F-5 tornado wipes out 95% of Greensburg, KS (Dem. Gov. blames cleanup effort on Bush & Iraq)

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/may/07/f5_tornado_wipes_out_95_greensburg_kansas/?breaking_news ^

[Coldwater Creek]

Get Hayle Barbour on the job!

[metmom]

It’s always the cities. Look at a county by county map of NY and you’ll see that the STATE is mostly red. The blue areas are the cities, or counties with cities in them.

[YOUGOTIT]

Another incompetent Democrat wants to blame our President. Having lived in Kansas it is normal for tornado's to arrive several times a year. If this incompetent ass was not ready for this then she needs to resign.

[Coldwater Creek]

On the other side of the river is Kansas City, Kansas.......

[300magnum]

Yeah, on the old scale a F3 tornado has winds of 158–206 mph. On the old scale a F5 tornado has winds of 261–318 mph.

The new scale ranks a F5 tornado as having wind speeds of >200 mph. So this was basicaly a F3 last year and a F5 this year.

[mrmargaritaville]

Probably the “midwest hillary”-you know the one with the Chicago accent.

[OCCASparky]

Kansas City is in Missouri.......

There's also Kansas City, Kansas, just across the border.

Here, this may also help...

http://www.kssos.org/elections/06elec/ELGOV06G.xls

[Coldwater Creek]

Not to mention handing out little finger sandwiches at White House functions.

[HAL9000]

Based on her snide remarks, it’s obvious that Kathleen Sebelius couldn’t care less about helping the citizens of Greensburg. She feels compelled to heap on more punishment since they voted overwhelmingly for the opposition.

[moose2004]

Term limits, Sebelius is out, and she doesn’t have a prayer at beating either Pat Roberts or Sam Brownback.

[gracesdad]

“And the equipment that was sent to Iraq has likely been gone for 3-4 years... Which means that Kathleen has spectacularly failed to plan.”

I don’t know about her planning, but the equipment almost certainly has gone out at various times, not all at once. More equipment is shipped over as machinery is destroyed or wears out, or as new units are called over. At least that the way it’s been where I live.

I imagine she’ll find state and local equipment to fill in, unless she’s a completely useless dolt.

[Coldwater Creek]

Oh! Good for her! She can set up a lemonade stand to pay for the deductible.

[GregB]

Why has she not subcontrated out the cleanup to private companies who could be their now working???

[Let's Roll]

Ms. Sebelius, I wouldn’t take Blank-O for my role model if I were you - I don’t think she’s even running next time is she? you’re a governor in tornado alley. You should have improvised for this eventuality.

If you get out of the way, I bet the locals, church groups, Wal-Mart etc. can get the job done.

[MinuteGal]

I got to Kansas City on a Fridy
On Satterdy I larned a thing or two
'Coz up to then I din't have an idy
Of what the modern world was comin' to

I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by tharselves
Almost ev'ry time I took a walk
'Nen I put my ear to a telephony
And a strange womern started out to talk

Yep, ev'rything is up-to-date in Kansas City
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go.......

Leni

[sergeantdave]

My guess is that there are at least 100 dump trucks, 100 bulldozers and 100 front-end loaders parked on private property and owned by private citizens in a 200 mile radius of where I live.

I would bet that if we had a disaster and governor called for help, at least 50% of the citizens who own these items would volunteer to help out free or for the cost of fuel to run this equipment.

I would guess that the rural citizens of Kansas are made of the same stock.

But why call for volunteers when you can whine like a rat and blame Bush?

[HOTTIEBOY]

....and, an OVERABUNDANCE of farm trucks, front end loaders, tractors, hay trailers, etc. etc. not to mention able-bodied men and women.

These people will be fine. The reason I say that is because the will help themselves. They are a hard working people. NOT 3rd generation welfare like New Orleans.
They will clean up on their own and take care of their families and each other without crying to the gummit. Their is a stark contrast between this city and the welfare mecca that is NewO.
Yep, these folks will take care of themselves.

[Red Badger]

I lived there once!.......KC,KS......

[Psycho_Bunny]

The new scale actually does make sense; the author is mischaracterizing what it actually measures: not so much wind speed as power.....although it's still based on estimations of wind speed.

Fast wind doesn't necessarily equate overall power.  A tight, 1/8th of a mile-wide tornado with wind speeds of 280 MPH will not do the damage of a 3/4 of a mile-wide at 230 MPH but under the old system the smaller tornado would have been labeled as "more powerful".

Even the "F" in the F-scale, Fujita, knew his classification was flawed and at the time he developed the system, he knew that professional estimations of wind speed, based on power, were somewhat hit-or-miss.

Think of it like this:  would you rather get t-boned in an intersection by a Cooper Mini going 90 MPH, or an 18-wheeler doing 75?

[Red Badger]

I asked her to help me cut down a tree that was dying next to our house this weekend, “Just hold this rope TIGHT!” I said.......”ARE YOU CRAZY?” was her reply............