SNUGGLEBUNNY's blog: "Words to Live By"

I have met a lot of great people on here, with the times being the way they are I have had to do away with my internet connection as I feared awhile back. My parents are running out of their inheritance money (helping me out while I go through the disability fight). It's unsure how long I will even be living where I am now. I know I can't move back in with my parents I probably could but climbing the stairs is most painful and almost impossible. For the record I had been getting a good amount for food on the EBT card. And also my kids are on Medicaid, I used to be until the change. I hadn't applied for any other assistance at the time because I didn't want any possible future child support should it ever start coming in again or when they (I'm hoping they do soon) approve my disability and send the first check it would go to them. I have a few home repairs and I could put a good chunk on the mortgage. Ya I read the fine print if I receive the cash assistance as well they'd take it to reimburse them. But since the reevaluation November 2008 I had been cut the amount in 1/2 and taken off regular Medicaid and put down on the spend down program. Since the change I have not been talking all 5 of my scripts. I got them filled the end of November before it switched to "Spend Down" (I have to have $181 in qualified medical expenses before they will pay.) I should have been taking the Lasix and Potassium every day (yes in the summer my feet swell up like balloons & my BP isn't normal all the time - I have noticed a few times here lately when I'm sure it's been up there. After paying $118 for an office call now (was $80) before my DR had some Management Team step in and is dictating prices and no more freebies. So when I ran out of the refills I couldn't just phone him to phone it in. I am calling the regular Pharmacist to see if she is in as I feel I will get a more honest response from her. After getting my script filled I couldn't believe the difference in what the charged. As with the Medicaid (Gov. Program) the Amount Due was always on there and then the Total Due was always "0" when I had the Medicaid. Since I am paying cash now it has doubled in price if not higher on a few. I've scanned and printed off the old and the new Informational Sheet they put with it. I don't feel that just because it's a Gov. Program they should pay less. While a regular person paying cash pays more. Has anyone else on Medicaid at one time and then taken off noticed it? I'm going to see what the response is and I'm preparing to submit photo copies to the local news to have them check into it. I think regardless whether its a Gov. Program, a person with insurance or just paying cash it should all be one amount for the script (meds). They shouldn't vary because of who you are!

This has been copied and pasted from Newscenter 16 WNDU-TV Perhaps this should be in my Weather Conditions Blog as it pertains to weather. Berrien County Michigan along with some other counties as well are under a BLIZZARD WARNING! So what does this mean? "IT'S SNOWING AND BLOWING LIKE CRAZY" does this mean: A - go do some major holiday shopping because Christmas is almost here and we haven't finished or B - Stay at home where we can be warm and save? OMG! why don't they just close all roads so people won't be out and tell them they need to have a valid emergency for being out on the roads. But first off I'd like to remind you of another pile up last year near Michigan City! Major highways I think are the worst to be traveling in weather like this. Yes they may have the snow cleared better but the maximum speed limit is set at 70 mph! So you get fools on the highway that are going to go as fast as they possibly can. Not giving it any thought to SLOW DOWN as there might be an icy patch in the road, someone's car stalled, a deer or something jumping in front of you. Then what? Are you gonna be able to stop in time? People think twice before this happens to you. This may not be you in this pileup, but it could be a friend or relative you know. If not this time it could be you or someone you know the next time. Take your time, stay in the right hand land the slower lane if the fools want to pass let them. By all means don't speed up just because they are on your arse! *********************** Storm causes 100-vehicle crash, shuts down I-94 in Stevensville Posted: 5:26 PM Dec 21, 2008 Last Updated: 6:58 PM Dec 21, 2008 Reporter: Associated Press/WNDU-TV Michigan's latest snowstorm is responsible for a chain-reaction accident that affected nearly 100 vehicles and forced officials to close part of Interstate 94. State police shut down a six-mile stretch of the highway near Lake Michigan in Stevensville this afternoon. The Berrien County Sheriff's Department says a 31-year-old Illinois man died in the accident, after his car rear-ended a semi. Michigan residents have been trying to dig out from as much as 13 inches of snow that has fallen since Friday. The National Weather Service is predicting similar amounts of new snow in some parts of Michigan, along with temperatures plunging into single digits. We will have a live report on the accident this evening on NewsCenter 16 at 6:00. *********************** On the 6 pm news so far one has been reported DEAD! If you must go out then do so but drive with caution! Only use a cell phone parked and off to the side of the road not while driving. By all means give enough room between you and the person in front you in case you have to stop. By law you should be at least one vehicle length per 10 mph you are traveling. But do you? I don't know how many people end up on my arse! This is even going at the posted Speed Limit because people are in too much of a hurry to get to where they are going. SLOW down or the next obituary someone reads might be yours! *********************** This is the link to watch the video clip they had on the news. http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/36535579.html# *********************** This is copied and pasted from Channel 22 WSBT's website no video clip posted on their site. UPDATE: Paramedics respond to 100 car pile-up in Berrien County Cars being removed from the multiple car pileup at mile marker 27 on I-94 that happened on Sunday. (Photo provided by WSBT viewer Mark Parren) Emergency crews respond to a multiple car pileup at mile marker 27 on I-94 on Sunday, December 21, 2008. (Photo courtesy Mark Parren) By WSBT News1 Story Created: Dec 21, 2008 at 2:19 PM EST Story Updated: Dec 21, 2008 at 6:55 PM EST BERRIEN COUNTY--White-out conditions and icy roads are to blame for a 100 car pile-up on I-94 in Berrien County. It started around noon near the 27 mile-marker, and closed I-94 for hours. That’s near the Niles Road overpass. Related Content One person was killed in the pile-ups. Police are not releasing that person’s name. Tow truck drivers brought many of the damaged cars to a motel parking lot, just to clear them off the road. WSBT News talked to some of the drivers involved who said they were driving in whiteout or near whiteout conditions when they realized it was too late to stop. In all, police say about 80 cars were damaged in the pile-up and another 20 slid into ditches and guardrails trying to avoid it. Right now, roads across the area are treacherous. Blowing and drifting snow are making it nearly impossible to see what’s in front of you, and by the time you realize you need to stop, the ice on the roads makes it difficult to stop. Police closed down an 11 mile stretch of I-94, between mile marker 16 and mile marker 27 while they cleared the pile-up. People involved in the pile-up say it was scary because they didn’t know when it was going to end. As it gets later and darker, police say the road conditions are only going to get worse. Michigan State Police are urging all drivers in this area to stay home Sunday night. *********************** Well there they've said it "Michigan State Police are urging all drivers in this area to stay home Sunday night." But why was this said after the fact? Why should it even need to be said to get people to stay home in weather like this? I am just hoping that through it all we don't loose electric! I know most roads around here have been drifted shut for awhile now, I have been on the phone with my brother who just come into town to the pro mart to get milk. Even with the 4 wheel drive pick up he was trying to keep his EX GF/Fiance from leaving his place as she was there with her son playing with his daughter. But she left out in it. Haven't heard anything more yet. I know her mother is trying to lay a guilt trip on him. But you'd have to know the whole story of what she'd been doing to him all summer long. Supposedly, pregnant with my brother's baby, but already a mother and sure doesn't act like one! Take Care and Stay Warm!!!!

