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Petra Cahill / msnbc.com
An information sign at New York's Grand Central Terminal warns train passengers: "Hurricane Irene Update Metro-North Will Shutdown Service On All Lines on Sat., Aug. 27, at 12 Noon Check MTA.Info\MNR For Updates."
Petra Cahill, msnbc.com
NEW YORK – As Manhattan’s unusually quiet streets braced for Hurricane Irene, the city’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg made it clear they need to take the appropriate precautions – now.
“You can listen to the noise of the elevated train. That's not going to be here this afternoon, and I think that's the message that people have to start understanding, that starting at noon today - which is in only two and a half hours - mass transit is not going to be available if you have to leave. You have to start right now,” Bloomberg said during a press conference outside the 60th Police Precinct in Coney Island on Saturday morning.
Even with TV, radio, Internet and word of mouth, it is still a challenge to get the message out that all public transportation will halt midday ET in a city of 8 million.
Petra Cahill / msnbc.com
A sign outside The Brick Church at 91st and Park Avenue seen on Friday night warned parishoners:
On the subway earlier today a recorded message came over the loud speaker alerting people about the planned stoppage of subways, buses and trains. But seconds later, the subway conductor walked into the not-so-crowded train to reiterate the message.
“Sprechen sie ‘hurricane?’ All subways are closing at 12 noon. If you are in a subway by noon, you’re good,” the conductor said, as he gave the universal thumbs up sign. “If you’re not, you’re out luck.”
The subway car’s travelers collectively nodded and he moved along.
At least one church was already planning ahead and had cancelled services for Sunday. The Brick Church at 91st and Park Avenue left notice for its Presbyterian parishioners: “Sunday Morning Worship Service CANCELED Due To Hurricane Please Be Safe.”
For its part, historic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan is planning, for now, its usual services on Sunday morning, right at the time when the storm is expected to hit the city.
“We’ll be here. Where else are we gonna go?” said a church usher when asked if the Roman Catholic cathedral was planning to suspend services in light of the storm. “Barring any damage to the church – we’ll be here” added another usher.
Petra Cahill / msnbc.com
Workers board up windows at Manhattan's Saks Fifth Avenue.
Across the street, Saks Fifth Avenue was preparing and boarding up its windows. And NBC News’ headquarters was getting ready, too. 30 Rock’s signature flag poles were bare and all the shops at the New York City landmark were closed. For the few tourists still milling around Rockefeller Center’s empty plaza the unspoken message was “closed, capiche?”
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MSNBC says, "We're a news organization, but we don't know how to spell "capisce."
And what's with the stupid fake Italian slang anyway? Are New Yorkers all mafioso? Of just all Italian American? Why didn't you show your phony New York cred with Yiddish, Spanish or Korean?
Approved gay marriage against the will of the people and have had an earthquake and now a hurricane.
Hmmm.
Seriously? Votes have nothing to do with hurricanes or earthquakes. Leave the bible in it's appropriate place for the day and have some compassion for your fellow man... Not everything in life need be a political argument.
Guess you weren't real smart in Science..
"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just."
Matthew 5:45â–º
The guy who uses this as God's wrath against recently approved gay marriage is delusional and dumb.
Using this logic, then God must be mad at all of the Pharisees in Texas since the State is experiencing a severe heat wave.
Hmmm.. But it's heterosexual people that control our economy and finances and have us in the mess we are today. It's heterosexuals that have the U.S. in two never-ending wars. It's heterosexuals that control the oil companies and have us believing $3 a gallon is cheap. It's heterosexuals that commit most of the violence and crime. And on and on...... Long story short, that argument don't hold water.
funny also how the average gay is much smarter than the average hetero
Disagreeing with God's Word does not invalidate it.
Congratulations, the original poster mentions the Italian word for "understand" and you whack jobs get into gay marriage and God's wrath.
How about all gay men on one Island and all gay women on another. If it is supposed to be then they will sustain life generation after generation. See you got me doing it.
You seem to think the two don't go hand and hand.
I know for a fact Jesus didn't care if you were gay, straight, white, black, male, female, whatever. He only cared how you treated others, so the straight married folks that screw around, well, they have a problem with eternity. The church-going, prayerful straight married white people that are self-righteous and racist have an eternity problem. The wrathful, vengeful god of the Old Testament was replaced by the loving and compassionate one in the New Testament. If he was to punish a place for their actions it would be Texas, for creating Rick Perry.
I grew up in NJ many moons ago, and when I saw this headline it made me laugh and it felt so familiar. I grew up with the influence of Italians that often use "capache" to verify the message. I LOVE IT. I wish we would cut to the chase more today and stop with all the PC language that is cloudy all issues.
Signed an Irish girl from Jersey
I don't fear imaginary things
I guess by that reasoning God is mad at little children that get diseases like cancer, or rapped and murdered by pedophiles. Or anyone at that who has had something terrible happen, the sad thing is that so many of these posters just haven’t got a clue. The King James Bible is an anthology made up of texts decided by The First Council of Nicaea. It was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day Iznik in Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine, it is this group and not God that put together what we today call the Holy Bible.
quit hyping for the sake of revenue, nbc...
