not that it especially matters but the unknown soldier one is on mashables top 5 fakes - was an old shot apparently.

You mean they aren't out there right now?

The dates don't jive with Wikipedia.

I pulled that from yahoo news, I think. I bet it is just a Getty image.

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A civilian guard was first posted at the Tomb on November 17, 1925 to prevent, among other things, families from picnicking on the flat marble slab with views of the city. A military guard was first posted on March 25, 1926. The first 24-hour guard was posted on midnight, July 2, 1937. The Tomb of the Unknowns has been guarded continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, since that time[28] . Inclement weather,[29] [30] terrorist attacks,[31] et cetera, do not cause the watch to cease.[32]
The Tomb Guards, a special platoon within the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) work on a team rotation of 24 hours on, 24 hours off, for five days, taking the following four days off. A guard takes an average of six hours to prepare his uniform – heavy wool, regardless of the time of year – for the next day's work. In addition to preparing the uniform, guards also conduct physical training, Tomb Guard training, participate in field exercises, cut their hair before the next work day, and at times are involved in regimental functions as well. Tomb Guards are required to memorize 16 pages of information about Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, including the locations of nearly 300 graves and who is buried in each one.[33]
[29] Still Vigilant at the Tomb of the Unknowns Despite Irene http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricanes/vigilant-tomb-unknowns-irene/story?id=14397525#.UI8s4mloTnw

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Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), takes his twenty-one steps across a water soaked mat while guarding the Tomb during Hurricane Sandy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Oct. 29, 2012. The Tomb is guarded 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Snow, rain, wind or heat has never stopped the Tomb Sentinels from guarding the tomb for over 64 years. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr.) Digital — with J Wesley Doughman.

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Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), maintains his vigil during Hurricane Sandy while guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Oct., 29, 2012. In 1948 the Old Guard assumed the post following the unit's reactivation in the nation's capital. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr.) Digital — with J Wesley Doughman, Lisette Anguiano Bañueloss and CapturedMemories-by Robert.

Where did you get that triton & godzilla image from?

>godzilla image
heheh that's funny stuff:)

https://www.facebook.com/georgehtakei - that dude posts funny stuff if you are a little on the sci-fi geeky side. He's become one of my favorites.  Steven Martin is another, but his jokes are really just mostly verbal commentary on his real life events, with some occasional profoundly funny physical comedy thrown in.

NJ and NY look like a war zone this morning.

What airport is that? And wow and the brand new cabs.

not sure which airpot...

the cabs, yeah, if that doesn't say 'NYC Flood', I dont know what does.

Nice shots db.  That really shows the extent of the storm. Shak also posted on FB the building with the ripped off facade. He was 50 yards away across the street from it.

I don't know where to even start in some of these aftermath scenes...


You can't even rebuild until you clean up, and if you clean up, maybe you shouldn't rebuild in the same spots?



It also seems like a huge waste of everything. It seems like all that stuff should be recycled or reused.  You would need a Grand Canyon East of the Mississippi to hold everything.

I also think that people are now rely 100% on the government.  As far as I know no one from outside that area is really trying to help; we all just watch the news like a movie. People think that they will 'pay through taxes', which is funny to me because the US is in debt already and a trillion over budget for the year - they are going to pay for this alright. Contrary to the silver lining crowd says, destroying things and re-building them isn't as good as sustainable job creation and manufacturing. Destroying houses to create carpentry jobs is not good for business.

If someone builds again in the same spots, it would be important to build differently. It IS possible to design buildings that would stand up to hurricane-type punishment, although such durability wouldn't come cheap.