Fla. Delegates Urged to Leave Convention (because of Hurricane Frances )

[G_j]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4467713,00.html

Fla. Delegates Urged to Leave Convention

Thursday September 2, 2004 12:16 AM


By JILL BARTON

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - With Hurricane Frances barreling toward Florida, anxious Florida delegates examined weather reports and some began packing their bags for home.

``We're still cleaning up from the last one,'' sighed Nancy Patterson, a delegate from Orlando, where Hurricane Charley earlier this month knocked out power for nine days.

At a breakfast Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings urged the Florida delegates to consider leaving before the convention ends Thursday night. Frances is expected to hit Florida's eastern coast as early as Friday night.

But Carole and John Parsons of Palm Beach County said while the new storm makes them nervous, they don't want to miss the highlight of the convention - President Bush's acceptance speech Thursday night.

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[BentleyJD]

1. hmmm...

Right now their are major evacuations all over down here.
Why come back for now when most people are high-tailing it out of here this weekend
Its too late to save your house or anything anyway if it gets hit.

Think I'd rather stay in New Yorktake care
tony and guidedog dietrich

[whistle]

2. Will they be voting by absentee ballot?

...Hey, are the RNC delegates voting by ballot or touch screen?

[liberalnurse]

3. What am image I have right now.....

Florida delegates return to home in shambles.....but it was worth it " to be with *bush"......then, they will realize he was never with them........

*bush will say, " they are resourceful, they can do it themselves"... "they can travel to New York, they don't need any hand outs!"