a valuable post.

[anotheoldgit]

LazyGun

Why do you have to be so personally abusive, when I was only making a justifiable comment, with no malice whatsoever intended.

[Canary42]

AOG you attacked lazygun's post, why can't you take the response which at heart you really wanted anyway. Troll.

[daffy654]

I've been disappointed and shocked by the amount of idiots on Twitter who have suggested they are going to go looting during and after the storm.

[anotheoldgit]

Canary42

Attacked, Attacked, you don't know the meaning of the word.

But I do know the meaning of the word 'Troll' and I find that very offensive.

A few days ago I posted a thread which had some very disturbing pictures attached to it.

Showing consideration for others who might have been shocked at seeing such images, I first issued a warning.

But if like LazyGun I had not then I would not have gone off the deep end if someone had criticised me for not giving out a warning.

That is the difference with me, first I think about others, and secondly I am not rude enough to dish out abusive comments like some are known to do.

[emmie]

Armaddedding outa here..

[Ric.ror]

Please don't think I am not sympathetic but I can't help thinking they are better placed to get over it there than other places

[LazyGun]

yet more unjustified whinging from AoG.

"But if like LazyGun I had not then I would not have gone off the deep end if someone had criticised me for not giving out a warning.

That is the difference with me, first I think about others, and secondly I am not rude enough to dish out abusive comments like some are known to do"

And if anyone seriously believes the second sentence there, then they have never read an AoG response before.

[youngmafbog]

//Please don't think I am not sympathetic but I can't help thinking they are better placed to get over it there than other places //

Tell that to those 50 who are dead.

[Zeuhl]

^
We did and not one of the 50 disagreed with lazygun's point about america's resources for recovery being greater than other parts of the world similarly affected by severe storms

[Ric.ror]

Sorry if you thought I was unsympathtic I am sorry anyone lost their lives or their homes
Just think that they are better placed to 'bounce back' than many other areas of the world where natural disasters happen

[emmie]

I am not sure i do agree with that, they are still dealing with the fallout from Hurricane Katrina by all accounts,

[Zeuhl]

sorry ric.ror i misappropriated your comment to lazygun

but you are right

clearly the USA has far more resources than the likes of Bangladesh or Haiti; where at least 54 people were just killed by Sandy.

Most of New Orleans has been rebuilt since Katrina, if the americans haven't cleared up all of the devastation it is because they don't want to not because they lack the resources.