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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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PLEASE READ..... Disaster in CO

WEATHER BULLETIN

Up here, in Colorado, 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 did not blame Bush or anyone else.

Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.

CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC did not visit. 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 Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.

No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.

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 snowbound 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 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.
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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I WISH I COULD GET 44" of SNOW!

I DO!
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:06 AM
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Yeah I can vouche for that one........this place is still a mess around here and it is taking forever for them to clear the side streets in the neighbor hoods. Poor little cars are still getting stuck all over the place and to boot we are supposed to be getting another big storm come Thursday!! At this rate if we keep getting snow it is going to still be on the ground until spring time!!



~Nick
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:07 AM
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bring the snow to me, in michigan.
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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Guess the author wasn't smart enough to realize that he is setting on the 39th and is not north of the 48th.
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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Well said!
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:14 AM
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what is snow?
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:15 AM
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