hobbes wrote:
] adamist wrote:
] ] I thought it was an interesting coincidence that a state
] ] with questionable presidential election results would be
] ] pummeled by hurricanes just before the next election. Then
] I
] ] thought it was an interesting coincidence that the storms
] ] spared Miami, who voted for Gore in 2000. Just out of
] ] curiosity, I overlaid two map: one of the tracks of the
] ] hurricanes of 2004, and one of the election results of 2000.
]
] ]
] ] This is no longer an interesting coincidence. It is an
] ] unmistakable message from God. I hope everyone is
] ] listening.
]
] http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/hurricane.asp
]
] all that pink doens't look like a state that "really" voted
] for Gore

Well, you'd have to take popular density into account. For example, scroll down this page -- http://synapse.princeton.edu/~sam/pollcalc.html -- to see an electoral vote weighted map of the country (shaded red and blue based on current polls). Compare to this map: http://www.race2004.net

RE: message-from-God.gif (GIF Image, 744x900 pixels)