East Coast braces for hurricane-strength snark from Southern storm ‘veterans’

All I know is that those southern "tough guys" are still whining 5-6 years after their last hurricane. You kids clean up THAT mess yet? Us "#$%$quot; are already back to work. PS, your subways working yet? Oh that's right, no subways....so what are you still cleaning up????

So if we're "veterans", does that mean you're a "journalist" and "writer", maybe even a "commentator"?

You've been rightly mocked for the tone of near-panic and hysteria your news-casters have taken since the earthquake.

Instead of getting defensive, take the shots with humor and stop trying to defend it. You over-reacted. It happens when you don't have much experience with something.

Dylan, why do you elevate the childish intellects who ridicule others? They do not represent the attitudes of most people in the West or South. Recognizing their idiotic comments simply encourages them to continue their infantile behavior.

I live on the west coast and we are constantly in the path of natural disasters,firestorms,floods,landslides,and of Course earthquakes and unfortunately Tsunami's ,with all that we are not prone to hurricanes in California fortunately. if Californians were laughing at the east coast about the earthquake it was the over reaction of The Virginia governor that caused us to roll on the floor laughing as he declared Virginia a disaster area over some lost roof tiles ,all the while swearing that the structural safety of Virginia's numerous buildings had been compromised by the little earthquake that hit Richmond. We were not laughing about the potential that Irene had/has to do a ton of damage to the areas affected. We by no means were laughing at New Yorkers or anyone else that is being hit by Irene. the writer is clearly trying to make the rest of nation appear to be uncaring and,sarcastic jerks. way to go.........Dylan what did you do search millions of tweets,facebook posts etc to find the few uncaring creeps and deliberately post those to make the rest of the nation look like obnoxious unfeeling ,uncaring oafs?

Thank you Dylan for once again trying to drive a wedge between people of the US. You are pathetic....Southern people have empathy for all people that went through this...as we would not wish the pain of injury and property lose on anyone....I question some of the postings that are here...did you put them here to make your story seem real.....this is hog wash, Dylan.

I would say one of the worst feelings is being on an island with no way out. Went through 3 typhoons on an island , can't say I miss them much.

Well being a true Floridian, I have heard soooo many times how they did everything sooooo much better up north( mostly NY) let them eat it for once and maybe just maybe they can see why we do things a little different down here....................

As long as it's good natured ribbing wtf. Boston & NY are at each other all the time Sox/Yankees, Pats/Jets/Giants, Celtics/Knicks (okay that last one's a stretch) but when push comes to shove we're all in it together. So if the folks in the rest of the country want to rib us on the east coast - go ahead! We would and will do the same for you but if there's real trouble just remember we have your back.

"...forcing [Spike] Lee to cancel a planned Michael Jackson birthday celebration that had been slated for Brooklyn on Saturday."

Spike Lee? LOL
Someone should tell him Michael Jackson is (thankfully) dead. Children around the world are safer for it too.
Who celebrates the birthday of a washed up, dead, drug-abusing pedophile anyway?

Yes, Dan--good point! You can sneer all you want at the "girly men" of NY (where "manly girls" fits vis-a-vis HURRICANES, one can only guess (Justme--justasexist)! We East Coast Northerners will be laughing our a**es off when the next blizzard hits the South! Remember last winter anyone????

tell that to the 9 people already dead.

I've been through a few hurricanes on the gulf coast, and they weren't that big of a deal. Seawalls and building codes down here account for floods and high winds. It's a lot different in northeastern towns that aren't built for it. The same goes for snow in a southern city with no plows or grit.

New York - home of girly men and manly girls!

Lets see 3 foot of snow drop on L.A. or Miami, then we'll talk about who can handle what.

As a southern hurricane veteran I have great sympathy for those who are seeing 75 mph winds for the first time. They are missing out on great sleeping weather because they are being told by the media there is great danger.

Hurricanes are terrifying. Irene is much more than just a rainstorm, so be careful up there. At least you don't have to contend with venomous snakes and alligators like we do here in Florida. There is nothing funny about Mother Nature's fury, and she is really #$%$ off. The only ones enjoying this storm are the surfers. They were flying here today. GOOD LUCK!

I got a kick out of Gov. Christi thanking President Obama for sending federal money to N.J.
Like all Repugnants,a hypocrite

Really? Was it necessary to include the "p" word on a Yahoo article? Tasteless...

So is this the first hurricane to hit the east coast????

The state will declare a disaster,then Obama will jump on the "aid" bandwagon and well end up pumping millions into the releif!!!! Just what we need to spend on!!!!