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More than a million wait in icy darkness across US
AP via Excite ^ | Jan 28 | PATRICK WALTERS

Posted on 01/28/2009 6:50:08 PM PST by PAR35

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Well over a million people shivered in ice-bound homes across the country Wednesday, waiting for warmer weather and for utility crews to restring power lines brought down by a storm that killed 23 as it took a snowy, icy journey from the Southern Plains to the East Coast. But with temperatures plunging, utility officials warned that it could be mid-February before electricity is restored to some of the hardest-hit places.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: blackouts; disaster; energy; fema; globalcooling; globalwarming; ice; january2009icestorm; obama; snowstorm; winter
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To: org.whodat
I aways just fire up the old wood stove and cook on the gas grill. Life is good!!!

I just fire up my diesel generator and watch my satellite TV. Life is pretty much the same whether we have power or not.

81 posted on 01/28/2009 8:27:01 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: AlaskaErik

I asked on the other “cold” thread but no response yet.....have yall ever heard of freezing fog?


82 posted on 01/28/2009 8:29:07 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Canedawg

LOL.


83 posted on 01/28/2009 8:31:35 PM PST by I got the rope
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To: PAR35

If this were still on President Bush’s watch, the drumbeat of the angry media would already be pounding. Not a word from Obama; guess he’ll notice it after while.


84 posted on 01/28/2009 8:32:51 PM PST by Twinkie (TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT!!!)
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To: CindyDawg
I asked on the other “cold” thread but no response yet.....have yall ever heard of freezing fog?

I've heard of ice fog. Common in the interior regions.

85 posted on 01/28/2009 8:37:05 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: AlaskaErik

Mine’s gas!!


86 posted on 01/28/2009 8:41:06 PM PST by org.whodat (Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts for Super-Rich Bankers! Republicans do!)
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To: thecodont; Scotswife
Ok, if we're going to get political, let's parse what you asked. Have you recently witnessed any vocal and visible Obama supporters say disparaging things about white people?

Please define recently, and explain in more detail what you mean by 'vocal' and 'visible'.

87 posted on 01/28/2009 8:41:57 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35
Recently: within the past week. Won't get more specific than that.

Vocal and visible supporter: has news clippings supporting BO, goes around wearing BO buttons, talking about BO incessantly, tearing apart conservative candidates. Very vocal and visible.

88 posted on 01/28/2009 8:48:25 PM PST by thecodont
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To: Canedawg

Funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time!


89 posted on 01/28/2009 9:00:17 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: thecodont

LOL!!

Why does it have to be recent?

Anyways - that inauguration prayer by Lowery was a hoot wasn’t it nooby?

You do remember how the dem politicians screwed up Katrina and Bush was accused of racism because of it?

sheesh


90 posted on 01/28/2009 9:01:46 PM PST by Scotswife (GO ISRAEL!!!)
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To: PAR35

Does Al Gore have power in his hometown carbon footprint?


91 posted on 01/28/2009 9:05:27 PM PST by maggief
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To: PAR35; thecodont

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/reich-no-white-male-construction-workers


92 posted on 01/28/2009 9:05:50 PM PST by Scotswife (GO ISRAEL!!!)
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To: mylife

93 posted on 01/28/2009 9:08:35 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Scotswife; PAR35

I know, yes, those are people in the news. Good examples too. But I was thinking about someone you’d run into yourself, in everyday life.


94 posted on 01/28/2009 9:08:41 PM PST by thecodont
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To: org.whodat
Mine’s gas!!

I prefer diesel for several reasons. Diesels can run for days on end. Those small gas engines simply aren't up to the task. Diesel is also safer to store, having a higher flashpoint. I have no qualms about refueling my generator while it's running. I would never do that with a gas fired generator. Diesel fuel can also be stored much longer than gas before breaking down and gumming up the works.

95 posted on 01/28/2009 9:12:05 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: thecodont

oh I misunderstood the question - sorry!

I would say, no - but I have been cooped up alot with taking care of sick kids and bad weather.

When I do get around Obama supporters I avoid political talk.

The area I live in is majority white population.


96 posted on 01/28/2009 9:14:47 PM PST by Scotswife (GO ISRAEL!!!)
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To: PAR35

Danged Global Warming.


97 posted on 01/28/2009 9:58:48 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (The committed will surely dominate the complacent.)
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To: PAR35

” Where’s my flat screen TV?”

Some guy down in New Orleans hauled it off in a bath tub.


98 posted on 01/28/2009 9:59:33 PM PST by unkus
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To: keepitreal

LOL-good one.


99 posted on 01/28/2009 10:01:03 PM PST by unkus
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To: coloradan; tobyhill

Not to worry friends - there were billions of dollars allocated w/in the “stimulus” plan to study this phenomenon dems have renamed “climate change...”


100 posted on 01/28/2009 10:02:28 PM PST by Lilpug15 ("I Call Him the Forgotten Man - He works, He votes, He generally prays - but He Always Pays": Sumner)
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