. . . thought it would end up here anyway . . . so, here goes
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.
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George Bush sucks but what bothers me more is that they melted snow!.
Why not put it into some of those refrigerated Coors trucks and send it to us?
Why not put it into some of those refrigerated Coors trucks and send it to us?
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Respectfully suggest a even a really bad snowstorm is orders of magnitude less devastating than what happened in New Orleans.
We have friends down there and they have yet to see anyone from FEMA or the federal government. Have gotten 0 in the way of assistance from anyone.
Been putting their lives - and their neighbors lives - back together without the assistance of Uncle Sam and have been remarkably successful about it.
We have friends down there and they have yet to see anyone from FEMA or the federal government. Have gotten 0 in the way of assistance from anyone.
Been putting their lives - and their neighbors lives - back together without the assistance of Uncle Sam and have been remarkably successful about it.
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