MeTa post: Why was this post deleted? The asker seemed like...

Can you elaborate on the "seemed like he had a legitimate question" part?
posted by cortex

There aren't many questions that are more important to those of us who live in earthquake country and I would think that also applies to areas of the world subject to other types of disaster.

Even before Katrina, our local agencies have hammered us to be prepared to be on our own for at least 7 days before we can... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by buggzzee23 at 3:17 PM on August 7, 2006

MeTa post: Considering the recent events in Lebanon, can we...

I'm 31, and probably became remotely politically aware of the world at, I dunno, age 14 or so. From my experience, that's the legacy of at least the last 17 years. And I suspect it didn't just start with me turning 14. posted by bugbread

You missed the LBJ and Nixon years, those were the really fun ones.
posted to MetaTalk by buggzzee23 at 10:33 PM on July 30, 2006