----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Florida Hurricanes and 2000 Election Results
> "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > > > At 05:15 PM Friday 9/24/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > >Horn, John wrote: > > > >> Behalf Of Russell Chapman > > > >> > > > >> I don't know if this has been up already (you guys are getting so > > > >> passionate I've tended to tune out a bit...), and I have > > > >> absolutely no > > > >> idea how accurate it is, but it is a really fascinating map > > > >> showing the > > > >> tracks of the hurricanes and the counties (or whatever you call > > >your > > > >> electoral districts) that voted Bush in 2000. > > > >> > > > >> Let's not forget to change the subject if discussion ensues... > > > >> > > > >> Cheers > > > >> Russell C. > > > >> http://203.25.67.2/images/FloridaTracks.jpg > > > > > > > > Snopes.com has disputed this pretty well. > > > > > > > > http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/hurricane.asp > > > > > >Since I have a bit of an attitude with Snopes lately, I went and > > >checked my sources against what is shown on the map. > > >It is actually somewhat accurate for Charley and Frances. But Ivan > > >landed in Alabama rather than Florida. > > > > Apparently it liked the South so much it decided to come back for a return > > trip. Or else Texans complained so loudly about being left out that they > > sent it a ticket for a return trip. > > Looking at the radar, it's hitting Houston a lot more than here. > > I wouldn't mind a bit of rain. We might get some tonight or later in > the weekend. > That could be. We got a trace of rain out of it. :-) Now, its been raining just north of Lufkin all day. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
