Posted on 12/14/2005 10:43:09 AM PST by Leatherneck_MT
For those of you who are not aware, North Dakota and southwestern Montana got hit with their first blizzard of the season a couple of weeks ago)
This text is from county emergency manager out in the western part of North Dakota state after the storm.
Amusing...
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 24" inches of snow and winds to 50 MPH that broke trees in half, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed all roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.
George Bush did not come.... FEMA staged nothing.... No one howled for the government... No one even uttered an expletive on TV... Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards..... No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.... No news anchors moved in. No looting No killing Jessie did not show up We just melted snow for water, sent out caravans to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Aladdin lamps and put on an extra layer of clothes.
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.
Everybody is fine
I live behind Flip Spiceland's ear. (or whoever the weather person is today).
They turn to my right and wave at the east coast, they turn to my left and wave at the west coast, and in the meantime, I am trying to get a glimpse of what is behind their head, because that is where my weather is on the map.
No wonder we are self-sufficient cusses.
I am not belittling the devastation (I have been through a couple of smaller hurricanes, a major flood, and two tornadoes. Blizzards I can handle. I stay away from volcanoes and areas of high siesmicity, just because enough is enough.), nor the privations, nor the help the folks of Mississippi gave one another.
I know 90 degree heat and high humidity are uncomfortable, but when was the last time someone you knew froze to death on their doorstep?
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