posted 12-16-2005 08:00 PM         

South Dakota News Bulletin 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 for up to two weeks.
FYI:
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 one looted....
Phil Cantori of the Weather Channel did not come....
And Geraldo Rivera did not move in.
Nope, 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 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 Sitting at home' checks. We did what we have always done, we helped each other and we made do. 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.

posted 12-16-2005 10:02 PM         

Diverse communities for sure. S. Dakota - ask not what my government can do for me, but what I can do for my government. Louisiana - I need more from my government so I can do less and live better,,,,,,,,,,if not, I'll steal it from Wal-Mart.

It's the end of the world,,,I tell ya,,the end of the world