[RedImmik]

I'm all for personal freedom and all, but if any of these people are hurt by the high surf generated from this thing then it's thier own fault. Know what I'm sayin'? They've been warned.

http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-york...225117758.html


Hurricane? New Yorkers soak up the beach

More than 200,000 New Yorkers are under orders to flee a once-in-a-century hurricane, but many in the famed City That Never Sleeps are brushing aside danger -- and heading to the beach.

Hours after Mayor Mike Bloomberg ordered the evacuation from the low-lying Rockaway Beach, the sun-kissed coastline was packed with sunbathers and surfers as city dwellers took the dire warnings about Hurricane Irene in stride.

Roberto Luzuriaga, who was making a brisk business selling Italian Ice desserts to swimmers straight off the sand, echoed the views of many when he said that authorities' warnings were at times self-serving.

"It definitely is a concern, but sometimes things are blown out of proportion. Sometimes the people who make the calls just want to save their asses," said Luzuriaga, who is still debating whether to leave his nearby home.

Jeffrey Rose, a clinical hypnotist strolling the beach dipping onion rings into guacamole, said he was considering leaving the city on a business trip but was not overly concerned about Irene, which is set to barrel down by Sunday.

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Kinda like livin' in Tornando Alley, but families just refuse to move.

I do agree though, they've been warned, and unlike Katrina, with ample time and enough routes inland. Still, I've lived through something like four storms which were supposed to be bad in NYC, and as a stormchaser, none have ever lived up to expectations.

[lovespellszz]

Chris Christie finally said something I liked the other day. Directed specifically to Asbury Park (must have been some fools there), it was something like "Get the hell off the beach. It's 4:30, you've maximized your tan."