We had a terrible icestorm in Arkansas about 5 years ago. We lost electricity for 7 days and had to chainsaw our way out to the road. I thought the following was interesting. Hope it comes through.>>> -- RODEO RAMBLINGS

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Date Posted: 06:51:11 02/21/06 Tue
Author: Bruce
Subject: We had a terrible icestorm in Arkansas about 5 years ago. We lost electricity for 7 days and had to chainsaw our way out to the road. I thought the following was interesting. Hope it comes through.>>>

THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT
>>
>> North Dakota News
>>
>> This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of
>> North Dakota after a recent s now storm.
>>
>> 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 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 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 ...
>>
>> Neither Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton visited ...
>>
>> Our Mayor's 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 expected a FEMA Trailer House ..
>>
>> No one looted ...
>>
>> Nobody - I mean nobody demanded, or even expected, the government do
>> something anything.
>>
>> No Larry King, no Bill O'Rielly, no Oprah, no Chris Mathews and no
>> Geraldo
>> Rivera.
>>
>> No Sean Penn, no Barbra Steisand .. No Hollywood-types to be found.
>>
>> Nope, we just melted the snow for water ...
>>
>> Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck p eople out of snow engulfed cars ..
>>
>> 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 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 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% most 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."

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Bruce I remember hearing about that storm. Guess the news media goes to Arkansas more then North Dakota... not to get off subject, but reading about Hollywood western movies I ran across this... inside>>>> -- Varmit, 11:46:33 02/21/06 Tue

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