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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:32 PM Original message |
What the HELL is wrong with the fire protection service in OK & TX? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Even though I live here |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I am wondering if the governors of those states have screwed up royally |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I have to admit I was totally shocked during traveling |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Really. I knew that the Boondoggle 8 lane toll road was going to |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. McPooples Potties ? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Ack I don't remember the name |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. I-20 doesn't go thru Okla...you probably thinking of I-40 |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. No. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. AHHH...okay sorry, the first Weatherford that came to my mind was the one |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I can, too, I'll bet you drive the same way I do when I leave town |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. bet not-she said she was coming back from Phoenix and the |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. My bad, wrong Weatherford! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. It's all good |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Pizza is like sex |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmm, I wonder how many National Guard troops they could have used |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Great minds... my thoughts exactly! nt |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Think FEMA will send in trailers? |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. There are already MANY trailers sitting in Waco |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. Of course FEMA will send fire help -- to Wasington State |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:55 PM Original message |
Louisiana sent 3 National Guard Blackhawks.... |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. Remember last year how much it RAINED? It was flash floods all |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Yup. |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
95. Houston is +6" rainfall for the year. |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
90. The resource issue is THE issue - and it is several problems |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. It was really windy two days ago when the news of |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. From what I heard on the news |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. It might have something to with the drought. We got half our average |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. or maybe your governor is not "on top" of things |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. They did, in every case. The problem comes in some of the more rural |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Its bad this year |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because California has suburban brush fires weekly CA has more practice? |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Not fair. Some of the places that burn are rural communities and even |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I am NOT criticizing the firefighters.. But I have to wonder |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Excuse me but there are a lot of Texans on this board who are NOT crackers |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. What a horrible thing to say, hope your proud of yourself |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. There are plenty of progressives, liberal democrats even in Oklahoma |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
70. I hope your heart gets an intervention from somewhere |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Paragraph |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I have a good friend in Yukon. |
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ecoalex (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Ok Oklahoma then? |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. What makes you think people aren't out fighting the fires? Please |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Requests HAVE been made & Texans have fought the fires. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Local volunteer FDs are handling these? Yeah, I know... |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. No, it is NOT just local fire departments working on this-it's also |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Oklahoma cut funding for fire training back in 03 according to google |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Most, if not all county fire fighters in TX, are volunteers. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. and they do a damn good job |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 08:58 AM Response to Reply #51 |
84. They sure do. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Who you going to call FEMA? |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
50. I didn't want to say that |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
79. Large scale wildfire extinguishment is its own specialty |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. Oklahoma grass fires |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. That's the point-these are FLASH fires that, in one place, Kennedale |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. A little story. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. Uh, this is a rural area |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. Spoken like one who hasn't battled a grass fire, |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Ever try to put a fire out, thats moving at 30 mph |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. Do you "get it" yet? |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
94. Say again please |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. Another reason: Tuesday when I was driving through the widespread |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. were you struck in traffic too??? |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
69. I was lucky. I heard 35 was closed when I was in Ok City |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
93. Sounds like you came through several hours after I did |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. Have to say, this would be ONE GOOD DAY for Bush to be out clearing brush |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. We simply have not expended the resources necessary to deal with |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Well said, Thank you. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. thanks...to be fair, we have lots of forests over this way which helps |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
92. Well said Karl n/t |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
45. I drove through part of it last Tuesday.... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
49. There is that problem with the National Guard being elsewhere |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. Sounds like texas has cut its firefighting budget significantly! |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
96. When I was Regular Coast Guard |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. You think they suck at firefighting, you should see them at snow removal |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Yep, true enough, because we rarely get significant amounts of snow. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Have they ever heard of SALT!!! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Yes, we have heard of salt. Several kinds of salt. Chlorides of |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Got that right, they use it sparingly and many people die in accidents |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. In the DFW area |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I drive an 18 wheeler all across the midwest! |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 10:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Horse manure ... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 04:47 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Oh please!! I was stranded on I-44 for 6 hours one winter day because |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
63. Worst post ever. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. The fires were in Pottsboro too? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. Thanks for the help you guys sent to us |
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TriMetFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
71. So with all the fires and the drought will this become |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
72. Have you ever seen a prarie fire at work? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
73. This thread pisses me off ... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #73 |
91. ME TOO |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #91 |
100. I had no intention of pissing anyone off |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. You don't under stand |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. perhaps, BUT cutting funds to the services needed for them when they DO |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. You're missing the point ... |
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tamtam (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
74. Remember the cedar fire? |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. talk about a fast-moving fire!! |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
97. I was there for the Red Cross |
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andino (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
80. One word...... Winds....... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-29-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Particularly ... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
85. What's wrong with most folks living in Tom DeLay's state |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-01-06 04:20 AM Response to Reply #85 |
105. I dunno ... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
86. Reeeeal good barbeque. - n/t |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
87. Because of our "foothill wilderness fires" and earthquakes |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
88. we lost 20 plus house here a couple weeks ago |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
98. Really |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
99. Usually, but remember the Cedar fire in San Diego - 270,000 acres, 16 dead |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
103. Living in Texas |
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