I read through most of the posts but am limited on time right now. I lived in NYC for 'my life' until about 20 years ago. I worked as a NYC Medic. I can tell you for a fact that there were things NOBODY told the public.... Like the unmarked 'truck' that was hauling unlabeled Hazardous Material (HazMat) and was stopped before getting onto the VZ (Verrazano Narrows Bridge). When the 'team' got done, they found it had been carrying massive amounts of 55 gal. drums of Hydrochloric Acid stacked ON TOP of 55 gal drums of Cyanide. The mix..... Hydrogen Cyanide.... lethal poisonous gas. Some things don't get told. One of my classmates asked how we'd evac Manhattan.... the instructor just laughed. He said the evac would be AFTER it had dissipated. He made it clear that he was referring to evacuating the bodies. Lesson learned......you go early....if you ar even aware of it.