Posted on 11/01/2012 10:27:22 PM PDT by kristinn
From New York City's Staten Island to the popular beach towns of the Jersey Shore, rescuers and officials on Friday faced growing evidence of widespread destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy, mounting anger over delayed relief and a rising death toll.
The total killed in one of the biggest storms to hit the United States jumped by a third on Thursday alone, to 98. In New York City, 40 people have been found dead, half of them in Staten Island, which was overrun by a wall of water on Monday.
Among the dead in Staten Island were two brothers, aged 2 and 4, who were swept from their mother's arms after her car stalled in rising flood waters. Their bodies were found near each other in a marshy area on Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency Deputy Administrator Richard Serino planned to visit Staten Island on Friday amid angry claims by some survivors that the borough had been ignored.
Scenes of angry storm victims could complicate matters for politicians, from President Barack Obama just four days before the general election, to governors and mayors in the most heavily populated region in the United States. Obama visited New Jersey on Wednesday and has received praise for his handling of Sandy.
"They forgot about us," said Theresa Connor, 42, describing her Staten Island neighborhood as having been "annihilated." "And (Mayor Michael) Bloomberg said New York is fine. The marathon is on!"
Fury has been escalating throughout New York at Bloomberg's decision to proceed with the world's largest marathon on Sunday, vowing the event - which attracts more than 40,000 runners - would not divert any resources storm victims.
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The storm caused winter weather in Northern and North Central Ohio on Tuesday morning, which contributed to the auto accident I was involved in, totalling my car. The roads would not have been icy except for the storm. I’m not getting any aid. My insurance is taking care of the vehicle issues, and I’m dealing with the physical issues. It’s life. Really tired of all the whining from people who think that life should just be all sunshine, roses, and lollipops, and when things get a little tough, they demand immediate action, as though someone could just snap their fingers and make everything alright, instantly.
.....And come Tuesday, it WILL come back to bite them when it is offical that we have a “President-Elect Mitt Romney.”
MSM suffered premature Obamagasms over Obamugabe’s showy response to Sandy.
Didn’t only around 8 die in Katrina? Guess Bush wasn’t so bad after all?
Pray for America
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