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Life after ice storm dire, getting worse in spots (WHERE'S OBAMA...is this his Katrina?)
AP ^ | Jan 30 2009 | BRUCE SCHREINER

Posted on 01/31/2009 7:01:33 AM PST by blueyon

MARION, Ky. – In some parts of rural Kentucky, they're getting water the old-fashioned way — with pails from a creek. There's not room for one more sleeping bag on the shelter floor. The creative are flushing their toilets with melted snow.

At least 42 people have died, including 11 in Kentucky, and conditions are worsening in many places days after an ice storm knocked out power to 1.3 million customers from the Plains to the East Coast. And with no hope that the lights will come back on soon, small communities are frantically struggling to help their residents.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 0bama; bho2009; bho44; bhofema; democrats; fema; icestorm; january2009icestorm; katrina; msm; obama; obamatruthfile; superbowl; weather; wheresfema; wheresobama
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To: calex59

Prezactly.


81 posted on 02/01/2009 10:00:36 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama dozed.....people froze.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

This I just found on the Boston Globe.....’ICE STORM DEATH TOLL RISES, OBAMA HOSTS PARTY

http://people.boston.com/forums/news/national/general/?p=discussiondetails&activityid=5285791169811315018


82 posted on 02/01/2009 10:10:03 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama dozed.....people froze.)
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To: blueyon

If Kerry woulda never invited Algore to speak on gorebull warming, none of this would have happened...Algore shows, it snows (or in this case 3 inches of ice). A year ago, before Christmas time, Paducah was hit by a blizzard that shut down 80 miles of Interstate for a day or so. I forget where Algore spoke that time. If Kentucky was smart, they’d move away from Tennessee until Algore retires his curse.


83 posted on 02/01/2009 10:17:51 AM PST by CRBDeuce (here, while the internet is still free of the Fairness Doctrine)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
BTTT

Is it racist to let white people freeze to death in Kentucky while Obama parties?

84 posted on 02/01/2009 10:19:32 AM PST by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: Bluebird Singing
Does he practice that nose in the air in front of a mirror, or does that just come naturally?

He watches Boston Legal reruns.

85 posted on 02/01/2009 10:19:42 AM PST by CRBDeuce (here, while the internet is still free of the Fairness Doctrine)
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To: MeekOneGOP

Ping


86 posted on 02/01/2009 10:24:54 AM PST by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: blueyon

obama doesnt care about white people


87 posted on 02/01/2009 10:25:59 AM PST by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
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To: blueyon
Obama to host Super Bowl party at White House
88 posted on 02/01/2009 10:38:41 AM PST by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: blueyon
Chicago: Thursday, July 13 1995. The true legacy of Chicago politics.

It's never hot enough or cold enough to give a damn.

89 posted on 02/01/2009 10:45:24 AM PST by MaxMax (I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
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To: GVnana

From what I’ve read, some urban areas ban all of those, including fireplaces, due to air quality concerns. It is next to impossible to find coal and the price for blacksmiths has increased a lot over 10-12 years ago, when my husband was using it for ironwork. I am not even sure about the legality of generators in those areas. In fact, I am fairly sure that the old fashioned kerosene heaters are now banned, due to carbon monoxide and house fire concerns.

In the county next to mine, outdoor wood boilers are banned, as are greenhouses in residential areas.

However, people are being allowed to have chickens in their backyards. Perhaps if the concerns were couched in terms of chicken lives/comfort, there would be a more positive response.


90 posted on 02/01/2009 10:50:13 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: GVnana
I live in a part of the country where I can count on losing power for days at least once every winter. Do people not know how to heat with wood/coal/kerosene anymore?

Don't you people know how to use statistics and stereotypes?

The people in rural Kentucky have very high illiteracy rates and lower than average incomes.

Obama and his party hate the disadvantaged poor white people!!!

91 posted on 02/01/2009 10:53:07 AM PST by Earthdweller (Socialism makes you feel better about oppressing people.....)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Over a 1000 deaths reported for Katrina. So far only 42 reported for the 2009 Ice Storms. Where are you getting your numbers?


92 posted on 02/01/2009 11:01:33 AM PST by bvw
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I just posted the following question at Yahoo Answers:
Why did Obama allow people to die in the 2009 Ice Storm?
Seems to me Yahoo Answers needs more knowledgeable Freepers to work the bedazzled and confused masses.
93 posted on 02/01/2009 11:05:48 AM PST by bvw
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To: Bluebird Singing

94 posted on 02/01/2009 11:07:26 AM PST by Lazamataz (Illegal Zombies: Just Eating the Brains that Ordinary Americans Won't Eat)
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To: bvw

Hahaha! Didn’t take any time for them to come out of the woodwork, did it?..........:

“Shut up you judgmental piece of white trash

People get injured everyday because of accidents...Did you expect McCain to leave his luxury to help people personally?

He’s human just like us.”

Another Zero voter, no doubt.


95 posted on 02/01/2009 11:20:33 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama dozed.....people froze.)
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To: RaceBannon
Why is it that President Obama MOCKED the people of Kentucky by saying that Chicago is much colder and that Chicagoans deal with this type of weather all the time?

He actually said this and it wasn't a front page news story?

96 posted on 02/01/2009 11:24:59 AM PST by SteamShovel (Global Warming, the New Patriotism)
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To: blueyon

I hope the sheep that voted him are now seeing what many of all already knew. This POS has no compassion. He hates America. He hates whites. He hates people that work hard and achieve. He hates everything America stands for. He has one goal and only one. To enrich himself and to change this country forever and if anyone can’t see that, they are blind. He has to go. Keep digging, there is much in his past. I believe it will be discovered and he will be impeached or resign before the next election.


97 posted on 02/01/2009 11:25:38 AM PST by mojitojoe
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To: blueyon
Where is their help?!!!

One must first be chronically dependent on the Federal Government to qualify for media sponsored indignation.

98 posted on 02/01/2009 12:00:56 PM PST by topfile
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BTTT


99 posted on 02/01/2009 12:02:09 PM PST by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: mojitojoe
hope the sheep that voted him are now seeing what many

This can't happen until the MSM makes a determined effort to inform these poor souls. Guess when that'll happen.

100 posted on 02/01/2009 12:10:41 PM PST by topfile
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