Comments on: Instagramming Hurricane Sandy's damage http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: artbyjcm http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569545 artbyjcm Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569545 Vote Romney 2012 to ensure that people in situations like this receive no help at all. lol Vote Romney 2012 to ensure that people in situations like this receive no help at all. lol

]]> By: kartwaffles http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569275 kartwaffles Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569275  Having been to both places, one smells like booze and puke. The other smells like urine and rotten garbage. Take your pick eh.  Having been to both places, one smells like booze and puke. The other smells like urine and rotten garbage. Take your pick eh.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569111 Paul Renault Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569111  Anything that destroys a Matrix is a good thing.  I hate the cars. I have tinnitus because I had to drive one of those G-D cars a lot.  Anything that destroys a Matrix is a good thing.  I hate the cars.

I have tinnitus because I had to drive one of those G-D cars a lot.

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569100 ChicagoD Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569100 Ah. Now I see . . . Ah. Now I see . . .

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569099 ChicagoD Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569099 "Substantial asset" is in the eye of the beholder. If a cop or two helped people get out and NYC has 10,000 cop cars, leave the car and help the people. After all, this is a single car, not fleet HQ or something. “Substantial asset” is in the eye of the beholder. If a cop or two helped people get out and NYC has 10,000 cop cars, leave the car and help the people. After all, this is a single car, not fleet HQ or something.

]]> By: mrtut http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569080 mrtut Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569080 Sandbags? And hunks of gunk: http://cdn4.spiegel.de/images/image-419017-galleryV9-fdcv.jpg Sandbags? And hunks of gunk:
http://cdn4.spiegel.de/images/image-419017-galleryV9-fdcv.jpg

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569077 robcat2075 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569077  There's quite a span of time between "the rain started to fall" and "The shit hit the fan" That "good thing" is a substantial  asset that now is useless for all the post-storm police activity that will need to be done. I still wonder what happened.  There’s quite a span of time between “the rain started to fall” and “The shit hit the fan”

That “good thing” is a substantial  asset that now is useless for all the post-storm police activity that will need to be done.

I still wonder what happened.

]]> By: mrtut http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569067 mrtut Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569067 Those are just the feet of hills. When finished, it should look like this http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/595xAny/1/3/0/1215130_berlin_mountain.jpg Those are just the feet of hills. When finished, it should look like this

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/pictures/595xAny/1/3/0/1215130_berlin_mountain.jpg

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569058 ChicagoD Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569058 I don't understand these pictures. None of them show a house on a hill. If only the Brits hadn't dismantled the wall at Wall Street . . . I don’t understand these pictures. None of them show a house on a hill. If only the Brits hadn’t dismantled the wall at Wall Street . . .

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569056 ChicagoD Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569056 I dunno. The French Quarter was pretty damned grimy.  I dunno. The French Quarter was pretty damned grimy. 

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569055 ChicagoD Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569055 Shocking engineering oversight by the Toyota folks. They're lucky they haven't been sued. Shocking engineering oversight by the Toyota folks. They’re lucky they haven’t been sued.

]]> By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569046 Ernest Valdemar Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569046  I used to drive Toyotas. The one thing they can't deal with is a Crackhead fleeing the scene of a crime, turning down a one-way street the wrong way, encountering a police cruiser, and then front-ending my late-model Matrix, forcing it up the guy wire on an urban power pole so that it subsequently careens down the guy wire at 45 degrees and slams down gravitationally to the pavement. I'll never drive another Toyota until they fix this obvious problem. I really like my Honda Fit, though, BTW.  I used to drive Toyotas. The one thing they can’t deal with is a Crackhead fleeing the scene of a crime, turning down a one-way street the wrong way, encountering a police cruiser, and then front-ending my late-model Matrix, forcing it up the guy wire on an urban power pole so that it subsequently careens down the guy wire at 45 degrees and slams down gravitationally to the pavement. I’ll never drive another Toyota until they fix this obvious problem.

I really like my Honda Fit, though, BTW.

]]> By: kartwaffles http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569047 kartwaffles Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569047  NYC has got to be one of the grossest flood locations. Hate to even think of what's in that water.  NYC has got to be one of the grossest flood locations. Hate to even think of what’s in that water.

]]> By: mrtut http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569045 mrtut Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569045 There are alternatives - but they require massive government action http://www.en-motors.com/upload/5027988_oosterscheldekering%202.jpg http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/images/TP20070812-RWS-Afsluitdijk017-Edit_tcm174-138313.jpg http://cdn.pf.nl/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Gesloten-waterkering-Nieuwe-Waterweg-582x388.jpg http://ian.umces.edu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Barrier1.jpg There are alternatives – but they require massive government action
http://www.en-motors.com/upload/5027988_oosterscheldekering%202.jpg
http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/images/TP20070812-RWS-Afsluitdijk017-Edit_tcm174-138313.jpg
http://cdn.pf.nl/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Gesloten-waterkering-Nieuwe-Waterweg-582×388.jpg
http://ian.umces.edu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Barrier1.jpg

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1569016 Paul Renault Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1569016  I think it's the tenth time I've watched that video.  It still makes me chuckle.  I think it’s the tenth time I’ve watched that video.  It still makes me chuckle.

]]> By: Dan Hibiki http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1568985 Dan Hibiki Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1568985  It will if it's a Toyota https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnWKz7Cthkk  It will if it’s a Toyota

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnWKz7Cthkk

]]> By: rocketpjs http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1568975 rocketpjs Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1568975 I'm thinking maybe I should look for a house a bit higher up the hill. I’m thinking maybe I should look for a house a bit higher up the hill.

]]> By: Atomicpanda http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1568973 Atomicpanda Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1568973 Just look at those old Polaroids. Wow. Thank goodness this all happened way back in the '70s and not now!  Just look at those old Polaroids. Wow. Thank goodness this all happened way back in the ’70s and not now! 

]]> By: 10xor01 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1568972 10xor01 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1568972 Just think of just how much worse it would be if global warming weren't a vast liberal conspiracy. Just think of just how much worse it would be if global warming weren’t a vast liberal conspiracy.

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1568964 xzzy Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1568964 Officer was probably assigned to direct people to safety. I've seen pictures of police and firemen ordering evacuations and piling sandbangs right up until rain started to fall. Then when shit hit the fan.. the car got left behind and I would hope the officer hoofed his way to safety. In these circumstances, a flooded police car is probably a good thing because it means someone was doing their job. Officer was probably assigned to direct people to safety. I’ve seen pictures of police and firemen ordering evacuations and piling sandbangs right up until rain started to fall. Then when shit hit the fan.. the car got left behind and I would hope the officer hoofed his way to safety.

In these circumstances, a flooded police car is probably a good thing because it means someone was doing their job.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1568962 robcat2075 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1568962 I can maybe understand local residents resisting the clues that they should get their car to higher ground, but how did a police car get left in that situation? I can maybe understand local residents resisting the clues that they should get their car to higher ground, but how did a police car get left in that situation?

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/10/30/instagramming-hurricane-sandy.html#comment-1568960 Paul Renault Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=190877#comment-1568960 Aaaww, just wash the sea water and seaweed off the car.  It should run fine after that... Aaaww, just wash the sea water and seaweed off the car.  It should run fine after that…

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