Convention may be cancelled for fictitious hurricane

[marcirvine]

Authorities are considering cancelling the GOP convention in Tampa due to a fictitious hurricane! Hurricanes only last for a week, or two at the most. But, authorities are anticipating the possibility of a hurricane, which they have already named Gispert, and for which they are considering cancelling the convention! They will try any crazy thing to not let Paul supporters gain traction or control. This is not some crazy conspiracy theory, but is coming straight from weather.com. Plese post this information anywhere and everywhere so we can expose this nonsense!

http://www.weather.com/news/tampa-gop-convention-20100524

 

[sailingaway]

lol!

That would be absolutely hilarious.

Paul Fest would go on as planned, I am certain.

They would have to have it eventually. Or a huge story why not.

Maj. General Emmett R. Titshaw Jr., adjutant general of the Florida National Guard, said Wednesday that he presently has 9,000 available troops for assistance if needed.

"The team that's in place is prepared to handle the various emergencies that we foresee," Carroll said.

hm...

 

[Chester Copperpot]

hey if they cancel the convention then the paulites can just move to pick a nominee with a rump convention...

im sure its in the rules!!!

 

[kathy88]

Why am I not surprised?

 

[sailingaway]

Why am I not surprised?

the story actually just says the topic was raised by media covering the tracking of a fictitious hurricane, presumably as a drill. So, again presumably, it would take at least colorable evidence of a REAL hurricane, rather like the Washington County snow storm that never happened in Maine.

 

[fisharmor]

lThey would have to have it eventually. Or a huge story why not.

Are you sure?
Why can't they just call Romney the nominee and be done with it?
Who is going to correct them?

im sure its in the rules!!!

The what now?
R....ules?
What are you talking about?

 

[SilenceDewgooder]

That is strange...

 

[FSP-Rebel]

Now, if that wouldn't beat all..

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Florida Emergency Management Director Bryan Koon describes the hurricane exercise under way at the state Emergency Operations Center. A fictitious storm named Hurricane Gisbert bears down on the Tampa Bay region, giving emergency workers a chance to prepare for such a scenario during the Republican National Convention in Tampa at the end of August. Koon says he hopes the drill prompts Floridians to review their plan for hurricane season, which starts June 1.

More here: http://www.wctv.tv/floridanews/headlines/Hurricane_Gispert_152362765.html?storySection=story

edit: Wait, I got something wrong ? Cancel the show for a fictitious hurricane ? From what I read here, it's more like practicing...

 

[DEGuy]

Sounds to me like this is the backup plan if the RNC thinks the convention will be anything other than a Romney-fest. "Okay boys, if it looks like the Paul crowd is big enough to be noticible, we'll just call up Gov. Scott and he'll cancel the convention because of a 'projected hurricane'"

Seriously, this is Florida in the middle of hurricane season. They knew that when choosing the location.

 

[VCU for Ron Paul]

State emergency workers have spent recent days tracking a fictitious Category 3 Hurricane Gispert that would hit Tarpon Springs, just north of Tampa, two days after the convention is scheduled to begin.

Unless I am reading this wrong, I am reading this as if the dude who wrote the article is 'loling' at the stupidity of this and .

 

[Occam's Banana]

Why can't they just call Romney the nominee and be done with it?

They already have.

Maj. General Emmett R. Titshaw Jr., adjutant general of the Florida National Guard, said Wednesday that he presently has 9,000 available troops for assistance if needed.

"The team that's in place is prepared to handle the various emergencies that we foresee," Carroll said.

I suspect that the *real* purpose here is to ensure that the FL Nat'l Guard is standing by & ready to defend Mitt Romney's hair from any hurricane-induced mussing-up it might receive during his coronation ceremonies.

But while the praetorians are on the lookout for meteorological phenomena, RP delegates/supporters will have an excellent opportunity to sneak in "under the (Doppler) radar" and muss-up Romney's 'do ...

 

[V3n]

I imagine the Florida GOP stands to make a boatload of $$ to have the convention there. They will try to stop Ron Paul; they will be shady; devious; evil; and maybe even violent toward his supporters - but I highly doubt they'll cancel. They won't let that cash freighter just sail by.

 

[angelatc]

I think the last time a hurricane came close to the Tampa Bay region was 1985, and it never made it anywhere near inland. It's been 91 years since a hurricane landed there, and while that might meant they're due...it also might mean that it's pretty rare for the air currents to send a hurricane up the gulf then have it make a hard right.

 

[thoughtomator]

This is typical of the planning skills of the GOP, scheduling the national convention in south Florida during the middle of the hurricane season.

 

[jay_dub]

Sounds to me like this is the backup plan if the RNC thinks the convention will be anything other than a Romney-fest. "Okay boys, if it looks like the Paul crowd is big enough to be noticible, we'll just call up Gov. Scott and he'll cancel the convention because of a 'projected hurricane'"

Seriously, this is Florida in the middle of hurricane season. They knew that when choosing the location.

It's more like the peak of the hurricane season. I live on the MS Coast and the 2 worst hurricanes to strike here (Camille and Katrina) were both in mid to late August.

 

[Carlybee]

Then at the last minute.."Oh we cancelled the cancellation...you didn't get the memo?"

 

[RonRules]

Bring a good umbrella. I think we're going to have a parking lot convention.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I think the last time a hurricane came close to the Tampa Bay region was 1985, and it never made it anywhere near inland. It's been 91 years since a hurricane landed there, and while that might meant they're due...it also might mean that it's pretty rare for the air currents to send a hurricane up the gulf then have it make a hard right.

Your analysis seems right to me.

 

[romancito]

This is just another of the thousands way to spend money - federal money. Last year only the deficit was 5 trillion or 42 thousand per household - see USA Today today. This weekend they spent millions in Tampa in a theater operation to rout out protesters labeled as terrorist. At least a million was spent sending Tampa bay senior officers to Chicago Nato Summit to train in controlling 'so called protesters.'