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Totally OT - We're alive!
We're alive and relatively unscathed. Small cosmetic damage to the house.
The shed collapsed, taking the hot water heater with it. 2 chicks died. Big tree came down in front of house, had to re-do some fence. Dogs fine. Rabbits fine. The rest of the chickens, ditto - 2 hens even laid eggs the day of the storm. The winds were extremely high. The house rocked and shook. Telephone poles were snapped off. Two weeks without power (just came on last night). Still have to boil water. No phone or cell phone. Our 4 acres of woods is a mess - all the huge trees were uprooted - ALL - and over half the rest were snapped in half. Donate to the Red Cross. I can't say enough good things about 'em. They were here immediately, helping. Never buy an electric stove. If we hadn't been able to cook, life would have been much grimmer. Although there's certainly no lack of firewood sigh. MREs are delicious. Martial law. Soldiers everywhere - a great bunch of mostly young guys which my teenage daughter critiques, lol. I strongly recommend being armed, or at least having a working gun in the house just in case. In times like these, all sorts of strange people show up at your house, even out in the country, to find out if they can "help." Some of them are bad guys. Helpful to have a weapon when you can't dial 911. flick, reporting from the disaster zone |
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"flick" wrote in news:7b65d$4325a44f$94402b1b$10459
@STARBAND.NET: We're alive and relatively unscathed. We are all glad to hear this. -- Marcel and Moogli http://mudbunny.blogspot.com/ |
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"flick" wrote in news:7b65d$4325a44f$94402b1b$10459
@STARBAND.NET: We're alive and relatively unscathed. Glad to hear it. Hang in there during your long rebuild, -- Kate and Storm and Hamish the FCRs |
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"flick" wrote in message ... We're alive and relatively unscathed. I'm thrilled to hear it! And I don't think it's OT at all. |
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Handsome Jack Morrison wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:52:58 -0500, "flick" wrote: [] 2 hens even laid eggs the day of the storm. Were these hens named Nagin and Blanco by any chance? I'm pretty sure those were Brown eggs, Jack. |
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on 2005-09-12 at 21:45 wrote:
I'm pretty sure those were Brown eggs, Jack. heh. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in836456.shtml -- shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com/ http://letters-to-esther.blogspot.com/ (updated 7/10/05) |
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shelly wrote: on 2005-09-12 at 21:45 wrote: I'm pretty sure those were Brown eggs, Jack. heh. The juxtaposition of the reporter writing "His decision was not a surprise" with Bush saying "Maybe you know something I don't know" in response to a question about the resignation kinda captures the essence of the president. Seen elsewhe Trump's new catchphrase, "You're doing a heck of a job." -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - It is worth pointing out that the difference between the free market and cronyism is not subtle, and getting less subtle by the minute -- John Holbo |
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on 2005-09-12 at 18:20 wrote:
The juxtaposition of the reporter writing "His decision was not a surprise" with Bush saying "Maybe you know something I don't know" in response to a question about the resignation kinda captures the essence of the president. snort yathink? Seen elsewhe Trump's new catchphrase, "You're doing a heck of a job." it is *not* nice to make me choke on my sunflower seeds. not nice at all. -- shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com/ http://letters-to-esther.blogspot.com/ (updated 7/10/05) |
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Handsome Jack Morrison wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:13:18 -0500, shelly wrote: on 2005-09-12 at 21:45 wrote: I'm pretty sure those were Brown eggs, Jack. heh. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in836456.shtml Brown at least fell on his sword, unlike the disgraceful Democrats, Nagin and Blanco, who *still* haven't even managed to accept responsibility for this: http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/007188.html You can *always* count on Democrats to blame everyone else but themselves. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05254/568876.stm Disgraceful. This is quoted from someone else on another newsgroup: Once again, just for clarity's sake: http://thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline Plus, if you're interested: http://dailykos.com/story/2005/9/7/03232/64789 "Easily Disprovable Lies About Hurricane Katrina Response Over the last several days many of us have noticed quite a few "talking points" being disseminated by various people associated with the White House. I understand that spin is just a part of life in political circles. Even so, there are three points which are particularly egregious. These three points are all designed to deflect blame from the federal level to the state and local level, and they are all easily proven to be false. The GOP is using this strategy to dishonestly assign blame while also saying, "Now is not the time to play the blame game." Meanwhile, the DNC has suspended political fund raising and given its staff time off to assist relief efforts for the victims of Katrina. Decent people of all political philosophies need to support those who put aside politics in this time of crisis, and condemn those who merely pay lip service to unity as they fan the flames of divisiveness with their deceitful rhetoric. The three dishonest talking points being spread by the GOP are these: 1) The Mayor of New Orleans did not follow the portion of the New Orleans Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, which specifies "Special arrangements will be made to evacuate persons unable to evacuate themselves." If this quote is taken in context, it is clear that it is referring to evacuating people to an emergency shelter within the city, not evacuating people to points outside the city. The Mayor did implement an emergency bussing system that evacuated the city's poor and disabled to the Superdome. This can be verified by reading the plan at http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=46&tabid=26 2) The Governor of Louisiana failed to request federal help in a timely manner. The Governor requested help on August 28, 2005 as can be easily seen by viewing her official request at http://gov.louisiana.gov/Disaster%20...%20Request.pdf The official White House response to this request is in the press release at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0050829-2.html In fact, the President declared a State of Emergency in Louisiana on August 26, 2005 that technically made the Governor's request unnecessary. This can be seen from the official White House press release at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0050827-1.html 3) Federal Agencies were unable to respond in a timely manner because the Governor did not request their help. Actually, once the President declared the State of Emergency on August 26, 2005, it triggered something called "An Incident of National Significance." According to the United States National Response Plan, this has quite a few consequences, all of which are designed to put the Federal Government in charge, eliminate delays based on paperwork, and eliminate any need for local officials to ask for help. Here are some quotes: "The President leads the Nation in responding efficiently and ensuring the necessary resources are applied quickly and effectively to all Incidents of National Significance." "Standard procedures regarding requests for assistance may be expedited, or under extreme circumstances, suspended in the immediate aftermath of an event of catastrophic magnitude." The US National Response Plan can be found at http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interwe...P_FullText.pdf There is quite a bit more, but those two quotes cover the major points. By declaring a State of Emergency, the President officially took charge of the situation, whether he realized it or not. And once it was clear that Hurricane Katrina was an event of "catastrophic magnitude" there should have been no need for FEMA, nor any other Federal agencies to wait until state or local government requested help from them. These blatant lies are an attempt to discredit the people who are still busy with their heroic attempts to save even more lives in the affected states. Anyone who would knowingly spread these lies (particularly while there are still people trapped in their homes, praying for rescue) has clearly sold their soul to pay for their political agenda. Bearing false witness against someone who is struggling to save the lives of our most helpless citizens is clearly beyond any sin previously committed by either party." |
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Handsome Jack Morrison wrote:
snip Keep the insults coming, Jack. Keep providing reasons to ignore anything and everything you have to say on the subject. |
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