NYC Marathon not happening Sunday. :( (Page 2)

Interesting point.  Races, movies, TV, plays, sporting events - basically, anything that's just for entertainment doesn't amount to much compaired to those who lost everything.  Or to those in wars, or starving in other countries, or sick from cancer or other illness.

Maybe we should get rid of all that stuff till we sort out the worlds problems.

The article states that the players are flying in day of game and then flying back out.

I said last week there was no way it would go, not with the subway flooded. But obviously the mayor talked to the chiefs of police, the heads of EMS, city planning, etc before saying it would go on. Yes in certain areas it's bad but the majority it's not. A lot of the issues are just waiting for the power companies to get on site to make repairs. You seriously think they are short on bottled water?

One of the big arguments was the increase in road traffic and "waste" of resources like gas. Well, what does a stadium hold - 30-40K? That's not going to have traffic?

If I'd booked a hotel I'd for sure be trying to get a chargeback on the CC... I also hope anyone that publicly threatened violence against the runners or organizers are charged with terrorism.

First of all, I'm on the fence as to whether or not they should have cancelled, there are good reasons for both decisions.  However, with regards to resources, there are plenty.  There are generators in the area, they are just not being given away.  Also, water is not lacking, what is lacking is people giving it away for free.  I do think the runners and organizers are being unfairly targeted, there are many many people who will not be donating their time and resources this weekend. 

One of the legitimate reasons to cancel the race is that the residents do not want to see thousands of people tromping through their neigborhood "having a good time" while they are picking through what is left of their belongings.

It is more a matter of sensitivity than diversion of resources.  But again, to call the participants selfish is unfair.  They have committed countless hours of their time to achieve a personal goal and run in one of world's most famous races.  And not to pick on football (I am a fan), but there are plenty of people who will just be sitting at home watching the games on Sunday. 

And to the runners who made it to town and are going to donate their time to the relief efforts, you  are awesome. Thanks.

Their flights would have been bought long ago and probably not refundable.  It sucks but it was going to suck regardless of what decision it they made and when they made it

I could be wrong. And I really mean that, I just got power back, and besides radio and word of mouth, have not seen the destruction of the hardest hit areas. 

"Also, water is not lacking, what is lacking is people giving it away", what I meant is that there is plenty of water, just not people who are not working (like you) giving it away, as in not enough volunteers.

If it is a question of people being diverted from the hard hit areas to help manage the race, I am clearly wrong, but I just haven't been given that impression.  Even when you said  "I work with the NYPD - they've been on 12 hours shifts.  Now, they are supposed to work more hours on Sunday for the marathon," implies that these people would just not be working, not being diverted from helping. 

Again, I could be wrong, it was just an opinion.  But the one point I was really trying to make is that the participants and organizers were being unfairly treated.  Whether or not to cancel the race, I'm just glad it wasn't my decision. 

This could be said about every single Sunday in every city, its only when a "massive" scenario such as this garners the attention. We could draw a lot of people and resources every Sunday to "far greater things" if football wasn't on, but why is this case any different then any other Sunday? because a hurricane hit NYC?