Playing wii while the winds swirl and tide rises

Read the last line from today's New York Times live hurricane updates:

Monday-Morning Non-Evacuators

 

The police have been going door to door in the evacuation zone. No one is going to drag you out of your house if you refuse to leave.

But the National Weather Service issued a rather blunt warning on Sunday to those considering defying an evacuation order:

THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES, THINK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WHO WILL BE UNABLE TO REACH YOU WHEN YOU MAKE THE PANICKED PHONE CALL TO BE RESCUED, THINK ABOUT THE RESCUE/RECOVERY TEAMS WHO WILL RESCUE YOU IF YOU ARE INJURED OR RECOVER YOUR REMAINS IF YOU DO NOT SURVIVE.

Those in New York City who refuse to evacuate will also earn the wrath of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, as well as the wrath of Hurricane Sandy herself, as Cara Buckley reported Sunday night.

But in the Rockaways, where rain has begun to fall, there were plenty of people around. “Don’t leave the castle,” a father of four told WINS-1010 radio. “I don’t think my safety’s at risk. We’re gonna tough it out and play Wii all day until the power goes out.”