[PAA-Discuss] [FWD] Weather Bulletin

[Charlie Lindahl]

All: 

Just to show that hurricanes aren't the only
severe weather problems out there ... 

Charlie
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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.
>
>                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.
>