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Title: Irene 'just devastating' in Vermont, governor says
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CNN
URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/29/irene.vermont/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Published: Aug 29, 2011
Author: CNN
Post Date: 2011-08-29 18:00:01 by go65
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Views: 19132
Comments: 45
Brattleboro, Vermont (CNN) -- Floodwaters brought by Tropical Storm Irene began to recede Monday in Vermont, but the governor warned that further flooding and loss of life are likely ahead for the small, rural state. "It's just devastating," Gov. Peter Shumlin said Monday. "Whole communities under water, businesses, homes, obviously roads and bridges, rail transportation infrastructure. We've lost farmers' crops," he said. "We're tough folks up here but Irene ... really hit us hard." Hundreds of people remained trapped Monday in communities cut off by raging floodwaters that washed out or otherwise damaged 263 roads and bridges, Shumlin said. Exactly how many were stranded remained unclear, he said. "It's hard for us to know, frankly, because it's hard for us to get into the communities we need to get to," he said. Highlighting the transportation problems, the Vermont National Guard had to travel through neighboring Massachusetts to get rescue crews to the small, cut-off town of Wilmington, the governor said. One death had been confirmed as a result of the storm. The fatality occurred in Wilmington, where a woman who was standing near a river died after she was swept away by floodwaters. Her body has been recovered, according to authorities. "I can say with confidence that there's further loss of life," Shumlin said, adding that authorities are searching for several missing people.
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#5. To: Brian S (#4)
another pic from Vermont: Tagline for sale - inquire within
I don't filter you, BE. You're how I keep in touch with the State....;} IF you don't have power, you don't make any noise....;} 16 million at least. LaRGEST NUMBER IN US HISTORY.
1938 was the last time Vermont got hit. And NYC. The Drought/Dust Bowl in Texas also ended. I'm looking for that now....;}
Calculating states from latest google: '(State) customers without power irene. RI = 600 K ME = 300 K NY = 750 K Vt = 150 K MD = 1.2 million DE = 90 K VA = 750 K NJ= 2.4 million CT = 2.2 million SWAG = 8.5 Million still w/o power + 2.25 million* = 10.75 Million * Edit... NY figures did Not look correct in the above Tally So a Re Check: Hurricane updates: Thousands without power in New York City ... abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=weather&id=8331373 12 hours ago – Nearly a million New York utility customers were without power because of Irene. ... X 3 = 3 million.... Minimum.
There will be lots of spoiled food to dispose of - for starters.
All those old hippies in Vermont needed a shower, they haven't had one since 1967.
I heard about 4k cell towers were knocked out, including 60% in Vermont.
Tagline for sale - inquire within
I honestly don't know what possesses folks to post such stupid crap.
Tagline for sale - inquire within
When I was a teenager there was a saying that there were more cows in Vermont than people. I wonder if that applies today.
Not from the USSA MSM, you didn't....;} Re: ExxonMobil Signs $500 Billion Deal For Russian Arctic Oi pamela wrote:damnation. great find Blue Moon. you're right, the race is on. The Problem: We don't need the oil anymore.... Re: Hurricane Irene Post Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:34 pm by mcgowanjm At least 13 million on the Atlantic Seaboard are now 72 hours w/o electricity... Greatest Number ever. No Preps whatsoever.... And not a word from the USSA MSM. What could possibly be more important. According to the MSM, 13 million Never needed electricity. And oil is the only thing* that produces electricity. Ipso Facto, we don't need any more oil..... :twisted: * W/O oil all other means of producing stop....Olduvai...Quantum Science... :? 8-)
And then, not enough.... Re: ExxonMobil Signs $500 Billion Deal For Russian Arctic Oi pamela wrote:damnation. great find Blue Moon. you're right, the race is on. The Problem: We don't need the oil anymore.... Re: Hurricane Irene Post Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:34 pm by mcgowanjm At least 13 million on the Atlantic Seaboard are now 72 hours w/o electricity... Greatest Number ever. No Preps whatsoever.... And not a word from the USSA MSM. What could possibly be more important. According to the MSM, 13 million Never needed electricity. And oil is the only thing* that produces electricity. Ipso Facto, we don't need any more oil..... :twisted: * W/O oil all other means of producing stop....Olduvai...Quantum Science... :? 8-)
My Dad in NJ was still without power 6 hours ago - he's happy he has his generator. He told me that my brother who lives about ten miles away had his power restored quite quickly.
