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Flooding on Las Vegas, casinos ask Obama for bailout
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Dänk 42Ø
Jul 20, 2013, 1:57:43 PM7/20/13
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Poor Las Vegas casinos don't want to cough up money to pay for a decent
storm sewer, so they are kicking back a few million in slot machine
losings to Barack Obama to buy them one:
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http://www.wunderground.com/news/las-vegas-thunderstorm-brings-high-water-
strip-20130720
Las Vegas Thunderstorm Brings High Water to the Strip
July 20, 2013
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A severe thunderstorm with strong winds swept through
Las Vegas, knocking down trees and utility poles and scattering gamblers
from the casino floor at Caesars Palace as flooding hit parts of the
famed Strip.
Some resorts on the Strip and Fremont Street were without power several
hours after the fast-moving storm moved through the city at about 7 p.m.
on Friday.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Clark County fire units also
responded to several calls of people needing water rescue near the Strip.
NV Energy was working on outages that affected 33,000 people across the
Las Vegas area, company spokeswoman Kelley Mulroy said.
A new daily rainfall record of 0.22 inches was set at McCarran
International Airport, and more than an inch of rain was recorded in
suburban Henderson. Some of the record rainfall kicked a hole in the roof
of Gilley's Saloon, a Western-style bar at Treasure Island on the Strip
where customers watched as sheets of water fell in.
No injuries have been reported, but falling trees and severed gas lines
forced the evacuation of 200 condominium units on the city's east side,
Las Vegas fire spokesman Tim Szymanski said. Fifteen units were damaged
by falling trees, and about 50 residents of the complex were expected to
take shelter at a nearby high school.
The National Weather Service says that a 71-mph wind gust swept through
nearby Nellis Air Force Base. Multiple buildings in the area were struck
by lightning.
storm sewer, so they are kicking back a few million in slot machine
losings to Barack Obama to buy them one:
____________________________________________
http://www.wunderground.com/news/las-vegas-thunderstorm-brings-high-water-
strip-20130720
Las Vegas Thunderstorm Brings High Water to the Strip
July 20, 2013
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A severe thunderstorm with strong winds swept through
Las Vegas, knocking down trees and utility poles and scattering gamblers
from the casino floor at Caesars Palace as flooding hit parts of the
famed Strip.
Some resorts on the Strip and Fremont Street were without power several
hours after the fast-moving storm moved through the city at about 7 p.m.
on Friday.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Clark County fire units also
responded to several calls of people needing water rescue near the Strip.
NV Energy was working on outages that affected 33,000 people across the
Las Vegas area, company spokeswoman Kelley Mulroy said.
A new daily rainfall record of 0.22 inches was set at McCarran
International Airport, and more than an inch of rain was recorded in
suburban Henderson. Some of the record rainfall kicked a hole in the roof
of Gilley's Saloon, a Western-style bar at Treasure Island on the Strip
where customers watched as sheets of water fell in.
No injuries have been reported, but falling trees and severed gas lines
forced the evacuation of 200 condominium units on the city's east side,
Las Vegas fire spokesman Tim Szymanski said. Fifteen units were damaged
by falling trees, and about 50 residents of the complex were expected to
take shelter at a nearby high school.
The National Weather Service says that a 71-mph wind gust swept through
nearby Nellis Air Force Base. Multiple buildings in the area were struck
by lightning.
Lamont Cranston
Jul 23, 2013, 7:21:13 PM7/23/13
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On 7/20/2013 10:57 AM, D�nk 42� wrote:
> Poor Las Vegas casinos don't want to cough up money to pay for a decent
> storm sewer, so they are kicking back a few million in slot machine
> losings to Barack Obama to buy them one:
Simply a lie. At least, you're consistent -- you *always* lie.
> Poor Las Vegas casinos don't want to cough up money to pay for a decent
> storm sewer, so they are kicking back a few million in slot machine
> losings to Barack Obama to buy them one:
FirstPost
Jul 23, 2013, 7:40:20 PM7/23/13
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No surprise there.
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