That means that on all continents other than Africa, we are an invasive species.
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Not to minimize what happened in Oklahoma but when all is said and done, someone needs to have a long conversation with the authorities out there.
Here is the ABC News live report showing what was going on in Moore Oklahoma overnight:
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By ABC News©
May 21, 2013
9:24 a.m.: Oklahoma Medical Examiner reports 24 people dead, seven of which are children, dramatically lowering the number of people believed killed.
7: 15 a.m.: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin told “Good Morning America,” “It’s a very sad day in Oklahoma. A lot of hearts have been broken.”
6:43 a.m.: President Obama will deliver a televised statement regarding the Oklahoma tornado at 10 a.m. ET.
6:28 a.m.: Pope Francis tweeted, “I am close to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado, especially those who lost young children. Join me in praying for them.”
5:33 a.m.: McClain County Animal Response Team spokesperson Dr. Patty Mannas told ABC News affiliate KOCO-TV that at least 50 pets have been pulled from the rubble in Moore, Okla.
“We’ve already reunited a few animals and animals with microchips have a very, very high percentage of being reunited with their families,” she said.
4:20 a.m.: The death toll remains at 51 but the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner said they expect around 40 more bodies.
2:50 a.m.: Moore officials tell ABC News the search and rescue operation at Plaza Towers Elementary School is now a recovery effort.
12:50 a.m.: Texas Task Force 1, the state’s elite search and rescue team, has been activated to assist local officials and first responders in Oklahoma. The team, which includes 84 total members, was deployed to New York City following 9/11 and to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It was recently deployed to West, Texas, following the explosion of a fertilizer plant.
Monday’s devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., killed at least 51 people, including 20 children, but authorities expect that number to rise. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott of the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner’s office said she believes at least 91 people are dead.
Make note of the fact that at 4:20 am, they were continuing to report that there were 51 dead. Then at 9:24 am, they said that 24 were dead.
It seems to me that 51 is a pretty exact number. They didn't say, "Around 50" or "More than 50" or "About 50", they said "51 are dead".
That is precision and precision indicates that someone had done an actual counting of those people that were no longer alive. And by exact counting, I mean someone had lined them up and counted each person by walking down the row, tapping each foot and saying, "One dead person, two dead people, etc..."
Then, after 12 hours, they say, "Oops, our bad. When we said 51 were dead, we really meant 24 are dead."
Did the other 27 people suddenly stand up and say, "Oh man, that was a great nap. I really needed that." and walk away?
They do this all the time. They did it with gun deaths (30,000 reported, 9000 actual), they did it with smoking deaths (100,000 reported, 5,000 actual) and now they are doing it with natural disaster deaths.
Goddamnit, if the authorities are going to release facts about an event, any event, they should be using factual facts, not made-up facts. I hate when they make up facts. I hate being lied to by the government.
I'm beginning to think that if you took all of the "deaths" that various government authorities report to the media over the course of a year, the entire population of the United States would be dead.
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You can click on these links if you would like:
- Key comment in this story: "Never try to steal something that is smarter than yourself Mr. Young."
- You want to know what's wrong with today's society? It's against the law to spank a spoiled rotten little brat, that's what is wrong with today's society.
- Excellent headline.
- Only in Pennsylvania.
- Maybe it's just my old-fashioned prudish upbringing but the term "weirdo" springs to mind...
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