For Texas

[DarkwingMantis]

Bush vows to retaliate against hurricanes... here is his speech...

"Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly weather acts.

The victims were in New Orleans, Mississippi and Biloxi. Secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers. Moms and dads. Friends and neighbors.

Dozens of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of weather.The pictures of violent rains and broken levees have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.

These acts of mass rain were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.

The harshest hurricanes can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

America was targeted by the evil hurricane for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.

Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of Mother Nature, and we responded with the best of America, with the daring of our rescue workers – the remaining few hundred members of our National Guard who hadn’t yet been deployed to Iraq.

Immediately following the first hurricane attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans. Our military is powerful, and it's prepared. We’ve already positioned nukes at hovering cirrus clouds. We will avenge this terrible attack. Our emergency teams are working in New Orleans and Mississippi to help with local rescue efforts.

Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to take every precaution to protect our citizens at home and around the world from further attacks.

We will wipe out hurricanes abroad
so we no longer have to fight them on
American soil.
The functions of New Orleans continue without interruption. Speakeasies and whorehouses in the French Quarter which had to be evacuated today are reopening for essential personnel tonight, and will be open for business tomorrow.

Our financial institutions remain strong, and the Louisianan economy will be open for business as well. Tourists may be subjected to topless, 40-year-old, bead-draped women as early as tomorrow morning.

The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've placed the full resources of the Federal Government at the disposal of our nation’s local FOX News affiliate weathermen and law-enforcement communities to find those dark clouds responsible, and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the rain clouds that committed these acts, and the sky that harbors them.

I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning Hurricane Katrina. And on behalf of the American people, I thank the many meteorologists who have called to offer their condolences and assistance.

FOX News meteorologists will stay vigilant!

America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and security in the world, and we stand together to win the war against hurricanes.

This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down inclement weather before, and we will do so this time.

None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend rainless skies and all that is good and just in our world.

Thank you. Good night, and God bless America."

[Arioch]

No family members or friends killed? You still have a home to go to? How tragic that you'd have to live through such dissapointment.

Quote:
the whole event with Katrina made everyone freak out about this one....

Rightly so, don't you think?
Besides, the thing is the POTENTIAL damage it could've done. I'd rather be stuck in a bitch of a traffic jam than dead underwater.
It was good that ir DIDN'T live up to "katrina" standards, but I'd advise against taking such a cavalier view of the situation (I'm sure a whole lotta former New Orleans residents would agree)...after all, could well be that side of the country hasn't seen the last of it's hurricanes just yet.
If you're told to evacuate due to something like this, leaving IS usually a bright idea, but then again...most people that disregard the potential seriousness of stuff like this will no doubt think they're right 'til they're dead.
I'm just here to provide some wise words of warning...I'm not trying to be an ass here man, but it could've turned out WAY worse for you and your own...You should think a little more about what youre saying is all I'm trying to say.

*yawn*

Ya it was a good idea to evacuate anyway, as the governer said, it is better to be in a 100 mile traffic jam than under water...agreed....

But here there was no threat of anything but heavy rains, which we need desperately as we are in a 2-3 year drought....and we got nothing, not a drop of rain, granted no one wants their families endangered blah blah blah, but here in austin we really needed the rain, which we got none of.....hense, the dissapointment....

Don't hurt yourself falling of your fucking highhorse cheeba.....it never ends with you...

[ChEEbA]

But here there was no threat of anything but heavy rains

What a load...do they evacuate people every time it rains heavily, huh? No, they did it on the basis of POTENTIAL, which, unless you've somehow been ignoring pretty much every single news program (reliable and otherwise), you'd realise and acknowledge.
If you'd kept your comments to lack of rain only, as opposed to throwing in a little extra about lack of damage done, whilst referring to your dissapointment...I'd probably not have commented.

Don't hurt yourself falling of your fucking highhorse cheeba.....it never ends with you...

Grow a little maturity why dont you?
You made an insensetive/ignorant statement, and I called you out on it...sorry to bruise your ego, Sh...I mean, arioch.

[aborted]

Originally posted by ChEEbA
What a load...do they evacuate people every time it rains heavily, huh? No, they did it on the basis of POTENTIAL, which, unless you've somehow been ignoring pretty much every single news program (reliable and otherwise), you'd realise and acknowledge.
If you'd kept your comments to lack of rain only, as opposed to throwing in a little extra about lack of damage done, whilst referring to your dissapointment...I'd probably not have commented.


Grow a little maturity why dont you?
You made an insensetive/ignorant statement, and I called you out on it...sorry to bruise your ego, Sh...I mean, arioch.

Dude your really, really uptight. You should relax a little.:rolleyes:

[ChEEbA]

...forget it...

[ThePhantom]

Originally posted by Arioch
*yawn*

Ya it was a good idea to evacuate anyway, as the governer said, it is better to be in a 100 mile traffic jam than under water...agreed....

But here there was no threat of anything but heavy rains, which we need desperately as we are in a 2-3 year drought....and we got nothing, not a drop of rain, granted no one wants their families endangered blah blah blah, but here in austin we really needed the rain, which we got none of.....hense, the dissapointment....

Don't hurt yourself falling of your fucking highhorse cheeba.....it never ends with you...

No threat but heavy rains... If it was only heavy rain then why dont you come and remove the tree that fell on my house. It was more than a lil rain my friend. You should be glad you did not get any of this in Austin are you would be singing a diffrent tune.

[Marroe]

Originally posted by ThePhantom
No threat but heavy rains... If it was only heavy rain then why dont you come and remove the tree that fell on my house. It was more than a lil rain my friend. You should be glad you did not get any of this in Austin are you would be singing a diffrent tune.

hmm, I wonder where that other post of yours about that tree went to?

[DraculaInDallas]

Originally posted by newb
Good luck to Rita...Texas will kick its ass....you don't fuck with Texans.

People, listen to this man, he is old and very wise!!!!!! :D

[newb]

Originally posted by DraculaInDallas
People, listen to this man, he is old and very wise!!!!!! :D

Your half right.