Friday, August 26, 2011
Cat 2 hurricane meets Stage 4 dementia.
News of the totally wacked-out former America:
Well, isn't that sweet. Humans are left to take care of their own evacuation, but the TRULY VALUABLE critters must be carefully protected from the WATER which is their own natural habitat. Can't let any fucking sea get on a fucking sea turtle, can we?
Shit.
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This, however, is the exact opposite of demented. It's a deeply clever bit of 'narrowcasting' that may save some actual human lives:
This is not really meant to identify you. It's meant to put the fear of the Lord into a specific group without openly naming the group.
Who refuses to evacuate? Older women.
And who are the only Americans who still own 3 x 5 index cards? Older women with recipe files. Everyone else has computerized the sort of records that used to be kept on index cards.
Why specifically the left shoe? Think of the old sinister connotations of the left hand. ¶ 4:02 PM
Dozens of volunteers have been pitching in all week to protect the 23 patients at a sea turtle hospital on Topsail Island in North Carolina. WHQR's Michelle Bliss reports that four small turtles have been evacuated, but the remaining, larger turtles will weather the storm on-site.
Well, isn't that sweet. Humans are left to take care of their own evacuation, but the TRULY VALUABLE critters must be carefully protected from the WATER which is their own natural habitat. Can't let any fucking sea get on a fucking sea turtle, can we?
Shit.
= = = = =
This, however, is the exact opposite of demented. It's a deeply clever bit of 'narrowcasting' that may save some actual human lives:
When asked if there would be repercussions for those who did not leave, he suggested they write their name, Social Security number, next of kin and contact information on a 3-by-5 card and place it in their left shoe, a tied shoe rather than a flip-flop, so that responders after the storm would know whom to contact.
This is not really meant to identify you. It's meant to put the fear of the Lord into a specific group without openly naming the group.
Who refuses to evacuate? Older women.
And who are the only Americans who still own 3 x 5 index cards? Older women with recipe files. Everyone else has computerized the sort of records that used to be kept on index cards.
Why specifically the left shoe? Think of the old sinister connotations of the left hand. ¶ 4:02 PM
