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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Carroll County Times convention blog: Sept. 1: Day one at the Republican Convention By Larry Helminiak

Carroll County Times convention blog: Sept. 1: Day one at the Republican Convention By Larry Helminiak

Sept. 1: Day one at the Republican Convention By Larry Helminiak

Day one of the Republican Convention was supposed to last from 2:30 til 10:00 pm, with a list of speakers from President Bush on down. Everything was changed because of Hurricane Gustov. Republican governors of Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas stayed home to manage the potential damage in their states. They were introduced by First Lady Laura Bush and appeared on closed circuit TV at the convention. Even President Bush and Vice President Chaney went to the Gulf States instead of the convention.

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Read Mr. Helminiak’s entire post here: Sept. 1: Day one at the Republican Convention By Larry Helminiak

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20080901 Day one at the Republican Convention By Larry Helminiak

Monday, September 01, 2008

RNC Makes Convention Changes Due to Hurricane Gustav

RNC Makes Convention Changes Due to Hurricane Gustav

August 31, 2008

Earlier this evening we were informed that national convention officials have made changes to the schedule for Monday due to Hurricane Gustav:

RNC Makes Convention Changes Due to Hurricane Gustav

http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/08/31/rnc-makes-convention-changes-due-to-hurricane-gustav/

by Shushannah Walshe in St. Paul, Minn.– August 31st, 2008 10:09 PM Eastern

With Hurricane Gustav about to slam into the Gulf Coast, the GOP is making drastic changes to the convention, which is slated to start here tomorrow.

John McCain addressed the press via satellite from St. Louis where he is campaigning today and was joined by RNC chairman Mike Duncan and McCain campaign manager Rick Davis. The convention will not be canceled or postponed, but there will be serious changes starting with Day One of the convention. Instead of a whole evening of speakers praising their almost-nominee and hitting Barack Obama tomorrow’s events will be abbreviated. McCain said it was “a time for action” and convention-goers should take off their “Republican hats” and put on their “American hats” to bring the country together while Gustav wreaks havoc on the Gulf coast, “This is a time when we have to do away with our party politics and we have to act as Americans. We have to join with 3 million other Americans on behalf of our fellow citizens. It’s a time for actions.”

Davis said that each day’s convention activities would be announced that day and he did not talk about specifics for later in the week. Tomorrow the convention will open at 3pm central time, but it will only consist of “essential business” which includes electing officers, adopting the Party rules and the Party platform and it is expected to conclude around 5:30 pm.

Read the entire article here: RNC Makes Convention Changes Due to Hurricane Gustav

20080831 RNC Makes Convention Changes Due to Hurricane Gustav

Flying out to St. Paul Minnesota to cover the Republican National Convention

3:37 PM EST Sunday August 31 2008

It’s Sunday August 31, 2008 and my wife and I are celebrating our 12th wedding anniversary by flying out to Saint Paul, Minnesota for the Republican National Convention.

That is, of course, if the convention takes place. It appears that Mother Nature may have a say about that… I haven’t had the time to get a weather report today. However all indications are that Hurricane Gustav will making landfall to the west of New Orleans sometime on Monday.

Depending of the strength and severity of the storm and any resulting damage - - it will not be appropriate for presidential candidates to be partying on dry land far from harm’s way.

So, we’ll see.

I’m attempting to work on an airplane and I’m not finding it easy. I swear that it was easier – either years ago or when I was younger. I wonder which?

I’m flying Northwest and when we checked in we discovered that there was a $15.00 per bag fee for our luggage, which took us by surprise. I sure hope that I can later reflect upon the newly initiated luggage fee as an insurance policy so that we don’t land, after a two-hour flight, in Minneapolis St. Paul and our luggage lands in Singapore or Pyongyang, Korea.

Our A319 plane is full. Does “A319” mean that this is an “Airbus?”

Of course. For whatever reason, it seems that whenever my wife and fly anywhere, we always sit behind really important people who simply must recline their seat as far back as possible so that the headrest of the seat ahead of me is resting upon my chin.

Oh joy.

A colleague, who had attended the Democrat National Convention, blogged the event. I’ll be curious if I will be able to do that for the Republican National Convention, in the next several days. A quick review of the schedule reveals only a begrudging moment or two for a minimum amount of sleep and non-stop activity throughout everyday.

And speaking of sleeping; that is how, for now, I will attempt to Zen the remaining hour of this flight.

4:05 PM EST

20080831 Flying to St Paul Minnesota Sunday August 31 2008

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20080827 National Geographic: Hurricane Gustav to Become Gulf Coast Monster?

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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Washington Post: GOP Considers Delaying Convention

Washington Post: GOP Considers Delaying Convention

Tropical Storm Gustav Is Forecast to Hit U.S. Next Week as Hurricane

By Dan Eggen and Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, August 29, 2008; A21
Staff writer Spencer S. Hsu contributed to this report.

Republican officials said yesterday that they are considering delaying the start of the

GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul because of Tropical Storm Gustav, which is on track to hit the Gulf Coast, and possibly New Orleans, as a full-force hurricane early next week.

The threat is serious enough that White House officials are also debating whether President Bush should cancel his scheduled convention appearance on Monday, the first day of the convention, according to administration officials and others familiar with the discussion.

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Senior Republicans said images of political celebration in the Twin Cities while thousands of Americans flee a hurricane could be dubious. "Senator McCain has always been sensitive to national crisis," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds, noting that the senator postponed announcing his presidential candidacy in 2000 because of the war in the Balkans. "We are monitoring the situation very closely."

Read the entire article here: Washington Post: GOP Considers Delaying Convention

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http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2008/08/washington-post-gop-considers-delaying.html

National Geographic: Hurricane Gustav to Become Gulf Coast Monster?

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http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/20080825%20Hurricane%20Gustav%20formed%20Aug%2025

20080827 National Geographic: Hurricane Gustav to Become Gulf Coast Monster?

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2008/08/national-geographic-hurricane-gustav-to.html

Washington Post GOP Considers Delaying Convention

Friday, August 29, 2008

National Geographic: Hurricane Gustav to Become Gulf Coast Monster?

National Geographic: Hurricane Gustav to Become Gulf Coast Monster?

Willie Drye for National Geographic News (Willie Drye is author of Storm of the Century: the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, published by National Geographic Books.)

August 27, 2008 See more recent Hurricane Gustav coverage >>

The once and future Hurricane Gustav—currently a tropical storm over Haiti—could attack the U.S. Gulf Coast as a major hurricane this weekend. Or not.

The Gulf Coast's fate depends largely on a developing high-pressure system, whose southern edge extends roughly from the eastern Gulf of Mexico to the western Atlantic Ocean. (See a map of the region.)

High-pressure "ridges" repel storms, so if the developing ridge north of Cuba is strong, Gustav could be deflected westward and into the central Gulf of Mexico, where vast stretches of warm water could supercharge the storm as it heads for the U.S. coast.

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(Related: "Hurricane Bertha's Burst of Strength Stumps Experts" [July 8, 2008].)

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Gustav is expected to turn toward the U.S. sometime Friday or Saturday, and the high-pressure system will decide how sharp Gustav's turn will be.

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There is "no way of knowing" at present how the high-pressure ridge is going to evolve, Waddlington said. The present long-range forecast says Gustav could come ashore anywhere from the central Florida Panhandle to the Texas-Mexico border.

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Read the entire article here: National Geographic: Hurricane Gustav to Become Gulf Coast Monster?