Colorado Emergency Manager Issues 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.
I ran across this inspiring item the other day:
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.
Copywrite 2007 - Barry G.
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We should totally ship some snow to Iraq.
Comment by Rob— 2007/01/11 @ 09:29 AM — (Reply)
Comment by Brooke— 2007/01/11 @ 01:45 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Ernie Els— 2007/01/11 @ 09:35 PM — (Reply)
Although I bet if you and I were to sit together for coffee we wouldn't see eye-to-eye on most things, as a fellah who's been through more than a few so-called "natural disasters" himself I'm with you on this one 100%. Stand up, dust off, move forward, help your neighbor if you can. Don't stand there waiting for the government to feed you and certaibly don't bite the hand it serves you with when it does.
Comment by Bill Jones— 2007/01/12 @ 03:26 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Barry G.— 2007/01/12 @ 06:02 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Dugg— 2007/01/12 @ 07:03 PM — (Reply)
Comment by MOS— 2007/01/12 @ 07:26 PM — (Reply)
as they say in the red states... you people are dummer than owlshit... again.
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/dakota.asp
Comment by pillC— 2007/01/13 @ 12:06 AM — (Reply)
as they say in the red states... you people are dummer than owlshit... again.
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/dakota.asp
Comment by pillC— 2007/01/13 @ 12:07 AM — (Reply)
Comment by Ernie Els— 2007/01/13 @ 08:55 AM — (Reply)