Posted on 08/14/2004 6:30:21 PM PDT by summer
Just look at how much damage they are doing when they are NOT in power and multiply that by 10. This election is more than about personalities. This election will decide the fate of the nation -- and it will have a terrifying effect on the entire world if it goes wrong.
I totally believe that liberals have a mental disorder. I work with a flaming liberal. His two most recent comments were that we need to quit pissing off the rest of the world, particularly the middle east. The second was that Sandy Berger did nothing wrong.
My sympathies. You work with some really stupid people. I agreed completely with Jeb.
They've got more horsesh*t than the Kentucky Derby.
I live in North Florida and was following it closely and even I wasn't sure where it was going. From what I understand it took a "wobbly" path and so was difficult to predict. At one point its projected path was straight towards my area and I stocked up on gas and got extra cash from the ATM, but as it turned out we got more bad weather from the cold front moving in than we did from Charley.
I don't put anything past some of these kooks. In fact, I'm suprised no one has accused Cheney and Halliburton of engineering the whole thing.
Both of your commentaries tonight have been right on.
The idiocy of some people just never ceases to amaze me.
That sums it up very nicely.
Prays for them all and that you hear from him soon.
I truly believe the U.S. has more enemies within than it has without. They are coming out of the woodwork like maggots, believing the house is about ready to crumble.
I live in one of the mandatory evacuation areas near St. Petersburg in Pinellas County. Everyone here is aware of how unpredictable hurricanes can be. On Thurs morning, came to work expecting it to be a regular day and the news hit that Charley was heading straight for the Tampa Bay area. We shut down our operations and prepared the facility as best as possible for the hurricane. When I was getting ready to head home, the mandatory evacuation order hit and a lot of friends were worried. It has been about 80 years since the bay area had a direct hit (1921).
My wife and I got the hurricane shutters over the windows, got the cars full of gas, loaded a dog, 3 cats and 2 parrots and precious family items into our two cars and headed out. It took 1.5 hours to cross the Howard Franklin bridge (I-275) from St Pete to Tampa and we headed north to Citrus COunty to stay with friends. Most traffic headed west to Orlando or Polk County, about 70 miles inland.
All Thursday night and Friday morning, all we could do was pray the storm weakened or changed course because the predicted track was centered on our neighborhood. We didn't know if we would have a home to return to or if my employer would still exist (it's located on the water).
Since hurricanes are unpredictable, we didn't know where it would hit for sure. Since Charley was approaching the coast at such a shallow angle, a shift of couple of degrees could change landfall by many dozens of miles. And sure enough, its track shifted to the east and made landfall farther south. We returned today and found many homes in the neighborhood with taped windows or were still boarded up. Our shutters are coming down tomorrow when the rain stops. The cold front that shifted Charley's track is bringing us heavy thunderstorms.
Tomorrow, my wife and I are volunteering at the local SPCA to help with the transfer of animals from the shelters in devastated counties.
My point is that if you live in Florida, you have to be hurricane prepared. You need to have your home protected and you have to have a plan to evacuate. Hurricane Andrew taught FLorida many lessons in terms of preparation and in terms of disaster response. The state was prepared. The state had practiced worst case senarios like this and knows what to expect and what to do in the disater areas. Recovery will be smoother and faster than for ANdrew, even with the greater damage from Charley. Anybody that says Bush didn't have Florida ready doesn't know sh!t about Florida.
My neighbor didn't want to evacuate. I told him that we were in a mandatory evacuation zone. If he didn't get out now, he won't be able to get out during the storm and no one would be able to get in. There would be no telephones and 911 would be nonexistent. He and his family wold be 100% on their own in the middle of a projected Cat 3 hurricane. He started packing immediately.
What Jeb Bush said is accurate. Responders cannot risk their lives to help, in the middle of the storm, some idiot that thought they could ride it out.
You shouldn't be surprised, dumb idiotic comments driven by the same quality of thinking are what Ds are best at. If they keep it up, Jeb should go sarcastic and announce, he believes them, is disconnecting FL emergency data, mgmnt and response from the fed science depts and hiring these guys:
For only a little over $125 he could have had detailed, 99.5% accurate forcasting and mappings of the charley's demeanor and path. He might have even been able to strike a deal with them on a spell to deflect it back out to sea.
If he's worried that this is a TX outfit, there's plenty in FL.
Storms and hurricanes in the Gulf are known to be very unpredictable and change course very quickly.
One just has to look at the track Hurricane Elena took Labor Day weekend 1985.
I remember watching Channel 8 for days, with them predicting it would make landfall, then a few hours later say it changed course again and was moving away from the coast, only for them to say a few hours later that it was moving toward shore. It was a wild week while tornadoes were being spawned all over the place, flooding and then later sinkholes.
Spent most of the time in the hallway when not in front of the tv. Only ventured outside a few times, the last time was when Elena was off the coast of my county , winds were high and a large branch came flying off a tree and smacked me in the back of the head. ;-`) Good thing I had a hard head even as a child.
INCREDIBLE!
We have been watching a lot of the coverage on CNN, MSNBC and FOX and I can tell you that the talking heads are trying to find someway to blame this on the Bush Brothers. MSNBC's latest has been to question whether there is enough National Guard personel and equipment in FL because of the war in Iraq. CNN earlier had a talking head on saying that if Jeb asks W to come to the state it will obviously be seen as politicing because he won't ask Kerry to come too. Geez.
We had two in rapid succession in 2002 over here in Louisiana, but we were lucky. The first one wasn't too bad, and it flushed enough cool water into the Gulf to weaken the second one. Right now, we have a huge patch of warm water extending from Mississippi to Mexico. If Dawn comes through the gulf and heads this way, it will hit Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi pretty hard.
Bill
Well...Kerry will say the ole line of "we were all affected by Hurricane Charley...he crossed two of my yachts and 2 summer homes in Mass as a tropical storm...your prayers and thoughts are appreciated at this tragic time"...go for it John..you know you want to.
Today I saw a convoy of 20-30 trucks, Duke Power's Storm Response Team, heading south on I-95 from North Carolina. Also saw a convoy of those tree-trimming bucket trucks but couldn't tell where they were from, and several big trucks from storm restoration companies, all headed south.
Help is on the way, from many places. I think Georgia Power sent its crews out Friday night or Saturday morning.
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