Tampa Mayor: City ‘Prepared’ To Call Off Convention In Event Of Dangerous Weather
Source: TPM
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn told CNN the city is prepared for severe weather if it hits during the Republican National Convention next week. Tropical Storm Isaac is forecast to head toward the Florida by early Monday.
"We're prepared for it, we've trained for it, we have contingency plan after contingency plan," Buckhorn said. But in the event of dangerous weather, "human safety, human life trumps politics," he said.
Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/tampa-mayor-city-prepared-to-call-off-convention
Video from CNN at the link.
The reporter asks, "Are you prepared to call it off?"
The mayor's reply:
"Absolutely, we're prepared to call it off. I mean, human safety and human life trumps politics. I think the RNC recognizes that. The organizers, certainly Governor Romney, recognizes that. Whatever we do will be based on getting people out of harm's way. Politics will take second place...
"We will move into evacuation mode. The only additional difference will be that there's a few more people here."
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But that doesn't mean it'll get hit with alot of rain & wind.
If anything the Hurricane looks like it might be the 20th Aniversary edition of Hurricane Andrew 
Same path and Andrew happened around the same time in August (hit Homestead FL on 8/24/1992)
...they were gonna get out of the complete and utter clusterfu(k this convention is going to be and now I see. How could they avoid speaker after speaker repeating their nonsense to be played over and over again to drive home to the independents how frickin crazy they really are? A storm! No pesky Ron Paul supporters to deal with , no christian wingnuts doing something unpopular on stage etc. They pulled the same BS in 2008 remember. Pretending that lil hurricane was gonna be the second coming of Katrina, turning their whole thing into a disatster relief call center and then there was no disaster lol. Of course like all idiots they only kick the problem down the road but if they can make it only be one night of nutjobs rather than the whole week I'm sure they'll take it. I swear this is the greatest show on earth. The most pathetic possibly destructive show on earth, but...
Democrats threaten to call off GOP Convention. 
What does the weather have to do with faith? Nothing--unless you're a right-wing pseudo-Christian. Could it be that God has placed a block on the prayer line from James Dobson? A couple of weeks ago, just down the interstate in Colorado Springs, Dr. Dobson's Focus on the Family organization put out an Internet video asking people to pray for rain...
A genuine Christian would do that. It's not surprising, therefore, that Dr. Dobson's group chose not to pray for peace (which is of no particular interest to them; they are awaiting the Greater Gory of Christ in Armageddon).
Nor is it surprising that the weather they were asking people to pray for was "network-cameras-can't-see-the-podium rain" during Barack Obama's outdoor acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium last evening.
Yet the weather was beautiful for the outdoor ceremony:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/bush-mccain-pray-for-rain_b_122358.html
The storms went after the GOP in MN instead of the Democrats:
Planners of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul held emergency conversations Wednesday about what to do if a tropical storm continues on its track as a potential Category 3 hurricane threatening New Orleans.
Gustav’s projected path suggests possible landfall on the convention’s opening day — Labor Day.
The storm could threaten everything from President Bush’s Monday night address to the broader Republican message of effective government management.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12893.html
Is God trying to tell the GOP something? They must not have gotten the message last time. Honestly, you can't make this stuff like this up.
