Interesting video regarding the gas shortages being faced after Hurricane Sandy. I can’t help but wonder how this would play out if this were to happen on a much larger scale. We are so accustomed to having everything readily available to us, when that house of cards gets knocked over things go downhill very quickly. …
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Martial Law declared in some areas after Hurricane Sandy
When you have looting/violence and the possibility for more crime after a major disaster one of the tools available to those in positions of power is the ability to declare martial law. The regions which are currently affected are rather small and thus law enforcement can allocate more than enough assets to cover down. It …
Nov 03
Tales of the Unprepared
By now you are well informed as to the situation which unfolded in the northeastern US after Hurricane Sandy passed through, specifically in NYC and New Jersey. Looting and violence have broken out in small pockets, people are dumpster diving for food, water is not potable in many areas (or even available) and lines for …
Nov 01
Hurricane Sandy Looting
Predictably the looting has begun. The formula is simply really. Take any post disaster scenario where law enforcement is stretched thin, combine that with wide spread power outages, toss in the human element and you’ve got looting and lawlessness. Businesses are the first to be targeted with “shoppers” grabbing up everything they can carry, it’s …
Oct 30
Hurricane Sandy After Action Review (AAR)
We have power Captain, Warp 2 to the nearest coffee pot! In all seriousness the power did just return and of course one of my first priorities was to log on here in order to capture my notes from the Hurricane and provide some AAR comments. As I wrote about earlier we were very fortunate …
Oct 30
(iPhone) Hurricane Sandy update: We have been fortunate.
The worst of Hurricane Sandy has passed and we have been fortunate to get through it with minimal discomfort. There was a point in time (probably at the height of the storm) when I worried about the howling winds and pouring rain, and once the power went out that certainly did not help to boost …
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