LMAO this is too funny! I just had a friend email this too me.

Nothing fancy here but I was just forwarded an email from a friend of mine so I thought I would copy and paste it's contents here. PLEASE DO THIS 'FREE' GOOD DEED - Animal Rescue Hi, all you animal lovers. This is pretty simple... Please tell ten friends to tell ten today! The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute (How about 20 seconds) to go to their site and click on the purple box 'fund food for animals' for free. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know. http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3 PLEASE TELL 10 FRIENDS !!!

Hurricane IKE Public Advisory Home Public Adv Fcst/Adv Discussion Wind Probs Maps/Charts Archive US Watch/Warning Storm Surge 000 WTNT34 KNHC 120841 TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 45 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 400 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...IKE GETS A LITTLE STRONGER...FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO BAFFIN BAY TEXAS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA LATER TODAY. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AN PROPERTY IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER... INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST OR ABOUT 365 MILES...585 KM...EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 265 MILES...425 KM... SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY LATE TODAY OR EARLY SATURDAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE TODAY...LONG BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH... 165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND IKE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST. IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES...195 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES...445 KM. AN OIL PLATFORM IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 89 MPH...144 KM/HR...AT AN ELEVATION OF 400 FEET. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTERS IS 953 MB...28.14 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF IKE MAKES LANDFALL...EXTENDING A GREATER THAN USUAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE CYCLONE. SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 25 FEET...AND POSSIBLY HIGHER...COULD OCCUR AT THE HEADS OF BAYS. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER EASTERN TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. REPEATING THE 400 AM CDT POSITION...26.7 N...91.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...953 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 700 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000 AM CDT. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN Forecasted Path Of Hurricane Ike: Current Satellite Image Available: Image of Current Information: ***************************************************** My whole purpose in this is to update everyone and urge those that have not yet left to safer grounds to do so. Homes are replaceable! Lives are not! They say on the news they expect "Ike" to become a Category 3 before long. In the 1900 Galveston Hurricane (which was a category 4) tides (flooding) were responsible for over 8000 fatalities. That's 8000 lives that had they'd of had the capabilities we do today could have been spared. People if you are asked to evacuate do in a timely manner. Don't just sit and wait to the last minute. I caught a bulletin yesterday which I had commented on also. I am sharing with you the information that I had found while doing my research for my Public Speaking Class in College. Perhaps I should also include my Persuasive Speech I gave to the class to urge people to evacuate upon notification and the stats I had to back me up at the time. It wasn't that hard I had a newspaper clipping from a recent fatality where a Single mother with 4 or 5 children had attempted to go through water that was over the road and lost a child because she felt that since she was in an SUV she would make it through. May prayers and thoughts are with all those that may be in danger and I am urging you to take precautions if you're asked to vacate do so. Unplug that PC and go where it's safer. I honestly hope after the Katrina tragedy that everyone would vacate early enough. If it were me I wouldn't even wait for the government to act and say evacuate. The government hid records on the condition of the levy in New Orleans (yes I found that in my research on a few different websites ~ Scary isn't it!) Just now @ 8:30am EST watching "The Weather Channel" confirmed the 1900 hurricane it was after then that they built the 20 foot seawall which the figure has settled and only actually 15 foot!