Irene came ashore in NORTH CAROLINA as a CATEGORY 1. It is not going to be p*ss by the time it gets to NYC.
the amount of money the city is going to lose because of the closed airports and subways is going to far outweigh any "real" costs for damages.
You are right, the more hype the smaller the disaster- money down the drain !!
Do you realize how big Irene is? 450 plus miles wide with winds pushing that water up further than you can imagine..
Yeah, no matter how many "real" human beings are killed or injured! That is sarcasm by the way.
Hey do your home work, I have seen storms hit land and travel three maybe four hundred miles and maintain hurricane force winds for all of that distance, and tear the hell out of homes and trees and surrounding area. My experience comes from living in a hurricane prone area for the last 15 years, and lived through Frances Jean and Wilma and no two storms are the same, Frances hung around for 36 hrs and was a three when it hit and down to a two. It came a shore in Stuart Florida, thru Port St Lucie on up to Orlando, still as a two storm. Jean came ashore as a three and stayed a three, but only hung around for twelve hrs Frances did three times the amount of damage as Jean did. Wilma hit SW Florida as a three, came across the state as a two and went up the east coast, Wilma did a lot of damage from the keys up to Fort Pierce. So you see hurricanes don't always lose their strength when they hit land, ask the people of Katrina.
Hurricane Floyd in 1999 followed the same 'unprecedented' path from North Carolina to New York. It was also not a 'major' hurricane when it hit North Carolina. It was also a tropical storm when it landed close to NYC. People were not evacuated from high rise apartments for minor street flooding for tropical storm Floyd.
Do some research on Floyd,,,quite a different scenario than Irene.
In May 2012..there are going to be a lot of babies born on the East coast.
The correct spelling is CAPISCE
That's what happens when NYC Jews pretend to be NYC Italians! Mangia merde e morte!
Matthew 5:45Â "
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust"
â–º
dream on honey... adults with imaginary friends should be institutionalized in a mental hospital
That would still be much better than going to hell for being a fool.
Then we have the Laws of Nature,,and I honestly do not believe that GOD is causing earthquakes and hurricanes because of the Gay Community,,,,BECAUSE these things have been going on for as long as the Earth has existed...and I don't think there were too many Gays honking their horns way back when.......and if any of you so called believers would pick up a Science book,,you might learn something. Proven facts on why the Earth and all it's wonderful elements take place...
What Gus is saying here is god treats the evil and good the same.
@!$%#in' A, Bubba!
Why don't all that aren't concerned about the Hurricane go take pictures of the storm? Or better yet drive your arse up to NY and sit in the Subway and see what happens. If your wrong we won't have to listen to your babble. If right you have another day of arrogant postings ahead of you.
Thanks for your comment “Iggy.” Capiche is actually the correct spelling for the 1940’s era slang term. It is an Anglicized version of the Italian word “capisci?” meaning, “do you understand?”
Please see dictionary.com and the urbandictionary.com and the Online etymology dictionary.
Thanks and please keep reading. If you are in the hurricane zone, be careful! Petra Cahill, msnbc.com
Thanks for the intelligent observation.
No, actually it's the southern Italian pronunciation of the word "capisce". ca PEE shay. In that dialect the last syllable of words is dropped. ca PEESH
Headline writers of the world -- if you don't speak a language, don't just make up words!!! The correct word in Italian, as others have pointed out, is "capisce" (formal) or "capisci" (informal). Clearly no one at MSNBC is bothering to read comments.
You should research further before posting. You are wrong.
How an Italian slang word is used or spelled in the USA is irrelevant. There are so many misspelled English words in this and other blogs, as well as improper grammar and pronunciations on the news and reality shows, that I am convinced the dumbing down of the USA is nearly complete. Teachers have failed two generations of students, and it is getting worse. Merit pay for teachers is the only way the bad teachers will be removed from the classroom.
Al Roker is an idiot. No, I take that back, it's an insult to idiots. He is a moron. He said this was 'the perfect storm'. He wouldn't know one if it came up and kicked him in the walnuts.
It is perfect for him in that it is a disappointment and it is weak enough for all the retards to still be able to stand out on the beach.
I will have to agree on Roker,,,not real smart, just repeating what he hears, as alot of people do. and if any of you lived in NC, which I happen to have relatives, and have been texting all day...you would be singing a different tune...they are flooded with over 8 inches of rain and wind damage...what retards are you referring to anyway?
John, I'm sorry you find this storm a disappointment-that apparently not enough people were killed, not enough roofs ripped off, and not enough homes and/or buildings were flooded. Listen to people like Jean who have relatives who have really been affected by this storm that has so disappointed you. Would you be happier if we had had something closer to a Katrina? Give me a break and go watch a disaster movie or something like The Day After Tomorrow!
God is causing earthquakes and hurricanes to destroy gay people?!?! My brain just imploded due to that piece of insane logic! So the innocent child and three (straight) adults that were killed by the storm was just...what?...God's collateral damage?
