November 3, 2012 - In the Wake of Sandy

CaliforniaMama · 11-03-2012, 11:57 AM

A taxi parking lot is flooded in Hoboken, New Jersey

Lamplighter · 11-03-2012, 12:10 PM

My reaction when I saw this pic on tv was one of anger.

Here in Oregon, we often see pics like this after big storms, of
farm animals left in the pastures, that eventually flood.
It's like no one ever saw that same field flooded before... yeah sure.

Didn't the company have enough drivers to tell each to take a cab and drive it to high ground ?
Didn't the farmer/rancher care enough about the animals to move their herd to safety ?

Somehow, I get the idea that having insurance is a lose/lose situation.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-03-2012, 04:24 PM

Well that lot probably hasn't been flooded since at least 1938, if at all. I doubt he was expecting this.

Griff · 11-03-2012, 05:25 PM

and it would have cost a fortune in tolls/drivers to get them out of the city.

Wombat · 11-06-2012, 04:03 PM

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I doubt he was expecting this.

I thought everyone in the area was clearly told to expect exactly this with at least a couple of days warning?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-06-2012, 07:53 PM

Yes, but Hoboken is up the river a bit and the water was much higher than most expected. That's why I don't think is was for insurance, just a mistake.

Trilby · 11-03-2012, 06:48 PM

but, insurance still IS a lose-lose situation.

SPUCK · 11-08-2012, 05:36 AM

It probably took them hours to figure out which cabs had the biggest maintenance jobs pending so they could get them all in that lot.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-12-2012, 02:49 AM

A comment on Jalopnik claims those are all brand new unused cabs.

burns334 · 11-12-2012, 07:54 AM

Folks, there was a 32 foot surge of water that came up the Hudson River flooding more than anyone could ever imagine. I heard first hand that boats were on tops of houses as far North as the Tappan Zee bridge and that's 30 miles away. If it didn't happen I would say that it is IMPOSSIBLE. The Hudson is at its widest point just North of Tappan, over a mile wide and the surge did not disapate, it's just impossible to comprehend.

BigV · 11-12-2012, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by burns334

Folks, there was a 32 foot surge of water that came up the Hudson River flooding more than anyone could ever imagine. I heard first hand that boats were on tops of houses as far North as the Tappan Zee bridge and that's 30 miles away. If it didn't happen I would say that it is IMPOSSIBLE. The Hudson is at its widest point just North of Tappan, over a mile wide and the surge did not disapate, it's just impossible to comprehend.

When I visited Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina, I saw a lot of stuff like that. Boats on houses, firewood on tops of chimneys, waterlines on trees thirty miles inland. Let's face it, the river is at sea level. Raise "sea level" and that water's gonna move.

11-03-2012, 11:57 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	November 3, 2012 - In the Wake of Sandy A taxi parking lot is flooded in Hoboken, New Jersey

11-03-2012, 04:24 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well that lot probably hasn't been flooded since at least 1938, if at all. I doubt he was expecting this. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-03-2012, 05:25 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	and it would have cost a fortune in tolls/drivers to get them out of the city. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-06-2012, 07:53 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, but Hoboken is up the river a bit and the water was much higher than most expected. That's why I don't think is was for insurance, just a mistake. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-03-2012, 06:48 PM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	but, insurance still IS a lose-lose situation. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-03-2012, 12:10 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	My reaction when I saw this pic on tv was one of anger. Here in Oregon, we often see pics like this after big storms, of farm animals left in the pastures, that eventually flood. It's like no one ever saw that same field flooded before... yeah sure. Didn't the company have enough drivers to tell each to take a cab and drive it to high ground ? Didn't the farmer/rancher care enough about the animals to move their herd to safety ? Somehow, I get the idea that having insurance is a lose/lose situation.

11-08-2012, 05:36 AM	#8
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	It probably took them hours to figure out which cabs had the biggest maintenance jobs pending so they could get them all in that lot.

11-12-2012, 02:49 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A comment on Jalopnik claims those are all brand new unused cabs. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-12-2012, 07:54 AM	#10
burns334 High Propagandist Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: East Windsor, NJ Posts: 112	Giant surge Folks, there was a 32 foot surge of water that came up the Hudson River flooding more than anyone could ever imagine. I heard first hand that boats were on tops of houses as far North as the Tappan Zee bridge and that's 30 miles away. If it didn't happen I would say that it is IMPOSSIBLE. The Hudson is at its widest point just North of Tappan, over a mile wide and the surge did not disapate, it's just impossible to comprehend.

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