Posted on 08/14/2004 6:30:21 PM PDT by summer
I have a lot to do, and I gotta go, but I had to write this editorial tonight. I was really upset at the negative and uninformed remarks by that political analyst.
Yeah, I had a few people at work who were saying Jeb needed to be fired for telling people if they didnt leave, he wasnt sending in people to save them... bahhh
This MSNBC analyst was saying stuff like this: "Well, people want to know why JEB didn't know the hurricane would hit Punta Gorda. It's gonna be some fall out for the governor - and, for his brother." It was just a bunch of crap.
Yep...all the "armchair rocket scientists" know more than the people at the National Hurricane Center and the NOAA. NOAA was issuing alerts for 24 hrs non-stop from tornados to sever thunderstorms and high wind and flood warnings.
These idiots (my own friends included)and the media people sitting in places like NYC,Washington D.C.,Chicago,LA,and Seattle...know jack shit about Hurricanes in Florida. I am a native Floridian and I lived in a direct path from Andrew and was in Charley plus dozens of other storms.
The media and anyone else can kiss my ass on this. You can never be 100% EVER on the exact landfall of a hurricane.
FYI, and thanks for your post to me on the other thread.
That storm was massive and anyone with any sense would have headed north days ago.
It's a wonder that hurricane didn't take out the whole state. And how on earth can even the best of weathermen predict how it was going to move. I commend the meteorologists for predicting as close as they did.
Some say it's an act of God. Well, that is another sign that no man can actually predict the precise movement of such a massive storm.
If the Rats want to spin it and place blame on Gov. Bush, etc, then anyone with an ounce of sense will realize the truth.
I also commend the Gov. and all the emergency workers for getting in there as fast as they did.
I think they are doing a fantastic job at helping the people out.
Thanks, summer! I will be sending e-mails tomorrow!
FYI.
Thank you, because I almost fell over when I heard this idiot on tv saying what he was saying!!!
The junior Senator from Florida, on Fox, praised the state government's preparation and response. Of course the national media will look for other, "better informed" Democrats to better make their political point.
Link to the thread Summer is talking about
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1191628/posts?q=1&&page=201
RE post #14 - Thanks for posting that link, MFH. I gotta reun, but I'll be back.
RE post #14 - Thanks for posting that link, MFH. I gotta run, but I'll be back.
Hi Summer: I watched that idiot Craig Crawford trying to lay the blame on JEB. However considering all the precautions that were taken, prior to Charley making landfall, I don't think any of it will stick.
I just left my ex-girlfriends house after covering her roof with plastic. She lost all her roofing material last night and it was down to bare wood. Did I have to do it? No. I would have done the same for anyone who needed help. This is not a political issue, this is a community issue. Her entire neighborhood is without power and I saw neighbors sharing food, ice, chainsaws, etc....everybody was helping each other. If the media has become so shallow as to not see the good in people, then I have no use for them anymore.
We still haven't heard from my cousin in Punta Gorda. His ex works in the hospital that got it's roof blown off.
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