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Date Posted: 09:23:14 12/27/05 Tue
Author: Bembix
Subject: North Dakota News

I got this in my email this morning. Interesting!

North Dakota News

This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of North Dakota after the recent snow storm.

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 thatbroke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds ofmotorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores ofcommunities and cut power to tens 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 Mayors 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 Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and NoGeraldo Rivera. No Shawn 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 fora penny. Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departmentsdelivered 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 outof 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 fallenthis 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."

Merry Christmas And Happy New Year

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Replies:

Just in case . . . -- Bembix, 09:36:13 12/27/05 Tue
- ND is pretty good at -- Chuck in ND, 15:50:48 12/27/05 Tue
  - When I was a Kid.... -- Jean, 09:22:48 12/30/05 Fri