People it's note from the editor. Meaning it will be the editor's personal opinion on the situation. Secondly, could they have done a worse job, yes. Was it horrible, no. But as the main point of contact it is there job to relay information and they need to improve that. There is nothing wrong with stating that fact. Especially when they are responsible for relaying such pertinent information.
As someone who evacuated I found it very frustrating to find reliable information as to what was going on. CEMA needs to better at communicating information to the people and having an up to date website. Our politicians need to be mindful of their words, and they both need to be on the same page. Having to spend 20 mins to research information on the internet by checking CEMA's site, news reports and Facebook to figure out what was actually happening, and the most current correct information added unnecessary stress to an already stressful situation. Not to mention the panic one can easily cause with poorly worded statement like "We don't know when people will be let back in. It could be days.' I get that they have to asses the situation but as those in charge their statements should bring us confidence not fear. How hard would it have been to relay the same information but in a manner befitting your profession, and position.
Thank you for your article. Once my bike is fixed I would like to start riding it, and knowing that there are classes that are offered makes me feel better about starting my own bicycle journey.
Having lived in Europe I do not understand the city's issue with creating a friendly safe biking environment. There are simple things that can be done to improve Savannah for those riding bikes as a form of transportation. These improvements, like the suggestion of a bike line on the sidewalks at Forsyth Park are not only beneficial for the bicyclists, but for those that are against bicycling as well. Making laws that ban biking or make it harder for bicyclist to use this form of transportation is only going to cause more road traffic (which frankly scares me more than the 2 bicycle incidents I've encountered*) and parking problems. Solutions like these are a compromise. A merger. And, that's what the city of Savannah needs to be doing. It needs to be merging biking into everyday transportation. City officials need to be thinking of bicycling just as they do the other forms of transportation. We need to embrace the fact that Savannah is a bicyclist town. Because it already is.
* The two incidents I have had with bicyclists are: almost opening my car door when a bicyclist was going by (they did not have a light on their bike and it was at night), and a company bicyclist who disobeyed a traffic law of stopping at a red light, and almost hit me in the cross walk. What these things have in common are people who are disobeying safety laws, which motorist do all the time. O and don't forget those jaywalking pedestrians!
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Having lived in Europe I do not understand the city's issue with creating a friendly safe biking environment. There are simple things that can be done to improve Savannah for those riding bikes as a form of transportation. These improvements, like the suggestion of a bike line on the sidewalks at Forsyth Park are not only beneficial for the bicyclists, but for those that are against bicycling as well. Making laws that ban biking or make it harder for bicyclist to use this form of transportation is only going to cause more road traffic (which frankly scares me more than the 2 bicycle incidents I've encountered*) and parking problems. Solutions like these are a compromise. A merger. And, that's what the city of Savannah needs to be doing. It needs to be merging biking into everyday transportation. City officials need to be thinking of bicycling just as they do the other forms of transportation. We need to embrace the fact that Savannah is a bicyclist town. Because it already is.
* The two incidents I have had with bicyclists are: almost opening my car door when a bicyclist was going by (they did not have a light on their bike and it was at night), and a company bicyclist who disobeyed a traffic law of stopping at a red light, and almost hit me in the cross walk. What these things have in common are people who are disobeying safety laws, which motorist do all the time. O and don't forget those jaywalking pedestrians!