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Hello

I just had a thought:

Was hurricane Gustav's scaled up to a category 3 hurricane in an attempt to create a big story?

Did the US Government know that it was not really going to be a category 3 hurricane, but scaled it
up to scare the public?

Was it a political move to wipe talk of the Democratic Convention from the airwaves and media?

Was it designed to show how empathetic the Republicans are to the needs of the people?

The Democrats had just completed a major convention final event that the Republics could never top,
so was the plan to switch the news away from the DNC and contrast the DNC's expensive 'show' with
the 'humanity' of the Republicans?

We all know that the storm was approaching, but was it as strong as they were saying it was? Or did
they purposefully change the status, because it has suddenly been downgraded to a category 1
hurricane. ( a normal hurricane that is usual in the area!)

questions...questions

regards

In addition to my raising the question of whether hurricane Gustav was purposefully scaled up to a
cat 3, when potentially it was never a cat 3 but rather just a normal cat 1 hurricane, I noticed
something else.

The banners at the Republican Convention read:

"COUNTRY FIRST"

But these banners were put up BEFORE hurricane Gustav was 'scaled' up to a cat 3 hurricane!

That means the marketing department of the Republican Convention new before the public and the media
that it was to be scaled up!

And consider that to do that would require:

1. a meeting/session by the marketing team to discuss potential slogans - this takes time as many
potential slogans will be put on the table, and 1 eventually selected.

2. Graphic Design and layout - minimum 1 hour.

3. Getting the banner printed, approved and delivered - minimum 3 hours at least.

4. Putting up the banners in the convention centre - another 2 hours

Conservatively (pun intended), that would be a minimum of 8 hours required just to create and get a
new slogan out.

8 Hours! - a full work day - 8 hours before even the weather bureaus said it was a cat 3.

Charge: the Republicans new it was to be scaled up - to take attention away from other issues.

regards