From: bwebb1104@cox.net   
      
   Even if it was real; there is no way to compare a snow storm in a smaller   
   town, to a much larger city that was flooded for weeks, and full of black   
   mold, and tons of debris, and 80 percent of the city thats waiting to see what   
   will be allowed to be rebuilt and what new code it must be rebuilt to.  The   
   writer of that story apparently had no idea, what truly happened here.   
      
   Carolyn wrote:   
      
   > Yeah I looked it up later...figured as much :)   
   >   
   > Bonnie wrote:   
   > > Urban legend.   
   > >   
   > > Carolyn wrote:   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >>You've probably seen this...and Im going agains my own principal of   
   > >>checking snopes first, so my guess is that its not a REAL article...but   
   > >>still a good read:   
   > >>   
   > >>North Dakota News Bulletin   
   > >>   
   > >>This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of   
   > >>North Dakota state after the storm.   
   > >>   
   > >>Amusing, if it were not so true...   
   > >>   
   > >>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 24" inches of snow and winds to 50 MPH that   
   > >>broke trees in half, 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 staged nothing....   
   > >>No one howled for the government...   
   > >>No one even uttered an expletive on TV...   
   > >>Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.....   
   > >>No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House....   
   > >>No one looted....   
   > >>Phil Cantori of the Weather Channel did not come....   
   > >>And Geraldo Rivera did not move in.   
   > >>   
   > >>Nope, we just melted snow for water, sent out caravans to pluck people   
   > >>out of snow engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil   
   > >>lanterns or Aladdin lamps, and put on an extra layer 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 worlds social problems evaporate."   
   > >>   
   > >>Bonnie wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>>That really stunned me a bit, if I am even capable of being stunned   
   > >>>anymore.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>I mean, I can understand not leaving, but *not* stocking up, that makes   
   > >>>no sense to me at all.  Floridians are much more accustomed to dealing   
   > >>>with hurricanes.  I would think ppl would even stock up more, after the   
   > >>>mess with Katrina.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>I just finished the last of my bottled water stash from Katrina   
   > >>>yesterday morning.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>>Carolyn wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>>>did you see on the news all the folks in south florida trying to get   
   > >>>>handouts and screaming about no food/water after Wilma......good Ol   
   > >>>>jeb...Im with him on this one....   
   > >>>>You had FOUR FREAKING days to prepare so why didnt you??????? LOL   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>Bonnie wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>>Evacuated.... You mean ppl actually leave when told to?   
   > >>>>>Definately not a Nola group then, LOL.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>Bret wrote:   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>>Buy them both!   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>The newsgroup was evacuated after the levy broke .....   ;-)   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>~ Bret ~   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>Bonnie wrote:   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>Guess no one liked my ornament joke.   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>Sorry about that.   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >   
      
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