could from the scene. it was like scrap metal and air-conditioners, dressers, presumably to sell at some point and in speaking of the desperation and the poverty and overall situation in that area. that is before what is happening today. when is a tropical depression grace that is on its way here right now. that has authorities concerned. that is what they have to say. yes, i m worried about the storm. as a disaster manager, like i said, it first puts an additional pressure on handling a zafdisaster in a complex situation. and as a citizen, my fellow citizens are sleeping outside and they might be impacted because of the rain and the possible flash floods that may occur. reporter: a crucial few hour as head, jim and poppy. yeah. of course. true try to get anyone out
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the plan was if got higher, we would use the truck to get on the roof. the water levels here you can see it right on the counters and so you are sitting on the counters for how many hours? it was probably four that we were on high ground. we stayed here from probably 3:00 in the morning and water went down around 10:00 the next morning. we probably really couldn t get down and walk until 9:00. so she called 911 so they re on these counters. i want to show you the other side of the kitchen here. they re on these counters. and now of course they are trying to salvage what they can so they re going through all of this. your family had a plan. that was the good news. so tell me about that. what was that plan and did it work for you? well, first we have a disaster evacuation plan. i m a disaster manager at legal aid here so we recommend that everybody have their own disaster plan and disaster kit.
focus our public attention. superstorm sandy may help the electorate focus in the few days that remain in the 2012 presidential campaign. our vote on tuesday will be for a disaster manager and chief taking charge of a country in an economic state of emergency, building a society that leaves all of us more prepared for disaster. at my table is ari melber, msnbc contributor. norry tan dan, kate dawson and david rodi, a reuters columnist and contributor for the atlantic. thank you all for being here. i want to start with you. the article, the piece you wrote was about the inequalities that have been revealed in the con te context of sandy. i am one of the privileged new yorkers. there has always been divisions in the city but this storm
arabian horse association, which is perhaps why president obama, unlike your boss, chose an experienced disaster manager to head fema. craig fugate was the director of the florida division of emergency staff. his experience, in 2004, fugate managed the largest federal disaster response in florida history as hurricane s charlie, francis, ivan and gene all pummeled the state in quick succession and he was even a volunteer firefighter and paramedic. you see, brownie, president obama didn t begin preparing for sandy on sunday. he started in 2009 when he appointed a qualified responsive leader to manage fema. jarvis writing for my home site asked this pointed question. if a reporter comes calling with a question for comment, why would you even answer the phone? i thank you for your
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