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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:35 PM Original message |
Poll question: Have you ever been under 'martial law' while living in the USA? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Enforced it. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. You were a rescuer.... that's got to feel good! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Which is the way it should be. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. does that mean something like |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes, you can be arrested |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yes. During the Blizzard of '78 in the North East, Martial Law was declared for a week. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:43 PM Original message |
Katrina - 'nuf said. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. 'nuff said.... |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Thanks. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's OK....so do many of us that weren't there.... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Glad you got through it and glad are sailing away in a nice place. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Thanks. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Wow! What courage and what a way to face your demons! |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I really appreciate you putting up this OP. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. That is so true... people do seem to 'keep it to themselves' and curl up |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I read about your experience and could only listen. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I did talk with them back then but I've moved far away from there now and yes... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Those are amazing pictures. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. Heard dat! |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Where yat? nt. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, during one of the race riots in Los Angeles in the sixties. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Sounds like you were effected by it... yikes! |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. In NYC on 9/11 |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Not at all.... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yep - LA riots after Rodney King verdict. Everyone had to be off the streets by 7 pm. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Hell; I remember that clearly....frigging scary.... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
56. Me too. n/t |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Semi ML |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. in effect, everytime you go into an airport. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That would be a true statement! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. As a toddler after F5 tornado. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Ugh, tornado's have to be one of the scariest natural disasters on earth... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. just sent you a pm link |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Checking now... thanks! |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. Wilmington DE, 1968 |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. 9 months... in Delaware?!? I didn't realize that even happened! |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes, in Boston after the Blizzard of 77-78 |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Tell that to the people stranded on 128 for a week! - I think they may differ on that! |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. I was actually helping them out...I got stuck at work at the Dedham Inn for three days. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. You walked to Norwood? That's a hike and a half from there! |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. if we're including snow emergencies, then yeah, a few times actually |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. It wasn't a "snow emergency" in Boston. The governor declared Martial Law. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. Detroit in the 60's |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Not the kind of things one expects to hear in their own home town either! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yes, after hurricane Katrina. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. But you made it through the fire.... |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. You left out the most important piece of advice... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. I didn't 'give' any advice actually... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. Detroit, 1967 |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. Ft McCoy Anniston Alabama Nov 1971 Race Riot |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Holy crap! You must have been pretty stressed out |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Hair came back in fine, thanks. n/t |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes, Miami in 1992 - Hurricane Andrew |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Hurricane Andrew was the worst in US history, I think, before Hurricane Katrina... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. Awoke to the sound of military marching into town. Remember the be-ins? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I'm unfamiliar with the "Zip to Zap's", "Be-Ins" and "Go to Gackle's" .... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. Not here, but when I was a kid living in Turkey in 1971.... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Damn... you were in the middle of a damn coup and just a kid, I'm guessing! |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-27-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Yup, and she was my favorite teacher out there! She was really a great lady! |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
59. Los Angles Riots, 1992 Edition |
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