Wind Gusts and Hysteria (Wolf Blitzer, Idiot and Obama Shil, in Irene "Crisis)

Spring happens in El Paso, and thunderstorms happen (especially in July and August). So what? Well, this blog has told everyone that you should move to El Paso, becasue El Paso has NO hurricanes, NO tornadoes, NO earthquakes, and NO (extensive) flooding (despite that one summer we were designated a national disaster area because of "too much rain" (lol--this year we had some 140 straight days without ANY rain, which is more typical). However, the wind usually BLOWS in El Paso in the spring. One year the Italian cypress trees outside of my house seemed to have developed a premanent tilt because of the constant wewt to east winds. Winds of 30 to 40 mph are often almost a daily occurrence. 50 mph gusts are a common occurrence. Then there are the summer monsoon thunderstroms, driven by the energy of the summer heat. Not every long ago this summer, we experienced winds of above 60mph.



What is the point of this? I saw another 30 seonds of hurricane coverage on cable TV, and I heard the anchor describing inland 50mph wind gusts as though they were a big problem. That is simply not ture. Sure, they might occasionally cause damage, as spring winds, and thunderstorm winds, sometimes do in El Paso But it is simply absurd to make a point out of 51mph winds, as if they show some sort of extreme problem Unimpressed. That is me. See my previous two articles. I am more than unimpressed with our media and government reaction to a Category 1 hurricane. Yes, the flooding and storm surge danger CAN be real. Otherwise, this strom shoiuld be something we hangle in stride. It is disturbing that we cannot handle a routine hurricane like this in strike. And NO, this is not 'unprecedented". There was a time that east coast hiurricanes were so frequent that the coastline was called the "bowling alley". In recent years, that has not been true, but we USED to be able to hande these events in strike. That was before Katrina, and before both media and government decided they really needed to SCARE everone. It is a shameful lthing. lI am glad I already knew what kind of idiot Maryor Blloomberg is It keeps me from hainvg to eat crow if I had evdr made the mistake of referring to him as an intelligent man at all interested in telling the pubic the truth. I talked toy my New York Ciuty daughter today, and she said thatthe subway shutd down at NOOON today for no reason (as the storm is not expected to have an real effects until early int he orning). And, contrary to the usual unreliabe "news" reports, cabs cost MORE today instead of less (even as you had to share a cab). And my daughter said that there was PROPAGANDA out thre suggesting that Con Ed (the power company) volluntarily SHUT DOWN electriciy in at least some areas. Luckily, Con Ed (in a burst of sanity) decided against this INSANITY.


Then there is Wolf Blitzer, Obama shill on the Obama shill network (like MSNBC), who said that President Obama cut short his cacation (which was gong to get rained on anywa, and hardly gong to be much of a vacation in the path of a strom, even if not that major a storm). to deal withthis "crisis". Wolf Blitzer, certified idiot (although the certification has to be an insult to idiots), said: This is, indeed, a crisis". Say what? A Category 1 hurricane is a "crisis? Nuts. Our general said that to the Nazis at Bastogne, and I say it to Wolf Blitzer now. No"crisis". Just an ordinary hurricane that we need to deal with As with recent flash flooding (not hurricane related) that KILLED people, and with recent midwest flooding, and as with low0w-lwying area flooding in El Paso caused by excessive rains and no drainage a few years ago, we have to DEAL with this kind of ordinary proble in a cost efficient and effective way (meaning without absurd overreactinon in a CYA frensy, and media "self-i-interest" frenzy).


Irene actually shows why I am becoming more and more pessimistic about this coountry THINKING is out. HYSTERIA is in. The only reason I am not totally pessimistic is that my NYC daughter says that the PEOPLE of NYC are RIDICULING the overreactiion, in person and on Facebook, although everyone is almost FORCED into shareing the overreaction (everything closing, no cabs after 8 p,m. tonight, no subway, etc.). I have absolutely no doubt that Maryor Bloomberg would have tried to evacuate HOUSTON (Hurricane Rita), and KILLED lpeople in that absurd project. I would bet that Maryor Bloomberg has managed to KILL people in NYC--just not in ways quite as obvious. as stranding people on gridlocked freeways.