Some people always stay during storms, with the "it won't be too bad" attitude.  Some were blowing off Sandy since Irene from last year wasn't as bad as predicted.  Some people make bad choices, and now have to deal with those consequences.  Unfortunately, the children had no choice in the matter.  I'm sure God (or your preferred entity) is looking over them now.  And there's no one to blame, just nature doing its thing.  Ultimate sorrow.

Like I said, it's horrible what happened and I have full sympathy for the mother but I just don't understand why she might of left so late for when she knew in advance of what could happen.

Though like I stated above, I only scanned through the article so I don't know all the facts so maybe someone can correct me on this, but from what I read it's horrible to see what happened.

Azathoth, it's impressively bad those picts and videos. Freaking nature and the wild things it causes. Ah well, not much we can do other than support each other, That's why it was really cool the telethon.

A lot of interviews with people that got hit by Sandy, and a lot of visuals of the destruction.  Hard to watch since I could point out several different places I've been, both in NJ and NYC.  I wonder how my old apartment held up- it was only a block off the beach on the 3rd floor.  Really is different when you see your old stomping grounds destroyed, as opposed to some place you've never been to.

Found a video of my old town.  (I lived in Ocean Grove, Avon and Neptune borders the Grove).

And here's what's left of the Grove's boardwalk.

Nice video of the Grove and nearby towns' destruction.

Sandy smacking the Grove Monday night.  At about 5:00 you can see what the fishing pier used to look like.

And here you can see wha't left of the pier.

Is this one fake too?

lol.  No worries Mistress...it's easy to be taken in by fakes nowadays..

Thanks. Yeah I know and these fake pics are everywhere.