Okay, so NYC says it can do all this, good deal. Someone make sure that statement is documented in a secure archive somewhere. If a tropical storm does hit New York and causes a mass evacuation, I don't want to see FEMA or any other sort of federal aid sent to the city to help out. I live in South Dakota and when we get blizzards that pile snow 6 feet high outside my door, we don't sit here waiting for the government to come help us out. We simply grab a book, a blanket, and light the fire place and wait a day or two until we can shovel our way out. During the summer when a tornado can very easily destroy a small town, people don't stand around a complain to the government to help them out. Fellow South Dakotans simply raise money to help the victims out and they eventually move on to start a life somewhere else. I'm just curious as to why NYC being prepared is such a big deal when the states of South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska have been putting up with worse weather more often. I know some of you are going to argue flooding. Well, its not my fault that people built cities below sea level. Big deal if NYC says "Bring it on." So what if it has an evacuation plan. I hope the federal government can see their "confidence" in this plan hopefully will ignore their pleas for assistance when the storm hits. As for now, I'm positive the next time I get snow seven feet high that I won't have FEMA on the phone and be waiting for them to come to my rescue bringing food and shelter. My prediction, though, is inevitable. The storm will hit and NYC will begin whining like every other coastal city has when a natural disaster strikes. Us Midwesterners are proud and don't like receiving hand outs. Maybe everyone else can learn from that.

There they go dreaming again. If a major hurricane and flood hit New York City many people would refuse to evacuate. It's impossible to commute daily to the City without traffic snarls and back-ups on a normal day. Can you imagine the mayhem, looting, riots, killing, rapes caused by thousands of lawless people. Those that choose to stay and not evacuate, will control and have the run of the city. So many gifts.

I DISAGREE WITH THOMPSON, I have lived in Florida for 20 years. Try being without power for three weeks in the summer heat in FLA.I think a snow storm can't compare to a hurricane and as for tornado's; TRY HAVING BOTH TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME!! IT causes MASSSS destruction..believe it, we didn't wait for FEMA to come help us, but when they came we needed the help!

so lets talk about who gets the worse of the storms..Florida as been hit with 4 bad storms within a 6 month period. Don't tell me your lil snow storms are really bad,and you don't need gov't help.. BACK OFF of NYU atleast they are trying to protect the people..I think they did a damn good job with 911.They have everyright to say bring it on!!

In response to Ashley...

You're only helping me prove my point even more. You yourself are saying it, quote "I think they did a damn good job with 911.They have everyright to say bring it on!!" And I would rather take 3 days in the heat in Florida than 3 days of a frozen gas line during a winter storm here. If you're so confident in your statement then lets review. Fact: Of all 50 states in the U.S., South Dakota has the biggest range in temperature throughout the year. No other state has a larger gap between its two most extreme temperatures. Also, when its 90 degrees here with 90% humidity, its a completely different type of hot. You sweat but can't cool off because the air is already saturated enough that the sweat will not evaporate off of your skin.

I don't doubt that there was mass destruction. But when forms of natural disasters other than hurricanes happen around the U.S., they get ignored. It seems as if you and the government don't believe that the victims up here could also use the help. This is what bothers me. We get ignored and people have to resort to help from other people around the state.

And everyone else wonders why we get along so well with each other... Well, we almost all of us have something in common, we get ignored by the government. Maybe next time think about that before you open your mouth.

P.S. Wasn't that FEMA money spent on sexual favors, football tickets, etc.???