Officials: At least 38 killed as a result of Hurricane Irene

[Botany]

Source: CNN

Hurricane Irene
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 30, 2011 8:29 a.m. EDT
(CNN) -- Emergency officials report at least 38 people in 11 states have died as a result of Hurricane Irene.
North Carolina -- 6
Pennsylvania -- 5
Virginia -- 4
New York -- 6
Vermont -- 3
Connecticut -- 2
New Jersey -- 7
Maryland -- 1
Florida -- 1
Massachusetts -- 1
Delaware -- 2

Here is a state-by-state breakdown: @ link

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/30/irene.fatalities/

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"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start
listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet
and we've got to rein in the spending." Michele Bachmann

[snooper2]

1. Is that jesabus quote really from Micheley?

Oh my she is totally fucking nuts

[Botany]

2. Bachmann: I was being 'humorous' with disaster remark

"Of course I was being humorous when I said that. It would be absurd to think it was anything else," Bachmann said Monday about
the disaster comment that attracted much attention.

"I am a person who loves humor, I have a great sense of humor."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/08/michele-bachmann-hurricane-irene-message-humor-/1

(46 dead according to that story)

[Harmony Blue]

3. Bachmann is so out of touch with reality

she truly is a vile human being.

[dipsydoodle]

4. 40 according to the BBC

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[qanda]

5. Well, someone on DU was calling it a mere thunderstorm

And way overblown and all the rest of that crap. Well, I guess it wasn't so bad if it wasn't your family member dying or your house getting swept away or your car or house getting crushed by a tree. I guess 40 people dying isn't enough for some people.

[Bombero1956]

6. someone should pull Bachmann aside and have a little chat

explain to her what is considered funny and what is hateful. There are 3.3 million folks without power and 38 dead and she thinks this was a joke. The term too soon comes to mind.