as seen on tv
Senator
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/07/us/hurricane-matthew-florida/
You can’t accuse Floridians of not wanting to flee inland. All the hotels and motels away from the coast are completely booked. Folks could go to local school gymnasium, I suppose. But for most people that’s a step down from simply assuming that their homes would be comfortable and safe. Who wants to sleep on cots in a dark gymnasium while 1,500 unknown strangers prowl the floor, the restrooms, the hallways? And if you go, don’t forget to bring your own food – officials didn't stock any at the shelter.
Several TV broadcasts from Florida this morning predicted a Matthew related power outage of 2 weeks - or longer. WTF? Did it take that long to get the lights turned back on from Katrina?
I’m not sure how anyone can predict it takes 2 weeks to restore power, while they are broadcasting with electricity still fully available. Is this worst case psychological conditioning, so that if its fixed in 10 days we can then be told we’re fortunate, and to STFU and stop griping?
Two weeks would take us to late October, within sight of the election.
Does anyone doubt that if parts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas are without power for several weeks, that Obama will declare a national emergency, and postpone the election?
Is this a good or a bad thing? Which might happen more frequently during the election hiatus? Trump puts his foot in his mouth, or more damaging Hillary emails surface? There’s a bunch of stuff swirling around now regarding new incriminating emails, but her team probably regards Hurricane Matthew as a gift from god, because its pushing everything else out of the news cycle.
Full disclosure – a google search of “Hurricane Matthew Party” returned 19 million hits in 0.57 seconds. The largest is evidently in Fort Lauderdale, and already under way, in case you want to attend. See link below:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hurricane-party-breaks-matthew-misses-fort-lauderdale-42632072
