Re: (NBC) If Louisiana Was Florida
- From: Patrick1765@xxxxxxx
- Date: 8 Sep 2005 23:06:12 -0700
Dan wrote:
> The New Guy wrote:
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> > You don't realize that you said in your first sentence that
> > race had nothing to do with it, then point out in your last
> > sentence that the response for the (majority) white people
> > during Charley was 3 days but it was 5 days (plus) for the
> > black ones?
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> The three day comment is not true, anyway.
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> Weather
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> Mighty Charley loses steam
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> Gov. Bush: 'Take this storm very very seriously'
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> Friday, August 13, 2004 Posted: 11:47 PM EDT (0347 GMT)
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> MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Charley was downgraded to a Category 1
> storm as it crossed the Florida peninsula Friday after causing
> "significant damage" as it came ashore on the state's southwestern coast.
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> Charley was expected to cross Florida's Atlantic coast as a minimal
> hurricane before continuing northward. The storm is forecast to bring
> wind and rain up the East Coast through the weekend. Hurricane warnings
> are posted as far north as the North Carolina coast.
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> Earlier, Charley snapped utility poles, demolished buildings and flooded
> roads at Captiva Island, Punta Gorda and Charlotte County when it came
> ashore with 145 mph wind and 10 foot waves. It lost strength as it moved
> northeast across the state.
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> Still, gusts were recorded as high as 105 mph in Orlando, where power
> was knocked out in about half of the city and the Walt Disney theme
> parks were forced to close. Forecasters called for four to eight inches
> of rain along the storm's path, raising the potential of flash floods.
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> >>>>>>>The most powerful storm to soak the Fort Myers area since 1960,
> Hurricane Charley slammed into North Captiva Island just before 4 p.m.
> ET Friday<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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> -- a more powerful hurricane than Donna, which struck the area in 1960
> as a Category 3 storm.
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> Bush said officials expect "significant damage" along the state's
> southwest coast. "People on the East Coast, as well as central Florida,
> need to take this storm very, very seriously," he said.
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> The White House announced that President Bush approved a presidential
> disaster declaration for Florida.
As he did in Louisiana and Mississippi
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> >>>>>>>>Late Friday, about 1,400 National Guard troops were sent to
> hard-hit Port Charlotte, where there are numerous reports of injuries
> and search-and-rescue efforts are under way, according to the Federal
> Department of Emergency Management.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
And it is up to the Governor, not the President to call out the guard.
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> Gov. Bush said initial reports on the scope of the damage are still
> sketchy, and no fatalities had been reported so far.
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> United For Peace & Justice Mobilization
> Saturday, September 24, 2005
> Washington, DC
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> Massive March, Rally & Festival
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> http://www.highway29.net/WashingtonMarch.jpg
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> http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2854
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