That's the way it works. But that doesn't necessarily mean progress. When I was out for ten days, I'd go to the top of the hill and look at those that had power, and those that did not. But what I did not know, is that there are TWO power companies (SWEPCO and the CO-OP), and that our power comes from another direction. So that we'd have a neighbor get lights and think we were next. Not realizing that we were on a completely different 'string'. But all the best to your Dad...8D
The 'state'? Thats a Democrat/liberal controlled entity, has been since January of 2007, Mac. Please make a note of this, and the fact I've had no use for it since August of 2006, when the GOP majority and administration disgusted me with its 600 - 800 billion dollar deficits. btw, you will note I've been consistent on defict spending for five years now, unlike the leftwingnuts here who were 'against it before they were for it' lmao
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Thats a Democrat/liberal controlled entity, has been since January of 2007, Mac. And you HAD to put that Definition in there. Like you did NOT want to confuse people? JANUARY 2007????????? What happened then??????????? cheney needed to get a heart to replace the empty hole in his chest? 8D
And you HAD to put that Definition in there. YOu asserted in the post previous to this I was some kind of rep of 'the state'. So yep, I DEFINED it clearly for you, because the comment was ridiculous given my views, and the posts since 06 that back them up. No confusion HERE.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
And you HAD to put that Definition in there. YOu asserted in the post previous to this I was some kind of rep of 'the state'. So yep, I DEFINED it clearly for you, because the comment was ridiculous given my views, and the posts since 06 that back them up. No confusion HERE. Damn....but no quote of mine. Just 'I asserted'... You're reachin' BE. In other words, if the Fed engages in another round of QE, the global unrest that they have already ignited will go hyperbolic. Federal Reserve Policy + Extreme Weather = Revolution + World War III
Please make a note of this, I did... And where was cheney? 8D
My Dad is still without power in NJ, other than his generator. 1 on, 3 off. My first reply said it was a diesel generator - to correct myself, it is fueled by propane.
Smart Dad! What my generator will be on. Then I'll have 500 gal of backup. No need to re fuel....;}
He has a 1,000 gallon tank. Yes, he's pretty dang smart.
8D Sounds like he's got a smart son as well...;}
He figures his generator costs him $20 per hour in fuel to operate. Ouch.
That's why I'm looking to use my truck engine as the turbine spinner. And a power inverter from the battery. Storage of current to specific items/usage. But you're Dad is actually on the ground 'doing it'. I'd like to cut that down to $5 per hour....;}
In Montana, where the notion of a nanny state is repugnant.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
If he has lots of room away from neighbors maybe he could set up a wood gasifier to run his generator.
Hopefully, he'll have power soon. He didn't as of midnight last night. I'll pass on your suggestion to him even though I don't know what a wood gasifier is.
In Montana, where the notion of a nanny state is repugnant. BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA 1)Apologizing for cheney is repugnant. 2) Generalizing. Like Montana did NOT get FEMA $$$ for the MO River Flood? 2a) Did you even notice that Montana was flooded? LMFAO Yeah, We're a Stand Alone, Go IT ALone State... Until disaster strikes....;}
# Or Asbestos... From Montana to the WTC's....with cheney making the Big $$$ in between....;} List of Superfund sites in Montana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis...uperfund_sites_in_Montana - CachedSimilar You +1'd this publicly. Undo This is a list of Superfund sites in Montana designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) ... # Superfund | Region 8 | US EPA www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/ - CachedSimilar You +1'd this publicly. Undo In 2010, our Superfund Program responded to nationally significant emergencies including the Libby Asbestos site in Montana. We invested resources from the ...
What's he powering???? Half the neighborhood???? Must be a big generator....
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
He has some sort of propane generator, an integral part of his home design for about a 4,500 sqft. pad. He has a 1,000 gallon tank for cooking, clothes dryer and generator...and furnace in the cold months.
My Dad finally got power today after 9 days and 3 hours without it. He said a crew from West Virginia accomplished the job - he's in NJ.
