MaineDem
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Sat Sep-03-05 09:48 AM
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Bush said disaster area larger than Great Britain |
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During his radio/Rose Garden address.
For real?? I assume they fact-check but this seems hard to believe.
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illflem
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Sat Sep-03-05 09:51 AM
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1. Don't know how big GB is |
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Edited on Sat Sep-03-05 09:55 AM by illflem
but the hurricane effected area is estimated at 70,000 square miles.
on edit: according to the CIA GB is 96,525 square miles
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HereSince1628
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Sat Sep-03-05 09:52 AM
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2. That's undoubtedly true, but a lot of that area is country-side |
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The majority of the people are concentrated in or near towns and cities which SHOULD facilitate their relief.
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