boomeriam
February 23rd, 2006, 10:10 PM
Subject: South Dakota vs New Orleans
Subject: South Dakota vs. New Orleans
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of
South Dakota 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" 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 10s 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
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 Sean 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
Fired up wood stoves
Broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns
We 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% most of t! he world's social problems
evaporate."
It's Most Interesting - Isn't this the way it's suppose to be? People
taking care of their own and others. NOT THE GOVERNMENT.
I really like the last line.:)
Subject: South Dakota vs. New Orleans
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of
South Dakota 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" 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 10s 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
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 Sean 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
Fired up wood stoves
Broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns
We 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% most of t! he world's social problems
evaporate."
It's Most Interesting - Isn't this the way it's suppose to be? People
taking care of their own and others. NOT THE GOVERNMENT.
I really like the last line.:)