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sendero

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5. So it is very hard to anticipate something that you have never experienced

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Sat Dec 8, 2012, 09:28 PM

Dec 2012

Like, climate change or the great recession, or zero percent interest rates or Democrats taking control of Washington or people getting fed up with Rush and Fox?

All kinds of things that have not happened before or happened in a long time are happening and are going to keep happening.

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NY mostly ignored reports warning of superstorm [View all] bananas Dec 2012 OP

We don't prepare well for a lot of things til the disaster hits. dkf Dec 2012 #1

we've heaven05 Dec 2012 #3

Andy does Condi. Wilms Dec 2012 #2

They have been saying that a major hurricane was due HockeyMom Dec 2012 #4

So it is very hard to anticipate something that you have never experienced sendero Dec 2012 #5

Its the, It will never happen to me syndrome..... Historic NY Dec 2012 #6

Irene told us all we needed to know about our vulnerability. aquart Dec 2012 #7

"We had never seen a storm like this." Really? FailureToCommunicate Dec 2012 #8

I was plenty worried, especially after Irene which killed my mother Rhiannon12866 Dec 2012 #9

They Anticipated It In 1978 DallasNE Dec 2012 #10

People need to snap out of it and stop watching TV so much slackmaster Dec 2012 #11