Where's the international help (56)
aries1234: I expect a lot of the local girls are thinking the same way, they don't need visas
Damn. I got screwed in the location department .
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SpaceRam: Damn. I got screwed in the location department .
No they re Britis nationals
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aries1234: No they re Britis nationals
Hey Aries,
Come and colonize this
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MikeD12: Maybe and with similar insider first hand knowledge that the Army & RAF were alerted and ready to go days in advance of the Hurriicane announcement on the Media, but were stifled and told to hold back by Politics via a MOD slack attitude to Logistics, Pen-pushing, the FO indecision to let them all get on with the job.
If you were to quit the rantin and the hatin and do some thinkin Mike you might consider the actual logistics of the exercise eg the foolishness of sending man and machine into danger, the value of having them nearby and at action stations etc,
You might also recognise the 'social and political' impact ... of a press announcements that led to even greater panic that was created 'OMG, it;s so bad that our own navy can't help us and we have to bring in the british navy ....'
I guess you're hell bent on expressing the wooden-headedness that kept you a private while others advanced through the ranks ?
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SpaceRam: Hey Aries,
Come and colonize this
Come and colonize this
I understand he's 'spoken for' in a different colon y ?
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MikeD12: No further comment
:OK - I guess when there's no way of defending the indefensible then that becomes the default!
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I've heard stuff in the media about there being plenty of advanced warning and Britain's response in the Virgin Islands being woefully lacking.
I do wonder why troops were sent out there, but weren't used to help make preparations for the storm, but we don't seem to be very sensible when it comes to cost saving preventative measures. We like good looking economic statistics better than sensible economic statistics.
I'm not sure I understand how foreign aid works. I've always thought of it rather simplistically - richer countries give to poorer countries, likely with an expectation of something in return, such as political co-operation.
It never occurred to me that nations who give aid, might also receive it. It never occurred to me that when Britain has had floods (we can be a bit wet) that it wouldn't be sorted out by Britain alone.
I do wonder why troops were sent out there, but weren't used to help make preparations for the storm, but we don't seem to be very sensible when it comes to cost saving preventative measures. We like good looking economic statistics better than sensible economic statistics.
I'm not sure I understand how foreign aid works. I've always thought of it rather simplistically - richer countries give to poorer countries, likely with an expectation of something in return, such as political co-operation.
It never occurred to me that nations who give aid, might also receive it. It never occurred to me that when Britain has had floods (we can be a bit wet) that it wouldn't be sorted out by Britain alone.
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I know the British aid in the Virgin Islands isn't foreign aid. I addressed this issue as it had also been raised in this thread.
I addressed the issue of foreign aid in the second half of my post.
I addressed the issue of foreign aid in the second half of my post.
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jac_the_gripper: I know the British aid in the Virgin Islands isn't foreign aid. I addressed this issue as it had also been raised in this thread.
I addressed the issue of foreign aid in the second half of my post.
I addressed the issue of foreign aid in the second half of my post.
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I'm back after evacuations. Just got the electric back. Everything is OK. Except the Super Wal-Mart it has not reopened yet. Hope it is alright. I depend on that place. Not all the businesses have reopened yet. The Publix super market is open but they have a generator so they can run with the electric lines down. It seems they got all the local traffic lights running, thank goodness.
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KarloradoFL: I'm back after evacuations. Just got the electric back. Everything is OK. Except the Super Wal-Mart it has not reopened yet. Hope it is alright. I depend on that place. Not all the businesses have reopened yet. The Publix super market is open but they have a generator so they can run with the electric lines down. It seems they got all the local traffic lights running, thank goodness.
Glad your safe and sound...
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KarloradoFL: I'm back after evacuations. Just got the electric back. Everything is OK. Except the Super Wal-Mart it has not reopened yet. Hope it is alright. I depend on that place. Not all the businesses have reopened yet. The Publix super market is open but they have a generator so they can run with the electric lines down. It seems they got all the local traffic lights running, thank goodness.
Good to know you're ok KarladoFl. My family in Jacksonville are still pumping water out of homes and clearing fallen trees. I haven't heard from anyone in Appolo Beach (Tampa) yet.
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loulou77: Glad your safe and sound...
British Commandos have restored security to the British Virgin Islands, returning the prisoners who escaped during the hurricane , to jail.
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I'm relieved to hear you're sage and we'll, Karl.
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Oh, how I like predictive text. 
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aries1234: British Commandos have restored security to the British Virgin Islands, returning the prisoners who escaped during the hurricane , to jail.
Glad that they have restored security...imagine the chaos...
Rather be in jail than trying to survive the hurricane...bloody gutsy...
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loulou77: Glad that they have restored security...imagine the chaos...
Rather be in jail than trying to survive the hurricane...bloody gutsy...
Rather be in jail than trying to survive the hurricane...bloody gutsy...
Yeh one of them was a nasty murderer, and killed someone on escape.
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galrads: Good to know you're ok KarladoFl. My family in Jacksonville are still pumping water out of homes and clearing fallen trees. I haven't heard from anyone in Appolo Beach (Tampa) yet.
Sorry the west coast of Florida got hit the hardest. That's where the eye of the storm went. Saw on the TV that there was flooding in Daytona Beach and one of the big slides at the local water park (Daytona Lagoon) was partly blown away. Kennedy Space Center is closed until further notice because they sustained damages to their buildings. No flooding where I am which is about 30 miles west of Daytona Beach but did hear the Saint Johns River is high. Lots of downed trees and power lines because of the trees. I think all the big amusement parks in Orlando are now open.
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I expect a lot of the local girls are thinking the same way, they don't need visas