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North Dakota News
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>>> This text is from a county emergency manager out in the Western part of
>>> North Dakota State after the recent snow storm.
>>>
>>> WEATHER BULLETIN
>>>
>>> Up here in the Northern Plains we just recovered from a Historic
>>> event--- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical
Proportions" ---
>> with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH
>>> that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds
>>> of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of
>>> communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.
>>>
>>> FYI:
>>>
>>> George Bush did not come.
>>>
>>> FEMA did nothing.
>>>
>>> No one howled for the government.
>>>
>>> No one blamed the government.
>>>
>>> No one even uttered an expletive on TV.
>>>
>>> Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.
>>>
>>> Our Mayor's did not blame Bush or anyone else.
>>>
>>> Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else either
>>>
>>> CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5
>>> snow storm nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
>>>
>>> No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.
>>>
>>> No one looted.
>>>
>>> Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.
>>>
>>> Nobody expected the government to do anything either.
>>>
>>> No Larry King, No Katie Couric, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No >>> Geraldo Rivera.
>>>
>>> No Sean Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Thelma or Lois or Hollywood types
>>> to be found.
>>>
>>> And
>>>
>>> Nope, we just melted the snow for water.
>>>
>>> Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars. >>>
>>> The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a >>> penny.
>>>
>>> Local restaurants made food, and the police and fire departments
>>> delivered it to the snow bound families.
>>>
>>> Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.
>>>
>>> We Fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman >>> lanterns. >>>
>>> We put on an extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or >>> Die".
>>>
>>> We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of
>>> a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades
>>> votes for 'sittin at home' checks.
>>>
>>> Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never
fallen this
>> early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves. "In my
>>> many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48
>>> degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social problems evaporate." >>>
>>> It does seem that way, at least to me.
>>>
>>> I hope this gets passed on..
>>>
>>> Maybe . SOME people will get the message . The world does Not owe you a >>> living.