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DeviouslySimple · 08-15-2003, 02:41 AM

Right. I mean, for the amount of people in NYC I think it was handled pretty well myself.

In trying to ask why there could be a domestic disturbance/riot, figure this scenario in:

You are in the middle of the bronx. You're living paycheck to paycheck and have maybe $30 to spend on everything right now and happen to have a stocked fridge....which is now out. Stores are all closing because their fridges and lights are out too and they're soon going to have spoiled supplies.
You don't have any bottled water, hell, you don't have the money to spend on such frivolous yuppy nonsense, but then you realize that the water you are getting isn't fit for drinking.
So, you have no lights, which is not that big a deal. You also have no A/C which is more of a big deal. Your mother/father, being in their 70s, aren't as active anymore and are at least in as much trouble as you.
If you try to leave on foot to go to a friend/family/outside, you may get killed by the passing cars of people attempting to evacuate. If you happen to have a car even or a car available for use, you could very well also get into an easy accident with there being no traffic lights on. Attempting to get gas (if you don't have a full tank ready with all the waiting you'll do with the bottlenecked gridlock) will result in very long frustrated waits.
You don't necessarily know how long this will last at all, especially if you don't have a radio at all or don't happen to be actively chummy with neighbors.

People get weird when their sense of security is rattled and when there are few options available. The more crowded a population is, the likelier crime occurs for a variety of reasons, anthropologically due to competition for similar resources in a finite area.

Basically I slept in and called a friend or two on my corded telephone which I knew was somewhere around here. They turned the power on probably sometime after 2 am, I can't say. I wasn't too personally worried but I am very curious how today's going to pan out. Checking some utility stocks out right now, and then going to take care of my errand thing I was supposed to do yesterday.

Hope everyone else along the affected areas of the US and Canada's doing alright.

08-15-2003, 02:41 AM	#39 (permalink)
DeviouslySimple Upright Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma	Right. I mean, for the amount of people in NYC I think it was handled pretty well myself. In trying to ask why there could be a domestic disturbance/riot, figure this scenario in: You are in the middle of the bronx. You're living paycheck to paycheck and have maybe $30 to spend on everything right now and happen to have a stocked fridge....which is now out. Stores are all closing because their fridges and lights are out too and they're soon going to have spoiled supplies. You don't have any bottled water, hell, you don't have the money to spend on such frivolous yuppy nonsense, but then you realize that the water you are getting isn't fit for drinking. So, you have no lights, which is not that big a deal. You also have no A/C which is more of a big deal. Your mother/father, being in their 70s, aren't as active anymore and are at least in as much trouble as you. If you try to leave on foot to go to a friend/family/outside, you may get killed by the passing cars of people attempting to evacuate. If you happen to have a car even or a car available for use, you could very well also get into an easy accident with there being no traffic lights on. Attempting to get gas (if you don't have a full tank ready with all the waiting you'll do with the bottlenecked gridlock) will result in very long frustrated waits. You don't necessarily know how long this will last at all, especially if you don't have a radio at all or don't happen to be actively chummy with neighbors. People get weird when their sense of security is rattled and when there are few options available. The more crowded a population is, the likelier crime occurs for a variety of reasons, anthropologically due to competition for similar resources in a finite area. Basically I slept in and called a friend or two on my corded telephone which I knew was somewhere around here. They turned the power on probably sometime after 2 am, I can't say. I wasn't too personally worried but I am very curious how today's going to pan out. Checking some utility stocks out right now, and then going to take care of my errand thing I was supposed to do yesterday. Hope everyone else along the affected areas of the US and Canada's doing alright.