Most of volcanos victims were in supposed safe areas(Jimmy Carter lied and people died)

The Associated Press ^ | May 18th, 2005 | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI

[cripplecreek]

Jimmah couldn't handle a bunny rabbit let alone a volcano. If there's one thing Jimmah doesn't owe an apology for it's volcano deaths.

[irishtenor]

There is no safe zone in nature.

[CT]

Just an FYI, but the author of this book is getting a lot of local coverage. He claims to have extensive evidence of Carter being advised of the greater dangers around the volcano.

[KansasConservative1]

GET OVER IT... I don't like Jimmy either but GET OVER IT.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A man of pettiness, self-absorbtion, and significantly-flawed judgement.

"24" must be using Carter as the model for their VP, who has assumed the Presidency while the real President is in a coma.

[cripplecreek]

It was a natural phenomenon. Anyone who said with any certainty that the danger was greater or lesser in given areas was lying. I'm sure he had just as many people giving him conflicting information.

The man deserves the blame for a lot of things but this isn't one of them.

[js1138]

I'm not terribly concerned by the failure of adequate warnings, but lying about it and blaming the victims seems to be the hallmark of the democratic party.

[ruiner]

I agree, it seems equally pathetic even when the "other" side is the target.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... “My mother would never ever, ever, ever, ever have killed her own daughter,” said Roxann Edwards, of Scio, Ore., who was 18 when her mother and sister set off for a day trip to the mountain.

Rescue workers eventually found Jolene Edwards, 19, and Arlene Edwards, 37, lying a football field apart in the branches of separate hemlock trees, about four miles outside the red and blue zones."

I got to this part and busted out laughing.

I hope that doesn't mean that the "victims" families would like to sue me too.

(Oh sure, just wait until *I* get killed by an exploding volcano and let me see how funny I think it is then.)

[datura]

The blame lies with the Governor of Washington. Although Carter is and was a communist a$$hole to the core, he had bigger fish to fry at the time - like aiding in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, restoring the Ayatollah to power, and crippling the US economy. He was busy.

[AZLiberty]

Volcanoes happen.

[traviskicks]

Families of some victims sued Weyerhaeuser, settling for a reported $225,000 – an amount that many said was a pittance.
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Are you kidding me!?! How could they possibly be responsible...

[elli1]

Maybe the victims were Weyerhauser employees? That's the only rational basis I can see.

[crazyhorse691]

It was organized chaos amongst the authorities up there preceding the explosion/eruption. Spirit Lake was closed, than opened to a select few, and then opened to property owners. Road closures were regularly moved because of rumblings (particularly at night). Heck, some French Vulcanologist the week before the big bang arrogantly proclaimed that the volcano would just pffft out. The science was still in its infancy.
The Gov. lost her reelection as did Carter. Their only culpability in this was their indecisiveness. And I am a huge anti Carter fanatic.

[gridlock]

Just because the government says it is safe is no reason to assume it is safe. The government had no better knowledge than anybody else.

You wonder how all the people complaining about this would feel if the FedGov shut down Yellowstone Park permanently because it is impossible to predict when the next major eruption will occur. Is that really what they want?

[Alouette]

No one predicted that the volcano would blow out sideways.

[Bommer]

“My mother would never ever, ever, ever, ever have killed her own daughter,” said Roxann Edwards, of Scio, Ore.,

She didn't have to. She let the Volcano do the killing for her!

[sharkhawk]

The insane thing is they were driving toward the disaster. It would be the same thing as those insane tornado chasers suing the weather service for not warning them exactly where the tornado would break. You feel sorry for people whose homes were ripped apart, but if you are looking for a thrill you takes your chances.