And that is why CEO's make millions of dollars. A big storm pops up and ruins an area, and they take the rap. If the LIPA President had advocated having 1 billion dollars worth of extra equipment and personnel on hand, just in case, he would have been ridden out of town on a rail.
Things on my end went ok, I only lost 2 car covers during the whole storm. I live exactly 500 feet from the ocean and near 3 marinas near by. We saw boats floating up to the main drag and 1 car, all placed and strewn about. All of the boats near the marina were piled up like corded wood, totally incredible to see. The main railway bridge nearby that is part of the north east corridor main line is still covered in debris and boats and is non functioning still. We were without power for 6 days and we just made the best of a bad situation and sat by the fireplace on the cold nights. In all honesty my area is the last area of standing buildings, if you go further south there is houses in ruin in Laurence Harbor, Cliffwood Beach, Keyport, Union Beach, Keensburg....etc...and in that order too. Luckily we didnt encounter any water that had risen nearby and no damage to report.
Absolutely true Frank. I have a friend who has served on the board of directors of a major hospital. The board refused to even consider her suggestion to go for an absolutely bulletproof power backup system because of the cost of it. Most people just cannot accept that there really might be a major disaster. I forget which New York City hospital was the first to have to be evacuated due to lack of power, but they had several backup generators - most in the basement where they flooded, but they also had a big generator on the roof where it was dry. Guess where they put it's fuel pump? You guessed it - in the basement where it flooded. Apparently the cost of installing a lift-type pump on the roof was extremely high. I'll bet they do it now, though.
