The Case Against Profiling
Don’t get off that rooftop just yet, Jerome, here comes Ernesto!
As the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, so does another potentially major hurricane. Tropical Storm Ernesto, strengthening in the Caribbean Sea, may become a powerful hurricane by the time it reaches the Gulf of Mexico next week, according to U.S. forecasters.
That’s right, folks, a Puerto Rican hurricane.
If you think back to 2005, a record setting year in number of named storms in the Atlantic, all but one of the major ones were white women: Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. The other was a goofy white dude named Dennis.
Now, in 2006, despite predictions otherwise, we have been spared a major storm–that is, up until now. While forecasters were focused on spotting white female hurricanes, Ernesto has snuck into the Atlantic. Nobody would have seen this coming.
As hurricanes and tropical storms become more creative and diverse in their plots to destroy the Southeastern quadrant of the United States, our forecasters must continue to stay one step ahead of them. The sad truth of the matter is, the storms have to be right once and we have to be right 100% of the time. You can’t like those odds.
Hurricane, Katrina, Current Affairs, racial profiling, Politics, Terrorism
August 27th, 2006 at 3:46 am
This is why I love living a mile above sea level, 700 miles away from the ocean.
August 27th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Yaxlich is glad that he lives in England where the only major wind problem is his own.
August 28th, 2006 at 4:16 am
This is no laughing matter. We live in a post 8/29 world. These invaders from across the ocean hate our freedom and they will stop at nothing to do harm to our children and also there’s Jesus to think about. I’m not sure where he fits into all of this but apparently mother nature hates Jesus so I hate mother nature.
We have to support the course, or stay the cause. Never mind, I’ll get back to you later on this one.
I have to go find out what I think.
August 28th, 2006 at 8:39 am
HA! Good post, Slag!
“We live in a post 8/29 world.”
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August 29th, 2006 at 1:12 am
Way to stick it to the man, doc.