No taxi's at all allowed on the streets.

Any guess what happened? the people loved it.

Wasn't it hard to get around??

that the govt. won't have to get involved here. There'll be gas-toting private helicopters fanning out across the storm-damaged areas to keep things moving smoothly. And of course, with the spirit of compassion so evident, no one would even think of gouging on the price of fuels!

I guess I too often take for granted that it'll be seen without having it pointed out. The meaning of my post was that if Romney had his way, we'd be watching as a patchwork of half-hearted private responders would be doing whatever they could to profit from thise debacle. After all, they would have to scurry to make up for the expenses incurred while holding responders at the ready during they years they had no disasters to profit from.

where people depend on their own cars to get from place to place. There is very little mass transit. If you live and work on LI, you DRIVE.

This was somewhere between Paterson and Hackensack. The price was awfully high, too. He said it reminded him of the gas crisis in 1973.

Will new yorkers travel by cars and taxis in water logged New York city?

because of the parking problems and expense.

NYC is getting a preview of the Peak Oil future.