Grand Forks Part II
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honestly, you sound dumber all the time. Closing the interstate was a waste of time and resources and was not needed. The fact that they did it FOR the city of fargo does in a way put it in his jurisdiction. The widespread panic it could have caused more than warrants him to go ape shit. You should neglect to comment on such basic things you have proven to have little knowledge of
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Bp-08;269142 wrote:
That would have been real dumb to evacuate Fargo. Where the hell are 90,000+ people going to go. Why would we just give up on our city?Cause FEMA and the government so badly fuck everything else up all the time! They underestimated the resolve in these community's, they figured we would toss our hands up and panic and make it another Katrina, so they wanted us out. I watched them bring in South Dakota Highway patrol and start blocking on and off ramps, to prepare for a mass evac. I would imagine city officials had every right to go nuts and tell them this is our city. Imagine the cluster fuck of tens of thousands of people panicked and trying to get out of a city cause some federal idiots wanted to pull the plug on our city and claim it is going to flood.
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Grr;269140 wrote:
honestly, you sound dumber all the time. Closing the interstate was a waste of time and resources and was not needed. The fact that they did it FOR the city of fargo does in a way put it in his jurisdiction. The widespread panic it could have caused more than warrants him to go ape shit. You should neglect to comment on such basic things you have proven to have little knowledge ofPlease, since you're extremely knowledgeable in the subject, tell me how the mayor of Fargo would be in charge of deciding when and if federal roadways are closed? Oh its because Fargoians would be using it to evac? Yeah, that makes it his jurisdiction. /eye roll
I didn't say that closing the interstate was needed or was a good idea. I'm just confused as to how the mayor of a city would be the one to decide this...
Careful Grr, your cockiness and know-it-all attitude is starting to make you sound like Joel.
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Im not saying i know it all, But the Interstate is partially federally funded, however i believe each state is responsible for its upkeep and how its run, and in that case if Hoeven was on board with Walaker than they could tell FEMA otherwise. I also believe FEMA only coordinates with state and local governments, not take over for them.
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DelSlow;269148 wrote:
You should neglect to comment on such basic things you have proven to have little knowledge ofI talked to a guy that knew a guy that was married to a girl that had a relative that knew a guy that worked for FEMA in '97 and he said thats what they were planning to do this time.
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The decision to close in-bound traffic was not Mayor Walaker's decision or idea. It was the FEMA's idea on what Fargo should do the day before the crest. During the closed door discussions with our city officials they(the city) pretty much said no way. We have gone this far and we aren't stopping now. It was a miscommunication between the DOT and the Federal officials that closed it down so all traffic could head westbound.
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DelSlow;269155 wrote:
It's my understanding that we aren't talking about Hoeven telling F.E.M.A. whats up; its Walaker I was wondering about.From what i read of that, Walaker did tell them, Because Governor Hoeven was on board with the fargo officials, which includes Walaker.
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Goodnbuzzd;269157 wrote:
From what i read of that, Walaker did tell them, Because Governor Hoeven was on board with the fargo officials, which includes Walaker."Mahoney said the governor and FEMA wanted the city to strongly consider a large evacuation."
Where does it say in this article that Hoeven and the Mayor were thinking the same thing or were 'on board' with each other?
Seriously, I don't see it.
To me, it sounds as If F.E.M.A. and the Gov. met with City Officials (Walaker included) to consider a large scale evac, and the City Officials (not just Walaker) said "Naw, we're good."
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DelSlow;269160 wrote:
"Mahoney said the governor and FEMA wanted the city to strongly consider a large evacuation."Where does it say in this article that Hoeven and the Mayor were thinking the same thing or were 'on board' with each other?
Seriously, I don't see it.
To me, it sounds as If F.E.M.A. and the Gov. met with City Officials (Walaker included) to consider a large scale evac, and the City Officials (not just Walaker) said "Naw, we're good."
YEP.....
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Ok, I gotcha, i read it wrong, Sorry, either way it came to the conclusion so far, Fargo and Moorhead wasn't going to give it up.
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seriously will, shut up already.
you know just as little as everyone else, and your head is getting alittle big for "what/who" you are.
god your like a broken record, everytime someone says something that YOU think there is a small chance you could make a zinger you go for it.
but you fail to see that you sound like a jackass doing it.
fuck it is getting old
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Unless we get tons of rain, Im going to play off this 2nd crest as something we've seen many times.
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