Comments on: Hurricane Safety, Part Deux http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/08/hurricane-safety-part-deux/ A blog from inside the emergency department Thu, 23 May 2013 06:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: SeaSpray http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/08/hurricane-safety-part-deux/#comment-58352 SeaSpray Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:47:50 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=7072#comment-58352 Correction: Christie said, “Get the hell off the beach … and get in your car,” Governor Christie said during a late Friday afternoon news conference. “You’re done, its 4:30, you’ve maximized your tan.”

]]> By: SeaSpray http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/08/hurricane-safety-part-deux/#comment-58350 SeaSpray Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:39:14 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=7072#comment-58350 Being a Jersey girl,Ive heard Governor Christie(NJ) and Mayor Bloomberg (NYC) warn people to evacuate ..even mandatory evacs. They have been doing this for at least a couple of days. Bloomberg has stated all the hospitals, etc were in process of relocating compromised patients,etc. They have been working on this for days. I believe Gov Christie has a clip out being replayed in which he says (after clearly warning people) “Get the hell out”. (Shore areas) And Bloomberg has been warning about public transportation closing down at noon today. Most people choosing to ignore the warnings will have done so out of their own stupidity.

I think we learned lessons from Katrina.

Fortunately we’re in the mountains, but still supposed to get slammed with flooding and winds and we are already saturated here and had flooding last week because of ponds and streams in our area that can’t handle overflow.

I actually wrestled with adding flood ins yesterday, but in 34 yrs ..never had a problem ..so didn’t. Anyway,time to go out and batten down the hatches around the yard.

Wishing all the east coasters peace and safety with no or minimal damage.

]]> By: Dominic Mauro http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/08/hurricane-safety-part-deux/#comment-58347 Dominic Mauro Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:22:10 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=7072#comment-58347 Nope. Hospitals owe a duty of care to the patients inside them. Warning them that they have to take adequate measures to protect themselves from the hurricane helps the “assumption of risk” defense later on, but it’s not going to be an absolute bar to lawsuit.

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