Thought this was good.

**doug1980** · 08-21-2009, 05:37 PM

This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan after a severe snow storm last winter.

The Mining Journal, Marquette, MI

WEATHER BULLETIN

Up here in the Northern part of Michigan 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 10's 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.
Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.
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 even report on this category 5 snow storm.
Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.
No one looted.
Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.
Nobody expected the government to do anything either.
No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.
No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.
Nope, we just melted the snow for water.
Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.
The 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% 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.

**wareagle69** · 08-21-2009, 07:08 PM

i,ve been thinking about your signature alot today doug. care to expalin it? are you suggesting i survive on rice and rice alone, or that aslong as i have the basic staple of rice then i can forage the rest, such as i could add stinging nettle to it a catch a rabbit to add to it?
btw nice thread, and probably completley true

**doug1980** · 08-21-2009, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by wareagle69

i,ve been thinking about your signature alot today doug. care to expalin it? are you suggesting i survive on rice and rice alone, or that aslong as i have the basic staple of rice then i can forage the rest, such as i could add stinging nettle to it a catch a rabbit to add to it?
btw nice thread, and probably completley true

Actually my signature is meant as a joke....you know the story of that kid who came to Alaska with just rice and thought he could survive. He didn't of course...hence the pun.