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vietvet2tours
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For those of you who are not aware, North Dakota and southwestern
Montana got hit with their first blizzard of the season a couple of weeks
ago.
This text is from County Emergency Manager out in the western part of North
Dakota state after the storm.
Some people 'manage.'
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 24" inches of snow and winds to 50 MPH that
broke trees in half, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks,
closed all roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of
thousands.
George Bush did not come....
FEMA staged nothing....
No one howled for the government...
No one even uttered an expletive on TV...
Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.....
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House....
No news anchors moved in.
We just melted snow for water, sent out caravans to pluck people out of snow
engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Aladdin
lamps and put on an extra layer of clothes.
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.
Everybody is fine.
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #1 on: Nov 9th, 2005, 8:54pm » |
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glad you're ok Potter...
personally, I had enough of that sh1t and moved south....
it was 80 today.
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #2 on: Nov 9th, 2005, 9:00pm » |
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on Nov 9th, 2005, 8:45pm, vietvet2tours wrote:| we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves. |
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I hear you, bro, and share your pain. Why, just last week, we lost cable internet access for 2 hours. Two Fucking Hours.
In a row.
RJ
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #3 on: Nov 9th, 2005, 9:15pm » |
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on Nov 9th, 2005, 8:54pm, vig wrote:glad you're ok Potter...
personally, I had enough of that sh1t and moved south....
it was 80 today. |
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #4 on: Nov 9th, 2005, 9:23pm » |
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Have shovel will travel 
I remember a winter,I think it was 92 the snow total for two days was in the 4 to 6 ft range, some of the drifts were 14 to 16 ft. uphill both ways.LOL It sucked but there was no big relief from the feds then and there were huge livestock losses. That was in Lewistown. Aint life a bitch.
Stay warm
jb
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #5 on: Nov 9th, 2005, 9:25pm » |
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on Nov 9th, 2005, 8:45pm, vietvet2tours wrote:
No one howled for the government...
No one even uttered an expletive on TV...
Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.....
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House....
No news anchors moved in.
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Right on! This to me is the true American spirit of self-reliance and taking responsibility--even when Mother Nature is the main culprit. Good article, Potter.
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #6 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 1:20am » |
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Lotta snow.... Brrr. I have to agree.
My little town is south of Buffalo which
means we have some little experience
with the stuff. It never occurs to us to
look for help. 
We do all right and have ridiculous
snow plowing equipment here. Snow
is our thing. "Bring it on" as someone
once said. 
Charlie
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #7 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 1:55am » |
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Quote:We just melted snow for water, sent out caravans to pluck people out of snow
engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Aladdin
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Sounds very much like what the first settlers would have done all those years ago.
Glad everyone is fine.
You brace up this winter, ya hear Potter. Cowboys and Pirates are tough and the last of a dying breed.
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #8 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 7:58am » |
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Fukeneh!!
Same thing on Cozumel: No one stood around and waited for the government. There were some scavengers and looters, but overwhelmingly, as soon as the hurricane was over, everyone rolled up their sleeves and got to work. People shared what water and food they had, and got started with shovels, picks, and sledgehammers.
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #9 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 8:26am » |
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"Midwesterners hit by this storm appear to have overcome their short-lived catastrophe without federal assistance. However, in comparing response to that weather-related disaster to what overwhelmed New Orleans, it needs be pointed out that the bulk of the digging out from under the snowfall and rescuing stranded motorists from snow-entombed cars fell to the state's police and emergency service workers and the National Guard, not (as the e-mail would have it) to rugged individual citizens who hadn't been "immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks." The nature and severity of the two disasters were different — the one could be coped with locally, but the other could not."
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/dakota.asp
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #10 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 5:23pm » |
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Glad you're okay!
BTW, someone told me today that it smells like snow in the air? What does snow smell like??
Langa
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #11 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 6:08pm » |
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Dupe!
My reply is in the original thread.
Opus/Paul
PS, it is snowing right now.
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Folks with backbone, that still care about neighbors and friends. Can't remember if i posted about the difference in "The Ward" in New Orleans and southwest La. Damn shame to get old and forgetful  (don't forget most of southeast LA never got news crews and pulled their selves out)
But, thats what you/we/americans do, we take care of each other, support each other. Thats the rural way of life. That way in many cities. Sad to say, it ain't that way everywhere, especially where CNN/FOX/NBC/CBS/ABC show up, etc, folks gotta play for the camera
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Re: Cowboy Up
« Reply #13 on: Nov 11th, 2005, 3:51am » |
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Glad you guys are okay! We're expecting snow in 2006...  this fall has been so warm that it's breaking records back in here.
Sanna
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