Hurricane Sandy is another reminder of just how incredibly fragile the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted on a daily basis really is. Many of the hardest hit areas along the Jersey shore and the coast of Long Island have descended into a state of anarchy. More than 7 million people live on Long Island, and millions more live along the Jersey shore and right now they are getting a taste of what life would be like during a total economic meltdown. At the moment, there are still approximately 4.7 million homes and businesses that do not have power. Officials say that some of those homes and businesses may not have their power restored until the weekend of November 10th and 11th. Meanwhile, it is getting very cold at night. This weekend the low temperatures on Long Island are supposed to dip into the upper thirties. There have been reports of people diving into dumpsters behind supermarkets in a desperate search for food, and there have been other reports of roaming gangs of criminals posing as officials from FEMA or Con Edison and then robbing families at gunpoint once they have gained entrance into their homes. If people will behave like this during a temporary emergency that lasts only a few days, what would they do during a total economic collapse? That is a frightening thing to think about.
Most gas stations along the Jersey shore and on Long Island are either totally out of gasoline or they don’t have any power to operate the gas pumps. It is estimated that more than half of all gas stations in New York City are closed at the moment, and officials say that more than 80 percent of all gas stations in New Jersey are not able to sell gas right now. So needless to say, the lines at the gas stations that remain open are horrific.
It is being reported that some people are waiting in line for hours for gasoline in some areas and that state troopers have actually been deployed at every gas station along the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.
The following is how one New Jersey mayor described the situation…
“Gas lines are stretching for a couple of miles,” said Anthony Ammiano, mayor of Freehold, N.J., who recalled the oil crisis of the 1970s. “It’s like the Jimmy Carter years. It’s a flashback of bad memories.”
There have even been reports of people literally fighting each other over gasoline…
“It’s so crazy. Cars are pulling up and people are fighting each other. There is no gas around here,” said Mena Aziz, who manages a Gulf Express station in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. “It’s been so busy.”
Read More at theeconomiccollapseblog.com . By Michael.
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Anarchy is exactly what O was waiting and hoping for at the expense of helpless Americans (O should not be out campaigning but in D.C. doing everything he can to help the hurricane survivors) So far, the only thing O has done so far is "lip service". I am fed up with listening to the many lies that come out of his mouth.
When the people of New Jersy wake up and realize the government is not going to help them, when they tell the unions that turned help away because they were not union, they may get more help and sympathy.
The POTUS and your Governor got their photo-op, and you people are the ones suffering.
Do any of you see how well the policies of the liberals work?
Not for you, just for them, using you people for more power.
You see how fast Pres.Sambo left that fat ass whale Christie as soon as the photo ops were over to get back on the campaign trail wearing his bomber jacket.This incredible piece of shit could care les about Jersey because he knows they will vote for him no matter what.Another thing that is incredible is the unions telling non union workers to go away,what sick people these union people are.I wonder if they ask a surgeon if he is a union member before they have a heart operation.
Well, maybe this is KARMA biting these idiots in both states for their support of OLiesALot! I’d almost say that it serves them damn well right for their turncoat attitudes in 2008! And for what seems to be the same kind of attitude today, in 2012! I know for a fact that New Yorkers were hugely supportive of this liar in office in 2008, and from the sounds and looks of it now, they are still supporting, and planning on casting their votes for him once again. And if New Jersey is doing the same, just maybe they have pissed off the Higher Power enough to cause Him to send this message to them of what it might be like IF this egomaniac keeps the Office of President. What Hurricane Sandy did with her fury, is nothing when compared to what this arrogant and ego driven maniac plans on doing when he gains TOTAL POWER, and if he is allowed to keep this office, HE INTENDS TO HAVE JUST THAT, TOTAL POWER OVER THE ENTIRE NATION AND THEN TO RUIN US ALL WITH HIS “executive orders”! If you want to be pissed at me for what I think, fine by me, but when you support and elect such a waste of breath and air, this is what you can expect. ANYONE who voted for, or plans on doing so again damn well deserves to be told how stupid they are and that KARMA IS A BITCH! So, deal with it, and don’t whine. Maybe Sandy was a WAKE UP CALL TO THOSE OF YOU IN THE AREAS WHERE SANDY HIT!