VOTE2004: Call it bad karma
With Florida in the news so much over the last few months, I couldn't help but occasionally see that smug, knowing face of Jeb Bush on television. Then, after recollecting the last time I had seen his face plastered all over the news--the 2000 presidential election fiasco--an old saying came back to me.
What goes around, comes around.
I mean, my heart goes out to those that lost everything they had, but isn't it just a little strange that this happened this year, another election year? Look at the following tracking charts of Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Jeanne. While Ivan didn't exactly hit Florida head-on, it did drop enough rain and blow through there hard enough to do some damage. These storms all hit Florida hard and all within the span of a couple of months. Coincidence? Hmmm...
 Hurricane Charley |
 Hurricane Frances |
 Hurricane Ivan |
 Hurricane Jeanne |
While it seems that someone at Snopes have already tried to disprove the silliness of it all, I think there's something to it. Really. I mean, in the state that decided the last presidential election amid its own storm of controversy, four years later four hurricanes strike--leaving billions of dollars in damage--only months before another presidential election? C'mon! Somebody call me a cab because I'm moving to Mars.
UNISYS - 2004 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Atlantic
Now that the first presidential debate has just ended, I'm even more convinced that Bush has something up his sleeve because that performance was just downright sad. Yeah, there's something else, something sneaky that's gonna affect this year's election. Another storm? Nah. But isn't it strange what's going on lately with Mount St. Helens? And in case you didn't know, Washington IS considered a swing state with Democratic leanings.
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