Posted on 11/03/2012 8:06:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
Ping!!
the govt and the people had several days warning of this impending perfect storm....
why wasn't the National guard in several states put on high alert?...where are the sandbags?....it doesn't seem like anything was done...
What does it say about the other Nations who have not appeared to offer any assistance?
Nothing in the news about the United Nations building and its personnel. Where did they go?
We should halt all United Nations contributions and all foreign aid until this catastrophe has been solved financially and physically.
I think it says that Americans should get to know their neighbors and come up with a plan. They used to call it civil defense.
If a neighbor was getting out of town before a storm, somebody knew about it so time wasn’t wasted digging through the rubble of their home. They knew where the elderly were so they could be helped. The basement of the library was full of civil defense supplies like canned food and basic medicines. There were certain men who would have duties assigned to them. My grandfather was an electrician so he would cut or restore electricity. We had a local doctor and nurses. Some men were expected to do temporary home repairs to make homes livable etc.
Well the UN did offer their condolences.......
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43397&Cr=secretary-general&Cr1=
1 November 2012 Pledging the full support of the United Nations in rebuilding efforts, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offers his condolences to the millions of people who have been severely affected by Hurricane Sandy above all those who lost loved ones or their homes across a wide arc of destruction encompassing the United States and the Caribbean region, his spokesperson said today.
The Secretary-General has written to President Obama, and has spoken to the Presidents of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and Mayor Bloomberg of New York City, to express his solidarity at this time of crisis and to pledge the assistance of the United Nations, if requested, in the recovery effort, the spokesperson said in a note to the media.
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Good article...here’s something that we can learn from.
A trait we used to have and the envy of all...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UsIaH2wnrg -
On the day of Halloween I was listening to a talk show and a women called in saying she believed the Government should CANCEL HALLOWEEN in the States hit by Sandy because of the danger to trick or treaters and others made possible by downed power lines etc.
WTH? Talk about a Nanny State? These clueless, helpless morons cannot even take it upon themselves to simply tell their own kids they will not be going out on Halloween because it is to dangerous. Instead they seem to want to “blame” it on the Government so they won’t have to make a decision themselves, in other words they won’t have to be a parent with the responsibilities attached thereto.
I think it says that Americans should get to know their neighbors and come up with a plan. They used to call it civil defense.
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I grew up in the Midwest, in a cul de sack (before they were called that). Every neighbor parent was keeping track of every kid. We all knew it, too. I recently moved into a gated community. I introduced myself to a neighbor and didn’t get a name back, but a cold shoulder. I had a delivery dropped off at another neighbor’s house and was met like I was a thief when I said,”I think you got my delivery.” I told them FedEx said they’d made a mistake, and could they please check. I’m a white woman over 50. I’m not robbing people’s homes. What has happened to our country?
Obama has not done these ridiculous things so far so he could get reelected. If he does, it will be a hard lesson in economic reality for a lot of Americans: cheap power is linked with a strong economy.
Sandy says only fools and the very wealthy have dwelings within a flood plain. If you live on a flood plain, you will be flooded.
Sandy reveals that a lot of people are not making full use of their internet resources. It would have been a very foolish person indeed who would have stayed in a coastal location in New Jersey or NYC, Long Island, under some delusion that Sandy would be no big deal. Whatever was being said on the local TV stations (and much of that was probably strongly worded warnings to evacuate) the overwhelming consensus on weather-related forums was that the storm would be far worse than Irene for the coast (Irene did most of her damage inland from heavy rainfalls).
The storm also reveals that some people don’t understand the law of gravity, such as those who said they thought they were too far inland to see flooding. Umm, the only distance that matters is distance above sea level, once the waters start to rise.
IMHO if by now someone is still making their mind up who to vote for, they should not be allowed to vote.
The plain fact is that no government entity, nor probably all of the government entities, can provide food and water for millions of people even once, much less over several days or weeks. When the roads are flooded and debris is everywhere, you can’t move in the thousands of truck loads of logistics required. It’s impossible. People must take care of themselves. The limited amount of supplies that can be brought in should be for those who lost everything, not those who have a roof over their heads but didn’t prepare.
It shows us that Americans are more dependant on government
than ever before, Instead of storing six months food supplies, putting away bottled water, buying an adequately
sized generator and learning how to use it. etc.
The radio plays interviews with so-called undecided voters to help spread the propaganda. Most are dumber than a rock and are presented to give the idea that obama is trying really hard and just needs more time. In any case, no swing state is going to depend on idiots like that, but rather on getting clingers to put down the beer and go to the polls.
Katrina: "Where's Bush!"
Sandy: "Where's the governor? Where's the mayor? Where's FEMA?"
Everyone to blame but Oblamer.
The bonus: Benghazi is off the front page!
The restaurants and grocery stores, however, are all open and fully stocked. And the streets are crowded with trucks of all sizes making deliveries of food and other essentials to these stores. Private industry has won the day in this place -- that's for sure.
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