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[cbclark4]

This from the Denver Post:
"This text is from a county emergency manager out in the central part
of Colorado after the big snowstorm.

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 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 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 report on this category 5 snowstorm. 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 Streisand, 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 snowbound 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 extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die"..."

I received this article in an EMail. I can't find the original source (Link).
It is attributed to the Denver post. http://www.denverpost.com/

cbc

[Pligganease]

a) This is a forwarded e-mail that has little basis in fact and a lot of basis in emotion (racially based emotion, at that.)

b) It is probably mostly untrue and full of hyperbole intended to evoke racist sentiment rather than logical thought...

c) I could be 100% true.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Didn't I see something about the National Guard helicoptering in feed for the cattle stranded out in the fields?

[Thunndarr]

Of course, comparing a blizzard to a flood is asinine. I can say this, because I'm from North Dakota, where, in my time, I've lived through blizzards where the wind chill was -99 degrees F (and my university didn't cancel school that day.) I've been through ice storms that destroyed power lines and forced me to hole up in a friend's apartment for two days because we couldn't travel the 20 blocks back to the dorms. And I've lived through the flood of 1997 that evacuated the city for weeks and seen the hundreds of lost homes and businesses.

A city gets back to normal in a matter of days after the most severe blizzards I've ever seen. It takes a matter of months or years to recover from a flood.

[khyber]

...and New Orleans has history, it has character gumption and flare.
Colorado ain't got poopy pants.


But in the end, I'd agree with thundarr, me thinks the col. folks are trying to puff their chests.

[wannago]

[khyber]

[wannago]

[Thunndarr]

[Thunndarr]

Interestingly enough, the letter cited in the OP is a variation of one I just found on snopes.com. Enjoy.

http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/dakota.asp

From the same page:

[khyber]