Denver Post: This text is from a county emergency manager out in
>> >> > the central part of Colorado after todays 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.
