NORTHCOM Tells of Hurricane Hassle
Bush pontificates on Sammy Sosa's
unproductive season with the OriolesNow that
Hurricane Rita has subsided, new tales are emerging about the harrowing
hours preceding landfall. Troops stationed at NORTHCOM headquarters in
Colorado Spring were reportedly a 'nervous wreck', according to Admiral
Timothy J. Keating, who spoke to FGAQ under assurances of anonymity.
"We were working around the clock, preparing for the
storm," said Keating, "and then we get word that the president wants to stop
in and 'observe us'. We're like, oh great, we really need that sort of
distraction."
"It was pretty frightening," said Lt. Col. Debra Hastings.
"I was doing tracking projections at my work station when the secret service
comes and tells me I've got to move because I've got the best seat in the
room. They wouldn't even let me stay at the table. I said that I couldn't
move because my work was vital, and they just unplugged my computer and put
it in the hall. Didn't even power it down properly."
"I understand that he's the president, and he's got a need
to know, but his questions were really... really... I mean, 'What causes a
hurricane to go so fast?' 'Why do they call it an eye?' Jesus. And then we
have to sit there politely while he talks about his days with the Texas
Rangers." |
