Just to clarify, my husband and I were listening to news feeds that indicated that folks in the NY area were protesting at the power companies to show their displeasure with the time it was taking to restore power. My term "cheeky" was actually maybe not the correct term, but I think that what I am trying to say is that it just takes time and I wonder what protesting is helping right now. Later after the event has been rectified, work to change your area's emergency preparedness plans, but it has to be disheartening for workers trying to help to hear that there are people who aren't happy they aren't moving fast enough. I will probably get flamed.
I get the emotion, truly I do, but you don't understand exactly what its like to live in tornado alley either. You never know which storm cell will hit where and watch the tv until there the winds come and knock out your power and then you go to the weather radio, but we don't stockpile things like we are waiting for the apocalypse. I live in an area that is right on the border of areas that either get rain or snow, and we almost always get ice. No power, no heat, can't drive even with gas in car (nothing is good on a half inch of ice), no food. Would I ever go protest our emergency services, no, never.
So I guess what I am trying to say is that those affected by Sandy do have my sympathies, because I understand, but I don't have much sympathy for protesters, and am hoping that they are just distraught.
Like I said, I have lived in NJ and my child went to school and then stayed in NYC, so its not a diatribe against the area, I just agree that it takes time, and that those workers who are out there should be commended. I also feel so sorry for those who have so much damage. For those who have just lost power but still have their homes and families safe, I say be thankful. For those who have lost homes, or whose homes are damaged, or whose families are injured it will much longer before normalcy is possible and we need to worry most about those people.