Some good news from Iowa

[walt]

While there will be snow where Ron will be the severe ice storm in the SE part of the state will miss his events and hopefully will not impact or cancel the debate in Des Moines on Wednesday.



This is what the SE part of the state will be receiving. Scary, life threatening stuff. All Ron Paul folks in the SE part of the state should prepare for this event - transient people should shift to Des Moines - NOW.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1059 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...MAJOR ICE STORM STILL ON TARGET TO IMPACT THE AREA...

AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.

A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING. PREPARATIONS FOR THIS ICE STORM SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING. THE PROBABILITY IS HIGH THAT POWER
INTERRUPTIONS...POSSIBLY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...WILL
OCCUR DURING THIS STORM.

FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME
WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ICE
ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATION ALREADY ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING IN MOST OF THE
WARNING AREA...WITH BEST CHANCES MAINLY SOUTH OF AN OTTUMWA IOWA
TO PRINCETON ILLINOIS LINE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR MORE
ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR.

 

[rollingpig]

stay safe folks!

 

[kushaze]

The democrats had a debate in Iowa during a snow storm and it was never cancelled. Joe Biden was late and Mike Gravel couldn't make it do to the weather, but the event still went on. I don't think they would cancel this event so late in the game, unless the weather was extremely dangerous.

 

[austin356]

debate Iowa, this week?

Were we excluded?

 

[pcosmar]

There are folks from the UP of Michigan going. They know how to handle winter.

 

[walt]

ice storms aren't winter, they are pure evil

 

[ARealConservative]

There are folks from the UP of Michigan going. They know how to handle winter.

you don't handle ice though. The flatest parking lot becomes a death trap in an ice storm.

It sucks that this is coming to my area again. We had an ice storm last February that caused me to lose power for 9 days. I then learned my storm coverage insurance didn't apply because the loss of power wasn't a result of anything on my property.

Nothing worse then having to go chip a hole in the ice on the lake just to draw renough water to flush a toilet. I don't know how our made it year in and year out.

I will say though - it isn't good news that Dr. Paul continues to ignore the Eastern (and more populous) portion of the state.

 

[jpinkerton]

I don't know why people choose to live in Iowa. The place sucks.

oh...wait...

 

[Eric21ND]

Why is the campaign ignoring eastern Iowa??

 

[quickmike]

ice storms aren't winter, they are pure evil

We had a WICKED ice storm last year on Dec 1st and the whole city was out of power for 7-10 days. I hope this one doesnt compare to that.

That sucked HARD. I had to warm up water on the stove every 5 hrs to pour in my Oscar tank to keep the poor fella from freezing to death in the 5 degree temps.

 

[risiusj]

I don't know why people choose to live in Iowa. The place sucks.

oh...wait...

What are you talking about? Iowa's heaven. Ask any baseball playing ghost.

 

[ARealConservative]

Why is the campaign ignoring eastern Iowa??

Dr. Paul can't be everywhere. This is very much a national campaign and the campaign is correct in thinking the central part of the state particpates in the caucus at a higher rate then other areas.

I was hoping after the straw poll they would have a little bigger picture, but I guess not. Our meetups are doing some good work though, but our media has ignored us and the campaign and will continue to do so unless he visits.

 

[austin356]

debate Iowa, this week?

Were we excluded?

answer?

 

[jpinkerton]

What are you talking about? Iowa's heaven. Ask any baseball playing ghost.

Iowa's nice in the spring, fall....but damn I hate winter. Summer is fine by me - hot and humid is better than frozen.

 

[pcosmar]

you don't handle ice though. The flatest parking lot becomes a death trap in an ice storm.

It sucks that this is coming to my area again. We had an ice storm last February that caused me to lose power for 9 days. I then learned my storm coverage insurance didn't apply because the loss of power wasn't a result of anything on my property.

Nothing worse then having to go chip a hole in the ice on the lake just to draw renough water to flush a toilet. I don't know how our made it year in and year out.

I will say though - it isn't good news that Dr. Paul continues to ignore the Eastern (and more populous) portion of the state.

LOL

No, we Know Winter. Ice storms are just part of it.

 

[Ron Paul Fan]

Ron Paul will be at the debate on Wednesday. Should be a good one! It's kind of at a weird time, so hopefully they replay it in the evening so Iowa folks at work can actually see it! Maybe Ron Paul is focusing on western/central Iowa because that's where a lot of Republicans are. Eastern Iowa I believe is more liberal, but I'm sure he'll be back through there before the caucus.

 

[ARealConservative]

Iowa is awesome.

Look, I live in a 2,000 square foot home. I have a 4 acre lake and another 2 acres of land.

I live 15 miles away from a large city, and it takes me 15 minutes to get to work. I know some coastal people are reading that and thinking "damn!"

I will own my home, land, and lake outright in a short 7 more years. If I want big city living - Chicago is 2.5 hours away.

We don't have earthquakes. We don't have Hurricanes. Crime is pretty low. The winters aren't even as bad as they were when I was young.

I have lived plenty of other places but chose to come back to Iowa. Heck, you can even get a decent education out of public schools here.

 

[John of Des Moines]

Why is the campaign ignoring eastern Iowa??

The campaign will hit eastern Iowa later this month.