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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:45 AM
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it seems to me those $25 billion damage estimates made this afternoon
are WAY too low
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:47 AM
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1. I just read an estimate of close to $65 billion spread over the coastal...
...areas and inland where the storm is continuing to cause problems.
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:48 AM
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2. Ouch!
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:53 AM
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3. Wow. . . we could buy almost a year of useless war for those bucks. . .
maybe I can get someone to tell me again how much better our lives all are today. . .
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 02:21 AM
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5. But remember
Global climate change and elephantine CAFE standards have nothing to do with this. So Stop Saying Kyoto at me!
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still_one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:53 AM
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4. its a good thing we are not fighting a war in Iraq
otherwise we might not be able to afford it
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 02:35 AM
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6. I heard estimates between 60 and 100 billion last night on MSNBC.
Edited on Tue Aug-30-05 02:35 AM by Incitatus
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