September 25, 2004
Instant Replay
Florida should have it's own Hurricane Channel...
Another weekend, another hurricane.
Another weekend we'll be watching idiot newsmen on an ocean walk leaning against the wind and rain, watching shots of an uprooted tree, watching footage of corrugated siding flying off a convenience store overhang, watching an interview in a candlelit room with some idiot who decided to "ride it out".
With four storms in less than two months, expect to start hearing ever increasing comments about people rethinking their state of residence, and complaints from non-Floridians about picking up the tab.
This last bit is increasingly aggravating. Californians wonder why they have to pay for Florida hurricanes, Oklahomans wonder why they have to pay for California earthquakes, Nevadans wonder why they have to pay for Oklahoma tornadoes, New Yorkers wonder why they pay for any of it, including roads in Nevada, never bothering to wonder where the wheat for their bread is grown, the oranges for their juice, the steel for their fire escapes, or anything else they consume...
Every state takes something, and contributes something - except Rhode Island...
Posted by MEC2 at September 25, 2004 11:48 PM