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itsrobert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 11:19 AM
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California Waiting for the National Guard
Long traffic delays with the evactuation routes as the National Guard is nowhere to be found and state and local law enforcement is swamp. Law Enforcement will not respond to fender benders and other minor incidents, they don't have the manpower. Governor Davis better get off his butt and start managing this better. Oops, that would be Gov Arnold.
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itsrobert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 11:22 AM
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1. National Guard has been ALERTED. However, they are going to Iraq
http://www.ngb.army.mil/news/archives/2007/10/102207-NG_alerted.aspx
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 11:25 AM
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2. national guard comment: sorry about that fire. we'll send you a postcard from iraq n/t
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 11:25 AM
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3. it's a long drive home from the iranian border
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 11:28 AM
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4. Sorry Itsrobert but they be in Iraqistan
or most are anyway I would bet
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:13 PM
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10. Along with most of their equipment.
According to a recent report by a congressional commission, nearly “90 percent of Army National Guard units in the United States are rated ‘not ready,” largely “as a result of shortfalls in billions of dollars’ worth of equipment.” A January Government Accountability Office analysis found that the Pentagon “does not adequately track National Guard equipment needs for domestic missions” and as a consequence, “state National Guards may be hampered in their ability to plan for responding to large-scale domestic events.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/07/sebelius-tornado/
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 11:30 AM
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5. I hear the chimp is supposed to be coming today
Message to Chimpy--STAY HOME. We don't want your jokes about how you had "too much fun" in San Diego when you were a young man.
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Control-Z Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:04 PM
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8. Coming here to So Cal?
Oh, fuck. We're doomed. He's going to stop our firefighters to try one of their hats and to hold his hose.
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 11:37 AM
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6. Channel 8 is questioning why the military isn't involved in the fire fight
They have no answers right now.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 11:47 AM
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7. Perfect time to bring in Blackwater? nt
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Gelliebeans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:09 PM
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9. My parents have lost their barn
but it looks like their house was skipped over. All of their neighbors lost their houses. :( this is so sad.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:29 PM
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13. good to hear their house was passed over
sorry about all their neighbors being touched though.

I love your comment ;-)
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:14 PM
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11. Speaking of stupid...
Apparently some people mis-interpreted "evacuate to Qualcomm" and went to Qualcomm Corporate Hq, not Qualcomm stadium.

Good thing they weren't told to go to Petco.
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tuckessee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:19 PM
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12. Well, after what happened at the Superdome during Katrina...
...I'd say only stupid people would go to a stadium during an emergency.
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:44 PM
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15. After Katrina we know better than to try and depend on FEMA
And the Superdome could flood. Qualcomm ain't gonna burn.
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:42 PM
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14. One of the news anchors just said her husband is a marine chopper pilot
He is geared-up and ready, but just like Katrina, the "GO" order is not forthcoming.
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stirlingsliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:47 PM
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16. FEMA??
Where is FEMA in all of this?

It's just like Katrina.
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:52 PM
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17. Curious George is up right now asking for his 42 Billion for War.
Wonder if he will say anything about the CA fires.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 12:56 PM
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18. Ha ha ha ha
that would require a brain and a sense of reality. Sorry, Chimp no can do. He's using all that stuff for his play war in Iranaraq.
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 01:09 PM
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19. End of presser. No mention of California.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 01:11 PM
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20. what a sorry excuse for a man.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 01:12 PM
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21. That's such "Pre 9/11" thinking!
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KingBob Donating Member (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 04:48 AM
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22. GOBROWNIEGO!!!
Just when you think Mr. "Heck of a job Brownie" Brown was the lowest of the low - the ReThugs set a new low. To those in harms's way in CA - don't wait for the "official" word to evacuate, it will be too late. Get out now and do not depend on the feds.

From a Katrina survivor, don't count on help rebuilding either.
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