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RougeDawg

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Those clowns are getting in an uproar over a 6 ft max storm surge. Hell, in Biloxi we'd get from 3-6 ft storm surges on most tropical storms that hit close, let alone a little Cat 1 hurricane. I'm just hoping these clowns now see what a Cat 1 is like compared to a Cat 4-5 that we get down here. Those people have no idea how bad it gets, but I did see some pretty bad flooding in Mass that resembled hurricane-like conditions. I don't wish bad fate against anyone because I've had to deal with some of the worst, but people dont realize how bad it was after Katrina if you didn't actually see and smell it in person. Something you'll never forget. Hopefully the northern states will participate in wind pool insurance and help us out down here.... Thats one plus that could come out of it.
 
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RocketCityDawg

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We have "Red" states, they have "Blue" states, and the current administration is "Blue."

I know that's a black helicopter take, and of course (board rule violation) just my opinion.
 
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dawgs.sixpack

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major city infrastructure or rebuilding some building in joplin or tuscaloosa? the reason these funds are being diverted it to repair basicinfrastructurelike roads and clearing of trees and clear damaged buildings. i'm sorry, but on a scale of priority, places like joplin and tuscaloosa have repaired the essentials, and while it'd be nice to get that new school built asap, they are already making do starting the school year in malls and what not. common sense says that when town A has already begun classes in alternative buildings for the '11-'12, then you can more afford to postpone that project a few months while you rebuild some roads washed out by irene in town B.<div>
</div><div>why can't there just be a good idea anymore and everything have to be political?</div>
 
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NashvilleBulldawg

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That and the fact that those people up there don't know how to take care of themselves. They wait for the govt to come to the rescue, which is probably what makes them "blue". Reminds me of the difference between NOLA and MS during Katrina.
 
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dawgs.sixpack

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right, people outside the south can't do anything. i guess you were out there rebuilding a road by hand after katrina right?
 
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thunderclap

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watch how fast everything is funded and restored. If Mississippi politicians had any balls they'd be screaming right about now.
 
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dawgs.sixpack

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jesus christ, just 17'ing stop with this little brother syndrome. fema was an unequivocal mess in 2005. since then the fed govt has worked to make fema better, both bush and obama admins. sucks that the gulf coast and nola were the areas that sparked change in fema, but that doesn't mean fema and the fed govt was 'out to get' MS or conservative states or whatever 17'ing ******** you want to blabber about.

and god knows i won't need to go pull up the amount of fed $$ MS takes in compared to fed taxes paid out to show how independent MS is and totally without the need of the fed govt to keep them afloat.
 
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saltslugs

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"I'm just hoping these clowns now see what a Cat 1 is like compared to a Cat 4-5 that we get down here." Since the US began taking data, a category 4 has never made landfall in Mississippi.</span>
 
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thunderclap

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that you don't live on the Gulf Coast.

I'm not blabbering about anything. If you don't want to believe that federal support for Gulf Coast recovery has been stagnant, don't. If you don't want to believe that the northeast will get quicker, richer support after a natural disaster, don't.

I'm not talking syndromes, I'm talking reality.
 
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dawgs.sixpack

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the damage between katrina and irene are completely different ballparks. the east coast can almost completely recover from irene in a few months. katrina is still not finished and will take many more years. but to ***** about the need to divert some fema money so that we can quickly rebuild the roads connecting the outer banks (for repairs, rescue, etc) to the mainland or pump out water to stop/prevent flooding is mind boggling. <div>
</div><div>as i stated already, fema in 2005 was a mess. it's a much improved agency after 6 years of work by both a conservative and liberal presidency. your options are that either fema remain inept and screw up every disaster so that you don't feel slightly, or you accept that are appreciative that fema has improved and assume that the next time a major hurricane hits the coast that you'll see an improved fema response. i'm sorry fema was a giant cluster17 in 2005. but don't ***** that 6 years later they have fixed a lot of their problems.</div>
 
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dawgs.sixpack

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i look forward to the day that i can go 2 hours without hearing, seeing, or reading someone drawing a liberal/conservative line in the sand where no political leanings are really needed. not everything is political. there are ***** academics who are hardcore republicans and there are tough outdoorsmen living off the land who are hardcore liberals and everything in between. <div>
</div><div>NOT EVERYTHING SEPARATES OUT INTO "CONSERVATIVE" AND "LIBERAL", SOMETIMES THINGS ARE JUST WHAT THEY ARE AND A GOOD IDEA IS JUST A GOOD IDEA.</div>
 
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NashvilleBulldawg

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but I was out there helping clean up the flood damage here in Nashville when FEMA wasn't doing shite. Also, I never claimed no one outside of the South couldn't do anything, only that they wouldn't. I guess I find it only coincidental that FEMA didn't have their act together for Katrina and the Nashville flood. We'll see how the great govt entity of FEMA has been fixed for Irene.<div>Honestly, I don't anticipate much difference.</div><div>Don't let my perception of your precious reliance on the great govt big bro ruin what you believe in. Just my thoughts, opinion, and perception. Thanks for your open-mindedness.</div>
 
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thunderclap

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In my first post you went apeshit about my crying about little brother syndrome and FEMA cluster17s and so on and so on, none of which I alluded to. In your second post, you go on and on, explaining that Katrina and Irene are completely different and so on and no ****. I didn't say they were the same. I also have not said anything about liberal or conservative presidents. I don't give a **** who the president is, Mississippi Gulf Coast Katrina recovery has been lethargic at best and the federal government has helped, but not nearly enough, and they have also made it tough on small business owners in the time they have taken with relief over the years.

So read my posts, understand what I'm saying and not saying, and then go on your rant.
 
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MSUArrowCS

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<div>If you want to see a focus on immediate relief as political, fine. But to ignore the damage done by a hurricane just because it wasn't as strong as Katrina? Damn. And to make it red and blue BS? Damn. "People up there don't know how to help themselves"? Damn.</div><div>
</div><div>It's unbelievable to me that stuff like that is said, especially immediately following a natural disaster of any sort. Get a grip, peeps.</div>
 
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saltslugs

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The people in the northeast don't know how to take care of themselves. Why in the hell would you even say that? What are you talking about? There's a reason why salaries are so high in the northeast--those jokers work hard as hell.
 
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