Hillary Clinton's town hall meeting in Roanoke, VA cancelled
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:02 PM
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Hillary Clinton's town hall meeting in Roanoke, VA cancelled |
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due to high winds knocking out electricity. Winds gusting up to 70mph and forest fires threaten hundreds of homes.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:03 PM
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1. Wow, I hope everyone there stays safe. |
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:03 PM
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2. it's been extremely windy here in NoVA today |
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I'm amazed power is still on here, knock on wood.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:05 PM
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3. Extremely strong winds in DC too....It's crazy...I see one of my neighbor's trashcans knocked over. |
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:05 PM
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4. I'm about 90 mile south of there |
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Edited on Sun Feb-10-08 06:05 PM by littlebit
and the wind has been kicking up pretty bad down here all day.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:06 PM
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5. Best to all the people out in this. |
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:06 PM
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6. It's windy in the Raleigh area, too - but I don't think anywhere as bad as it |
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is in VA.
Stay safe and warm, everyone! :grouphug:
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:08 PM
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7. No matter whose side you want for the nomination, there were a lot |
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of people in the crowd that would have attended this event who were probably first-time voters for the Democratic ticket. I hope they have another chance to attend a campaign event.
We will need all Democrats on deck in November.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:09 PM
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8. Thanks for the well wishes..... |
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I had decided not go go into Roanoke because I have a small convertible and knew it wouldn't be safe to drive. It sucks Hillary's visit was cancelled.
A couple of miles from us are huge gas storage tanks that could be threatened by the fires. I feel for the people who live close to those. We have a mountain between us and the tanks.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:17 PM
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She will reschedule. Seeing her in person is great. Tonight though it is probably better to stay at home and be safe. Take care and try not to get blown away.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:29 PM
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I hope she can reschedule. Like I said no way was a driving a small convertible in that kind of wind. There are trees down all over the place to make things even more hazardous.
The fire extends up to the Blue Ridge Parkway as well which is always upsetting.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:31 PM
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11. I'm sorry to hear that |
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It is so seldom we in Virginia get to feel a part of the process. As I posted earlier, she had a very exciting rally in Manassas, VA today and there were so many people that you had to be there hours ahead of time to even get in the room. I was in the overflow room so will watch in a few minutes as the rally will come on C-SPAN.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:44 PM
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how great you got to be there. I used to live up that way.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:39 PM
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12. It's pretty bad here in MD |
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:45 PM
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:39 PM
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13. what's with the weather these past few weeks |
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there are blizzard conditions in maine.
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Sun Feb-10-08 07:28 PM
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20. Crazy weather - we had thunder and lightning in NYC yesterday, |
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Pretty unusual for winter.
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:40 PM
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14. Be careful DUers. esp the ones in the to-be frozen tundra |
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:42 PM
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15. We stuck our xmas tree out in front of our house in No. VA and it blew away... |
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The wind here today has been insane!!! Like really bad. I feel bad about the Christmas tree blowing into someone else's yard, but we couldn't find it.
And it was a huge tree - I feel bad...
And yeah, we shoulda done it a month ago - we're slow...
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Sun Feb-10-08 06:45 PM
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that's some pretty strong wind.
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Sun Feb-10-08 07:26 PM
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19. You just put your Christmas tree out in February? |
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just asking as I know there is more to the story. :)
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