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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject: Some Bad Weather |
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Weather Bulletin - North Dakota
> > >
> > >Priceless
> > >
> > >THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT.
> > >
> > >North Dakota News
> > >
> > >This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of
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> > >North Dakota state after a snowstorm.
> > >
> > >WEATHER BULLETIN
> > >
> > >Up here, in the Northern Plains, we just recovered from a Historic
> > >event--- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" ---
> >
> > >with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90
> > >MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded
> > >hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated
> > >scores
>of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.
> > >
> > >FYI:
> > >
> > >George Bush did not come.
> > >
> > >FEMA did nothing.
> > >
> > >No one howled for the government.
> > >
> > >No one blamed the government.
> > >
> > >No one even uttered an expletive on TV
> > >
> > >Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.
> > >
> > >Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.
> > >
> > >Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.
> > >
> > >CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5
> > >snowstorm. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
> > >
> > >No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.
> > >
> > >No one looted.
> > >
> > >Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the
>government do something.
> > >
> > >Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.
> > >
> > >No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No
> > >Geraldo Rivera.
> > >
> > >No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.
> > >
> > >Nope, we just melted the snow for water.
> > >
> > >Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.
> > >
> > >The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a
> > >penny.
> > >
> > >Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments
> > >delivered it to the snowbound families.
> > >Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.
> > >
> > >We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or
>Coleman
> >lanterns.
> > >
> > >We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".
> > >
> > >We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of
> >
> > >a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades
> > >votes for 'sittin at home' checks.
> > >
> > >Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this
> >
> > >early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.
> > >
> > >"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about
> > >48 degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social problems
> >evaporate."
> > >
> > >It does seem that way, at least to me.
> > >
> > >I hope this gets passed on.
> > >
> > >Maybe SOME people will get the
>message. The world does Not owe you a
> > >living. |
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GenrXr Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 1720 Location: Houston
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Having spent a year in New Orleans after Katrina, all I would say is the city is sick and dying a slow death. New Orleans is filthy, the food is horrible, the people are rude (leftists are only firendly towards their own) and militant homosexuals prowl the French Quarter in wolf packs. _________________ "An activist is the person who cleans up the water, not the one claiming its dirty."
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Founder of Conservative Philosophy |
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dcornutt PO3
Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 267 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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I would say that's not much different than it was "before" Katrina.
It was all part of it's "charm". |
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