NYC Marathon to be held Sunday as scheduled: Good call or bad?

[El Kabong]

I think 100% of New York & New Jersey sporting events should be postponed until people there have SOME sense of stability/normality. It would be nice to be distracted from the reality of the situation at hand, but I think people there right now need heat, they need clean water, they need food, and the resources used by the marathon further block the roads and provide help for very few people.

I've got friends up in the NY/NJ area and they've said it's a bit hairy being up there at the moment. we need to focus on NEEDS and not wants right now. I've offered what little help I can to my friends up there, but you can't get to them, and its just a bad situation up there at the moment.

The population density has really hindered helping out. If that storm hit the Southeast we would have coped better because everything is spread out and there aren't any high rise buildings to funnel the wind and make it stronger and the water is not really close to huge cities...big cities & important cities yes, but nothing like NYC.

[TitoFan]

Looks like Mayor Bloomberg came to his senses.



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