Later on, some response vehicles who were isolated from their stations were taken out of commission because they simply ran out of gas and could not get back to fill up the tank. Sometimes fire trucks could not respond to calls a few blocks away because of downed trees, water, and live power lines in the streets. The second thing I noticed was that mobility was severely limited for everything but foot traffic. This is probably obvious to most readers here, but I thought it was important to mention that the government is heavily invested in the survival business. They have survival plans so that they can maintain operation, but that does not mean they will maintain services to citizens. The first thing I will mention is that government at all levels is better prepared than most citizens. By bouncing around and listening in on the various police, fire, and EMS dispatch feeds from Northeast counties and cities, I was able to get a better feel for the ground truth around the region and was also able to learn how “the authorities” prioritized their response to various incidents. To get a better feel for the local perspective, I resorted to my smart phone’s 5-0 police radio app. When the storm hit, I defaulted to the main stream news channels and sites, which got old and repetitive quickly without being very informative. I don’t live anywhere near the affected area from Sandy, but now that we’ve had some firsthand accounts, I wanted to throw in my $.02 as an observer from afar:
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