# FEMA advertisement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 9, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063 "2006-06-09T14:27:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/1 "2006-06-09T14:27:00Z")

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In the " Al Zaqawi gets his 72 virgins!" thread, FEMA had an ad for “Arkansas Hurricanes”.  
We don’t have hurricanes, we have tornadoes.  
Morons.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/2 "2006-06-09T14:40:14Z")

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**Nebraska Hurricanes**  
Don’t Be a Victim of the Next Big Storm.

😃

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/3 "2006-06-09T14:51:52Z")

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Now, in my own thread, it’s “Topical Storm Damage. Your Arkansas home is at risk!”

:smack:

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/4 "2006-06-09T15:29:37Z")

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Topical Storm Damage: ointment for the Real Man!

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/5 "2006-06-09T15:33:09Z")

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hurricane katrina Webinar  
Voip Solutions for your company Sing up  
for a free webinar!

[sic, sic, sic, man.]

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/6 "2006-06-09T15:38:45Z")

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Southern Arkansas can get some heavy rain and winds, sometimes causing flood or wind damage, from hurricanes that hit the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Fayetteville? No so much. But in Fouke, Texarkana or Magnolia, it can happen.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/7 "2006-06-09T15:43:26Z")

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**Nebraska Residents**  
Protect your home from tidal waves!

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/8 "2006-06-09T16:14:12Z")

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[QUOTE=Homebrew]  
Southern Arkansas can get some heavy rain and winds,  
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We call them “thunderstorms”.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/9 "2006-06-09T20:20:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Homebrew]  
Southern Arkansas can get some heavy rain and winds…  
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Oh, that’s just the remnants of a Trent Lott speech. But he always blows over… 😃

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**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-advertisement/360063/10 "2006-06-09T22:35:02Z")

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[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]

We don’t have hurricanes, we have tornadoes.

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S’what we in NE Texas thought too. Thanks, Rita!