new weather forecast for NO...

[chrisy]

Just when you
think you have heard all of the stupid things that are going on in
the US -- this comes along...
Black
hurricanes....

Well, it
appears our African-American friends have found yet something else
to be pissed about.

A black
congresswoman (this would be Sheila Jackson Lee, of Houston ),
reportedly complained that the names of hurricanes are all Caucasian
sounding names.

She would
prefer some names that reflect African-American culture such as
Chamiqua, Tanisha, Woeisha, Shaquille, and Jamal. I am NOT making
this up!

She would also
like the weather reports to be broadcast in 'language' that street
people can understand because one of the problems that happened in
New Orleans was, that black people couldn't understand the
seriousness of the situation, due to the racially biased language of
the weather report.

I guess if the
weather person says that the winds are going to blow at 140+ MPH,
that's too hard to understand.

I can hear it
now:
A weatherman
in New Orleans says...

Wazzup,
homies! Hehr-i-cane Chamiqua be headin' fo' yo ass like Leroy on a
rocket!
Bitch be a
category fo'!
So, turn off
dem chitlins, grab yo' chirren, leave yo crib, and head fo' de
nearest FEMA office fo yo FREE
sh*t.

 

[TexasBred]

That's they way it's done in NOLA.

 

[Isomade]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[ALACOWMAN]

i heard they didnt like the name katrina cause it sounded afro engineered, and caused massive destruction....

 

[slick4591]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

With names like that they'll be calling them ghettocains.

 

[Limomike]

Love it.... :lol2: :lol2:

If they start naming them that way.. then someone will probably complain because one of the hurricanes will cause some devastation, and they wont like it because it was named after an African American...

 

[ALACOWMAN]

i think the next one should be ""hurricane jesse'' cause he sure do blow

 

[Sir Loin]

For the rest of the story see: http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/hurricane.asp

I see no mention, nor can I find, her saying blacks were to stupid to understand the weather report.
Anyone got a source for that statement?
SL

 

[Anonymous]

A certain member sent me the audio that goes with the original post awhile back. :lol: Classic. That's all I have to say on the matter :clap:

 

[Sir Loin]

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6To86_plhWw

PML
SL

 

[TexasBred]

For the rest of the story see: http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/hurricane.asp

I see no mention, nor can I find, her saying blacks were to stupid to understand the weather report.
Anyone got a source for that statement?
SL

Rewind the weather reports and watch'em sitting on the rooftops and in the Super Dome...don't know if that means they were too dumb to understand the weather report but apparently they were too stupid to undertand "evacuate....HURRICANE Katrine is going to hit NOLA". Now if you've never spent any time in the "hood" that's exactly what it would sound like, except with a few more " Mother Fu....s in the spill".

 

[lavacarancher]

I ain't goin there! All I can say is yo MF's are BA-A-A-D.

Actually, I like the idea of just calling them hurricane 1, hurricane 2, etc. Anyone that can count up to twenty can identify, no one gets their feelings hurt, there is no racial connotation and no sexual inference. I don't know why we (they) started assigning names to hurricanes anyway.