Doing it themselves after Cat 5 Blizzard - opposite response to
Katrina and New Orleans
Since 12-16-05
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Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 2:01 PM
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Subject: Doing it themselves
On 12/15/05 BGEN Bob Clements, USAF, ret
writes:
Subj: Doing it themselves
Date: 12/15/2005 11:09:38 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:
p38bob@deepwell.com
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:49:59 -0800, "CMSGT Larry Hogue USAF ret" posed a
question:
Have a wonderful Holiday and stay warm
.................................................
THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT
North Dakota News: This text is from a county emergency manager out in the
western part of North Dakota state after the recent snow storm.
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's 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
snow storm
* 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
And
* 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 snow bound 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 an 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.