And the more you people quote from the bible, the more I come to realize that you have absolutely no mind of your own. Think! Use logic! At the very least use some common sense. The belief system you created in your own mind loosely based on another belief system that has been outdated for centuries has no place among the enlightened people trying to make this world a better place. Instead of the gays afraid to come out of the closet it should be you religious zealots that should go back into the closet. The future has no room for your self-righteous, close-minded belief systems.
You do realize your literal interpretation of this bible quote could also be interpreted to mean the good and unjust are republicnas, don't you? Just thought I'd mention that.
Anyway, Anna, perhaps you are taking the bible too literally. Or is it just the bible versus you approve of and support that can be taken literally? What about these?
DEUTERONOMY 22:13-21
If it is discovered that a bride is not a virgin, the Bible demands that she be executed by stoning immediately.
DEUTERONOMY 22:22
If a married person has sex with someone else's husband or wife, the Bible commands that both adulterers be stoned to death.
MARK 10:1-12
Divorce is strictly forbidden in both Testaments, as is remarriage of anyone who has been divorced.
LEVITICUS 18:19
The Bible forbids a married couple from having sexual intercourse during a woman's period. If they disobey, both shall be executed.
MARK 12:18-27
If a man dies childless, his widow is ordered by biblical law to have intercourse with each of his brothers in turn until she bears her deceased husband a male heir.
DEUTERONOMY 25:11-12
If a man gets into a fight with another man and his wife seeks to rescue her husband by grabbing the enemy's genitals, her hand shall be cut off and no pity shall be shown her.
MARK 12:18-27
If a man dies childless, his widow is ordered by biblical law to have intercourse with each of his brothers in turn until she bears her deceased husband a male heir.
I am digging on this part of the Bible. The rest you can do away with.
Thank you, banina, but the majority of your references were to Old Testament laws and practices rather than the teachings of Christ in the New Testament.
People always love to quote the word of God (Bible) but they have no true knowledge or understanding of the Word. We are under a new covenant (the New Testament) so if you like quoting the bible, at least quote from the New Testament (preferrably one of the 4 gospels). It's not that folks can't quote from the Old Testament but one must have the correct understanding (which does not happen overnight) to do so. Reading the verses that someone quoted shows that the person (taking all that time to write them) definitely does not have biblical understanding.
WOW, right over those heads. Um, people, I don't care what testament or which bible we are talking about, since different people worship differently and read different texts and interpret what they read differently.
The point is none of it is to be taken literally and most importantly, none of it belongs in a democracy. Okay?
Actually the Old Testament is the only one worth reading. The New Testament is like a poorly conceived sequel to the original. The person you call the "Son of God" was actually Jewish and taught from Jewish law (ie. the Old Testament). It wasn't until much later that all the zealots came along and twisted everything around. That's why there are so many "versions" of Christianity. Look up the word "Entropy" and you'll see the definition of Christianity.
 Iggy beat me to it. Even a novice Italian learner like me knows that the correct word is "capisce or capisci", not "capiche". I suppose msnbc.com would appear to be too elite or well-educated if they actually used the correct word.
It's Capisce! NOT Capiche!
Jeez, and I'm not even Italian!!!!
Get a grip people. They are spelling it so that the rest of the country can figure it out.
Capiche ! I like it. Let's have more of this beautiful language.
Hey terry.
God must not be too bright if he had some guys write a book of his laws, then had to have some more guys write a new version. Don't you think he would have gotten it right the first time?
Don't really need to study the bible to figure that out.
The bible was written to keep people like you from using their own minds.
Hey do your home work, I have seen storms hit land and travel three maybe four hundred miles and maintain hurricane force winds for all of that distance, and tear the hell out of homes and trees and surrounding area. My experience comes from living in a hurricane prone area for the last 15 years, and lived through Frances Jean and Wilma and no two storms are the same, Frances hung around for 36 hrs and was a three when it hit and down to a two. It came a shore in Stuart Florida, thru Port St Lucie on up to Orlando, still as a two storm. Jean came ashore as a three and stayed a three, but only hung around for twelve hrs Frances did three times the amount of damage as Jean did. Wilma hit SW Florida as a three, came across the state as a two and went up the east coast, Wilma did a lot of damage from the keys up to Fort Pierce. So you see hurricanes don't always lose their strength when they hit land, ask the people of Katrina.
Hey Tony NYC most people can't figure out what has happened to their bibles they were written by man and they were interpreted by man and corrupted by man. If everybody lived like JC and lived by his teachings this would be a better world. All religions are corrupt, because man and his greed have changed what the word of God really is. example my religion is the only true religion. And that is why the world can not get along. Religion is the main cause of all wars. Plain and simple
God doesn't punish us, he lets us do it to our selves.
TomVet.
I agree with some of your points, but what is the word of god exactly? Is it "love one another" or is it, "kill adulterers, etc." Seems quite contradictory, which is why men have been able to cherry pick this stuff to justify greed, corruption, discrimination etc. over the course of history. Why crazies on this post claim hurricanes are god's response to gay marriage.
Can't we just agree that a philosophy that Jesus expoused is enough? Do we really have to say it's the word of god?
I would be interested in your thoughts. You seem reasonable.
Hmmm ...Louis Vuitton... I know what most of you are thinking.
Gay or straight, all americans are retards.