Parts of the East Coast under Martial Law?

[iOWNme]

Listen to the newscaster @ 1:08....

"Places like Seaside Heights are still under Martial Law"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83QrdkUpPi4&feature=g-high-lik

[freespirit]

...and so it begins??

[vacuum]

Presidential election in a couple days + martial law is a bad combination.

[iOWNme]

Found some more updates.....

"Seaside heights is under Martial Law as Officials survey the damage" - @ :53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=owLT1XK6YqU

New Jersey shore declares martial law

http://www.presstv.com/usdetail/270404.html

http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20121104/gholami20121104133719390.jpg


The boardwalk town of Seaside Heights in New Jersey has declared martial law in the wake of damage from Sandy.

6 Action News, the ABC affiliate based out of Philadelphia, reported that the fact, while showing the damage to rides and attractions in the area. Several other nearby towns are also under martial law, with the devastation to property and lives not yet clear.

“We know people are there, we’re keeping an eye on them, and they need to stay on their property. If they come off their property to come off the island, then they don’t get back on. It’ll be a while before anybody gets back on the island until we make it safe,” Toms River Police Chief Mike Mastronardy told the station.

Police are conducting door-to-door sweeps to check for dead bodies and evacuate survivors.

Several video feeds show the damage to the pier and its attractions, as well as to the homes, many of which were reduced to splinters or heavily damaged by flooding.

Meanwhile, local communities in the flooded Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania have made emergency declarations and is “pondering martial law.” For the time being, curfews have been enforced in towns including Wilkes-Barre and West Pittston in the area.

City council in Wilkes-Barre authorized Mayor Tom Leighton to “take any necessary action,” which includes martial law, according to CitizensVoice.com. Prison Planet

HIGHLIGHTS

State troopers are being deployed in greater numbers at gas stations along the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, where stocks of gasoline are beginning to run low, causing frayed nerves and high angst on the third full day of massive power outages that industry analysts don't expect will be fixed too soon. Natural News

Frustration with dwindling supplies of gasoline and other necessities of life is beginning to boil over in the tri-state region of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the states hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy-caused power outages. Fox News

Officials say better than half of all gas stations in the New York City area and New Jersey are not operating - either because they don't have fuel or because they don't have the electricity to operate their pumps. Natural News

The U.S. death toll from the storm is currently 107, including 41 in New York City. More than 2.2 million customers in several states remained without power days after Sandy came ashore. CBS News

About 875,000 still don't have electricity in the New York metropolitan area, including about 460,000 on Long Island. CBS News


More here:

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8870293

[MNeagle]

So, what are they protecting? Some big wig lives there & had damage or what?

[Shami-Amourae]

Thank god. I was waiting for the part about the CMA Celebration. Who cares about this other stuff, right?

[steel_ag]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial_Ceremony

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is an annual Japanese vigil.

Every August 6, "A-Bomb Day", the city of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace. The ceremony is held in front of the Memorial Cenotaph in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Participants include the families of the deceased and people from all over the world.
Contents of the ceremony

Dedication of Water (by the citizen representatives of Hiroshima)
Opening
Dedication of the Register of the Names of the Fallen Atomic Bomb Victims
Address
Dedication of flowers
Silent Prayer and Peace Bell (for one minute from 8:15am)
The bell is rung by one representative of bereaved families and one representative of children
Peace Declaration (by Mayor of Hiroshima)
Release of Doves
Commitment to Peace (by Children's representatives)
Addresses (by Prime Minister of Japan and other visitors)
Hiroshima Peace Song
Closing

See also

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima Witness

External links

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
Peace Declarations
Hiroshima Peace Camp 2011
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony 2009
Offering of water, 5,635 founded names adding to the list of the victims, and now it's 263,945 in total.
Offering of flowers, and one minute of silence for the victims
Peace Declaration by Mayor of Hiroshima
Commitment to Peace by students
Addresses by Prime Minister of Japan, by Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
by president of the United Nations General Assembly, by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Chorus of a peace song of Hiroshima