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To: mojitojoe
Going beyond the fact that you are making yourself out as an even bigger a-hole with each passing post ("only" 129 died?) - well, let's play your stupid game a bit further here. "Only" 26 people died in Andrew - guess it wasn't much of a hurricane, then.

You are basically a jerk who can't admit you were wrong about the dangers mere tropical storms pose to the NE - despite being presented with historical documentation to the contrary. But at least you're consistenly stupid, ignorant and brazen.

280 posted on 08/30/2011 11:00:26 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

Don’t misquote me. I said only 122 died in Agnes and I also said that nobody wants even ONE death. The only was used because the numbers are ridiculously higher on thousands of other natural disasters, terrorist attacks, wars, but you seem stuck on Agnes just because it was in your neck of the woods it is somehow more important. Calm down.. if you are afraid, evacuate.

Andrew was monster, but people evacuated. I saw the aftermath of Andrew up close and personal, people left, that’s why they didn’t die and also because of the building codes, most homes withstood the winds AND it was in a very small area. Andrew was more like a very large tornado. Instead of doing damage in a wide area, it was intense damage in a small area, so less deaths but in the path of the eye, the devastation looked like a bomb went off.

Mobile homes were mandatory evacuations. People listened, people in Florida know what a Cat5 will do and they don’t hang around. They leave, therefore less deaths. Too bad they didn’t listen during Katrina. Many lives would have been saved.


281 posted on 08/30/2011 11:09:11 AM PDT by mojitojoe (WH says potus didnÂ’t feel the earthquake. No worries. Another is scheduled for November 2012)
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