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Posted on 09/23/2005 9:39:06 AM PDT by NautiNurse
I just saw the most remarkable exchange on CNN....
Wolf Blitzer was talking about the bus fire this morning that killed 24 elderly people from the Houston area...
He asked Bob Franken, after Franked reported that they think that a fire started somewhere on the bus, which then blew up the oxygen tanks...
Wolf said, "Bob, do you think the authorities are going to check into the thinking into letting those people on the bus with oxygen?" (a little paraphrased, but not much)...
Franken then said, "Well, Wolf, I don't think there really was an alternative!"
This is astounding....these were older people from a nursing home....my mother died in January from congestive heart failure...for the last year of her life she HAD to have her oxygen on at ALL times....
What did Wolf think would happen to these patients w/o their oxygen?
You have our prayers, be safe.
"Bastardi sucks...boycott Accu-Weather (the anti-NWS company) "
I hat to say I agree. He seems to be a bit full of hyperbolie.
Accuweather wants congress to block our access to the National Weather Service information and only allow it through Accuweather and other vendors.
I recommend Weather Underground. You can join their premier service for $5/YEAR to recieve all weather alerts for your area to your pager/email.
Ditto eaker to all on that ping list, we are here and will help anyone that needs it, if you don't ask we do not know.
I'll send him a packing peanut.
If you are not smart enough to know for certain that a firearm is unloaded, or otherwise disabled, you are not smart enough to judge those who are. Methinks someone with a mini-arsenal is more capable of making such distinctions than one who looks at a picture and faints.
I know it's now become a tired cliche, but the media really is "stuck on stupid."
What makes you thiunk Blitzed thinks?
Certain substances float all by themselves ...
Yeah, I think I was in Flagstaff then. I remember ya'll though. If I'd o' been home I'd o' been there.... if I hadn't have already lost my temper with the broad and been thrown in jail.
Media is stuck on stupid. They like to add to the confusion. They are doing same now in press conference now with Mayor.
They are stuck on stupid!!
Re when to start 'contraflow' - I don't think there is a 'usual' timeline established. But I should guess that if you tell people that the MANDATORY evac will start at 6am, you start the contraflow a bit earlier than that, so that the voluntary evacuees who leave early (like 3-4am?) will have a route out.
We're all learning, I hope. But because it is so difficult I hesitate to blame anyone...
Looks like you have some well educated kids.
Your daughter with the 50 BMG looks like she can handle it well.
Doesn't this just piss off the right people?
You hit the nail on the head with that line pardner.
Houston officials on WWL saying they're going to do one last sweep with busses to evacuate anyone who now wants to go.
You would kick a poor, helpless, almost-victim of the 3rd most powerful hurricane in history, while her football team is down? Yikes, must be a T-sip.
Nice dog, but can he handle the recoil?
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