Newsworthy in its own right, I guess, but the MSM taking up so much time with the weather bothers me sometimes.
They ignore so much, as well as the agenda-pushing with their distortions and lies, I question why it is there (climate change?), readers.
"Line of thunderstorms pounds region" by James Vaznis, Globe Staff and John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent | August 11, 2008
A line of powerful thunderstorms roared through New England yesterday, downing trees, washing out several area roads, and dumping nickel-sized hail in locations from Dorchester to southern New Hampshire.
The heavy downpours sent people scurrying for cover, while emergency and public work crews in places such as Cambridge and Everett closed down streets and cleared clogged drains.
The latest turbulent weather, which is forecast to continue at least through today, was expected to produce about 1 to 2 inches of rain in Massachusetts, although some pockets of the state could see double that - putting those areas at risk for flash floods.
It's been a summer of high rainfall and unusually violent weather.
And COOLER than USUAL, but the "global-warming" agenda-pushers NEVER EMPHASIZE that point!!!
The possibility of flash floods is the latest fallout from summer rainfall averages in Massachusetts that are much higher than usual. The rain has so saturated land across Massachusetts while also causing rivers to swell well above normal averages that it would take only 4 inches of rain to fall within 12 hours in most areas to cause a flash flood, said Glenn Field, a warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Taunton.
The turbulent weather across New England is expected to last into next week, according to the National Weather Service. And even when that weather pattern clears up, New England can brace itself for hurricane season, which is starting to ramp up.
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Here is what a government should be doing for its people (city, of course).
A firefighter carried a pregnant women named Aracelis Fontenot to safety yesterday after her car became flooded during heavy rains on Third Street in Everett. (Justine Hunt/Globe Staff)
By all means, yes, SAVE the PREGNANT WOMEN!!!!
Because you can't save the town!
"'We don't have the money'; Tornado damage adds to woes in struggling N.H. town" by Maddie Hanna, Globe Correspondent | August 11, 2008
EPSOM, N.H. - The tornado, which touched down July 24 and ripped through 11 communities along a 50-mile stretch, hit neighboring Northwood and Deerfield - where a woman was killed - even harder than Epsom. Officials estimate the tornado damaged between 125 and 150 homes, including about 10 in Epsom, a town of 4,500.
But for Epsom the destruction follows massive rainstorms that flooded the Suncook River Valley in 2006 and 2007, forcing hundreds from their homes two springs in a row.
Rebuilding after a disaster is daunting for any community but has been even more so in Epsom, where the town has operated on a default budget the past four years. Roads washed out by the floods have yet to be repaired.
Trillions for wars, billions for, awww, you know what I mean!
Bill Moffitt, 64, and his wife, Arlene, 71, were... in their living room when they saw their chimney sucked through the roof by the tornado's winds. Terrified, they ran into their bedroom, Moffitt said, lay face down on their floor and prayed.
Given the cost of flood repair, figuring out how to pay for a third disaster is overwhelming. The state has requested federal disaster aid to clean up after the tornado and estimates the damage to public infrastructure has cost state and local governments $2 million, said Chris Pope, New Hampshire's emergency management director.
All that war loot wasted and a town can't even get a lousy two mil.
Now, state and local officials are waiting to see if a federal disaster declaration is issued.
Bush will probably stiff us up here. But he's right on top of Texas!
If that happens, funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency may become available to communities and individuals affected by the tornado. Even if FEMA comes through with money, the officials warned, it probably will not cover many cleanup costs.
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What good are those fascist fucks then, anyway!!?