Dear Red States: We're ticked off at the way you've treated California and we've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country and we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware that includes Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation and especially to the people of the new country of New California. To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get Elliot Spitzer. You get Ken Lay. We get the Statue of Liberty. You get OpryLand. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom. We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss. We get 85 percent of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama. We get two-thirds of the tax revenue. You get to make the red states pay their fair share. Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition's we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms. Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro choice and anti war and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight ask your evangelicals. They have kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose and they don't care if you don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming home.
cheney apologist....LMFAO
See, BE. Yoiu have zero empathy for people not born with a silver spoon up their ass... Our problems far exceed anything resolvable with a "class war" mindset, but it is nonetheless instructive that a recent study found wealthy people tend to be very self-satisfied with their own merit while lacking empathy for those without their connections:The wealthy lack empathy, are self-centered: Because the rich gloss over the ways family connections, money and education helped, they come to denigrate the role of government and vigorously oppose taxes to fund it. As I have made clear here many times, Plan A--millions of jobs appearing out of thin air, magically called into existence by the incantations of cargo-cult Keynesians and their Wall Street banker brethren who think all our structural unemployment will go away if only the Federal Reserve shoves another couple trillion dollars into the banks and speculators' hands every year--has failed. We need a Plan B, and we have no models for Plan B.
Cheney is actually from Wyoming, Boofer. But, in fact, he lives most of the time on Maryland's East Shore near Chestertown. And Montana takes a larger share of federal dollars than it pays. It has a large amount of people on SS, Medicare and Medicaid.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
Here comes Lee. I thibk your Dad and Bro will need the generators for a few more days. 10 in Normal RainFall Totals now. Set a record 45 degrees in NW AR btw.
Bye.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
rotflmao. What color is the sky on your home planet, nutcase? Sheesh.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Sheesh. You lose both ways. You're a poor serf defending the Top 50 000 with your life. You're lying your ass off now...;} U Pic'Em....8D
#6. To: Badeye (#3)
#7. To: go65 (#5)
#8. To: All (#7)
#9. To: mcgowanjm (#8)
#10. To: go65 (#0)
#11. To: Fred Mertz, mcgowanjm (#9)
#12. To: Happy Quanzaa (#10)
All those old hippies in Vermont needed a shower, they haven't had one since 1967.
#13. To: go65 (#12)
#14. To: go65, Fred Mertz (#11)
I heard about 4k cell towers were knocked out, including 60% in Vermont.
#15. To: Fred Mertz (#9)
There will be lots of spoiled food to dispose of - for starters.
#16. To: mcgowanjm (#15)
#17. To: Fred Mertz (#16)
who lives about ten miles away had his power restored quite quickly.
#18. To: mcgowanjm (#6)
You're how I keep in touch with the State....;}
#19. To: Badeye, All (#18)
(Edited)
The 'state'?
#20. To: mcgowanjm (#19)
The 'state'? Thats a Democrat/liberal controlled entity, has been since January of 2007, Mac.
#21. To: Badeye (#20)
The 'state'? Thats a Democrat/liberal controlled entity, has been since January of 2007, Mac.
#22. To: Badeye (#18)
Thats a Democrat/liberal controlled entity, has been since January of 2007, Mac.
#23. To: mcgowanjm (#22)
(Edited)
#24. To: Fred Mertz (#23)
My first reply said it was a diesel generator - to correct myself, it is fueled by propane.
#25. To: mcgowanjm (#24)
#26. To: Fred Mertz (#25)
He has a 1,000 gallon tank. Yes, he's pretty dang smart.
#27. To: mcgowanjm (#26)
#28. To: Fred Mertz (#27)
He figures his generator costs him $20 per hour in fuel to operate. Ouch.
#29. To: mcgowanjm (#22)
And where was cheney?
#30. To: Fred Mertz (#27)
He figures his generator costs him $20 per hour in fuel to operate. Ouch.
#31. To: mininggold (#30)
#32. To: Badeye (#29)
And where was cheney?
#33. To: Badeye (#29)
(Edited)
#34. To: Fred Mertz (#27)
He figures his generator costs him $20 per hour in fuel to operate. Ouch.
#35. To: mcgowanjm (#32)
And where was cheney? In Montana, where the notion of a nanny state is repugnant.
#36. To: CZ82 (#34)
#37. To: mcgowanjm (#32)
#38. To: Badeye (#35)
#39. To: badeye, All (#38)
#40. To: Badeye, All (#35)
#41. To: Badeye (#29)
In Montana, where the notion of a nanny state is repugnant.
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#42. To: Fred Mertz (#37)
#43. To: mcgowanjm (#38)
#44. To: mcgowanjm (#40)
See, BE. Yoiu have zero empathy for people not born with a silver spoon up their ass...
#45. To: Badeye (#44)
What color is the sky on your home planet, nutcase?
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