NJ's 30-2, Disasters firsthand

Comment by Marie on June 2, 2011 at 3:23pm

*sigh*

Comment by spacemonkey1310 on June 2, 2011 at 3:53pm

Wow!

Comment by NatureJunkie on June 2, 2011 at 3:54pm

@ Marie and Spacemonkey: It was overwhelming. I was traveling by it on an Amtrak train. The whole train quieted down as people looked out at it in stunned silence.

Comment by JustAnotherUserName on June 2, 2011 at 7:32pm

I've lived through a couple hurricanes and there's nothing like seeing the devastation firsthand.  Until you do, you just don't get it.

Comment by Pypermarru1 on June 2, 2011 at 8:04pm

It seriously hurts my heart to see the aftermath of peoples lives buried or thrown all over after a disaster.

Comment by BlancheNoE on June 2, 2011 at 10:24pm

It's always sobering. We've seen comparable devastation in my neck of the woods and yeah, seeing a picture of it is nothing like seeing it right in front of you.

Comment by NatureJunkie on June 2, 2011 at 11:13pm

@ Ruth: I've never had a natural disaster harm me in a personal way, but I saw many of the sites I was familiar with get destroyed in the Bay Area earthquake of 1989. In particular I remember seeing the gaping holes along Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz where destroyed buildings had been removed from their foundations. It hit me in the gut in a way that news photos and video could not do.

Comment by NatureJunkie on June 2, 2011 at 11:14pm

@ Pyper: Me too. I can't imagine losing every material thing I've ever owned.

Comment by NatureJunkie on June 2, 2011 at 11:15pm

@ Blanche: I worry about my family and friends like you in the midwest. It seems like you get every kind of disaster out there, except for tsunamis.

Comment by SydTheSkeptic on June 10, 2011 at 11:36pm

I know they had to sacrifice a lot of the farm land in order to save the more heavily-populated areas, but it sucks all the same.  Is this close to where you are NJ?

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