Snow Storm

[Lone Gunman]

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 J ackson 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.

[lurker]

Originally Posted by Lone Gunman

THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT


Snip

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.

The rest of it goes: And we didn't even give it a name.

[Detector]

I'd say North Dakota needs a lesson in promoting disasters. They should put in a call to our southern beach front states for advice. :green:

[Highwayman]

What? No college students from Kalifornia showed up to help shove snow?

[lurker]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

What? No college students from Kalifornia showed up to help shove snow?

You can shovel standing snow a lot better than standing water... Just shows to go ya that Kalifornia students like futility.