Re: Comet impact in the Eastern United States - Feasibility of Evacuation

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:47:35 -0400, dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (David
DeLaney) wrote:

>David V. Loewe, Jr <daveloewe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>"Joel Olson" <joel_olson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>"David V. Loewe, Jr" <daveloewe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>>>>Heck of a job.
>>>>
>>>> Better than you seem to understand.  And not all that applicable,
>>>> actually.
>>
>>>Were you there? In what capacity?
>>
>>What does that have to do with anything?
>
>It has to do with whether you actually know from experience what was
going
>on, or if you're just repeating what you've picked up from Wikipedia
>articles, newspapers, TV, and possibly (though I think it's not likely)
>talking to people who were there. That's all.

So, the choice you give is between anecdotes, well researched articles
(did you NOT see the link to the Popular Science article I gave?) and
more anecdotes?  And you seem to think that anecdotes are more
authoritative than researched articles.

Wow.  Just wow.

I'll repeat (since it does not seem to be getting through - "...the
response to Hurricane Katrina was by far the largest--and
FASTEST-rescue effort in U.S. history..."
-- 
"I dont care, what you do
 I wouldnt want to be like you"
   Alan Parsons-Eric Woolfson