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Title: Cowboy Up Post by vietvet2tours on Nov 9th, 2005, 8:45pm 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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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by vig on Nov 9th, 2005, 8:54pm glad you're ok Potter... personally, I had enough of that sh1t and moved south.... it was 80 today. |
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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Mr. Happy on Nov 9th, 2005, 9:00pm on 11/09/05 at 20:45:53, vietvet2tours wrote:
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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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Redd715 on Nov 9th, 2005, 9:15pm on 11/09/05 at 20:54:28, vig wrote:
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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by thebbz on Nov 9th, 2005, 9:23pm Have shovel will travel :o 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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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by pattik on Nov 9th, 2005, 9:25pm on 11/09/05 at 20:45:53, vietvet2tours wrote:
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. ;;D |
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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Charlie on Nov 10th, 2005, 1:20am 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. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/snow.gif We do all right and have ridiculous snow plowing equipment here. Snow is our thing. "Bring it on" as someone once said. http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/snowball.gif Charlie |
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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Jasmyn on Nov 10th, 2005, 1:55am Quote:
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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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Jeepgun on Nov 10th, 2005, 7:58am 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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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Jimmy B. on Nov 10th, 2005, 8:26am "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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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Langa on Nov 10th, 2005, 5:23pm Glad you're okay! BTW, someone told me today that it smells like snow in the air? What does snow smell like?? :P Langa |
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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Opus on Nov 10th, 2005, 6:08pm Dupe! My reply is in the original thread. Opus/Paul PS, it is snowing right now. |
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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by Redneck on Nov 10th, 2005, 9:49pm 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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Title: Re: Cowboy Up Post by sandie99 on Nov 11th, 2005, 3:51am 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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