I think shutting down the entire MTA transit system in NYC was an over-reaction that cost millions of dollars for small business owners and made it overly difficult on workers who have to work whether there's a hurricane or not, (first responders, shelter workers, hospice care, etc). Most of the city was NOT in a flood zone, yet people couldn't get to work and businesses had to close because most city-dwellers do not own cars.
I was annoyed by the overfocus on Mayor Bloomberg and his 5 boroughs of NYC, and the lack of attention paid to the flooding and real devastation further upsate. Plus there was almost no reporting about prison populations or provisions for homeless/mentally ill folks. I really hated the media coverage - overblown, un-enlightening, repetative, and politically motivated.
(The New York Times did a pretty good job though).
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