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_______________________________"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." ~ General Douglas MacArthur ___________________________________________________________________"As long as I'm the President, we will stay, we will fight and we will win the war on terror." ~ President George W. Bush ___________________________________________________________________"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ~ Martin Luther King Jr. ___________________________________________________________________"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~ Albert Einstein ___________________________________________________________________"He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees." ~ Benjamin Franklin ___________________________________________________________________"To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle." ~ Confucius ___________________________________________________________________"We will confront emerging threats before they fully materialize. And if you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorist." ~ President George W. Bush ___________________________________________________________________"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." ~ Winston Churchill ___________________________________________________________________"And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." ~ John F. Kennedy ___________________________________________________________________"We have room for but one flag, the American flag ...We have room for but one language here and that is the English language ...and we have room for but one sole loyalty, and that is a loyalty to the American people." ~ Theodore Roosevelt ___________________________________________________________________"Righting America - One Reader at a Time." ~ Timmer

Sunday, August 28, 2005

The "Big Easy" and Epic Katrina

As I write this at 12:30 A.M. on Monday, Katrina is bearing down on New Orleans and will make landfall within a few hours. At the moment, they are experiencing gusts of 30-50 mph, but that is about to change.

The way it looks now, New Orleans will NOT experience a direct hit by the nucleus, but as Katrina sweeps north along the Eastern fringe of the city, the real danger is going to be FLOODING. In fact, 50-70% of the Big Easy is now forecast to be UNDER WATER by dawn. With swells up to 28 feet high, the retaining walls will not be able to contain the sheer mass.

Although most have escaped, over 25,000 people will remain to ride out this GOLIATH of a storm - which is a Category 5, and it doesn't get any bigger than that.

The people of New Orleans and those towns in coastal Mississippi, Alabama and Western Florida are in our thoughts and prayers. Be safe, folks.

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: Name: Timmer of Righting America; Location: Maryland, United States

Retired Navy and Cold War/Gulf War Veteran. Senior Analyst for a large defense contractor, Bachelor of Science, Father, moonlighting Graphic Designer (T-shirts etc) and Blogger.