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Every choice has a consequence. Seems that some people feel that major disasters are the open door to make choices that they otherwise might not make. Perhaps this is the case with Bob Allen Hayes, Jr. who plead guilty to making false statements to FEMA when he applied for disaster relief. Hayes, a 32 year old Houston, Texas man was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $19,784.27. According to the US Attorney’s office: Hayes claimed his primary residence in Port Arthur, Texas sustained damage during Hurricane Rita in September 2005. Hayes also claimed his personal property sustained damage during the hurricane. In fact, Hayes did not live at the residence in Port Arthur during the storm and did not suffer losses which entitled him to receive FEMA assistance. An investigation revealed that the residence in question was owned by the Port Author Housing Authority and was vacant at the time of the storm. Hayes fraudulently received approximately $20,000.00 in disaster related assistance for his claims. Every choice has a consequence. As a white collar crime and business ethics speaker, I speak from first hand experience about the truth about consequences. Reality is - no one escapes the consequences of their choices. While Hayes avoided the consequences for a time - he did not avoid the consequences all together. Prison is no fun and will prove to be a dramatic change from his prior activities. You do reap what you sow. If anyone reading has any background on Hayes - feel free to comment as I study the behaviors and backgrounds of those convicted of white collar crime. White Collar Crime Speaker - Chuck Gallagher - signing off…
Tornado watch #148 was just issued for our area today till 9pm. Radar is indicating clear skies and some storms starting to fire out west.. EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT. DISCUSSION…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ALONG SURFACE DRYLINE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TX IN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY IN ENVIRONMENT OF HIGH CAPE VALUES AND FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR. SUPERCELLS
The beaches here are so much cleaner than last year. They’ve worked really hard and I appreciate it. Now, I am not saying that our beaches are nice but with what nature has given them, I think they’ve improved the beaches a lot since last year. Because of the islands off the coast, we don’t get real waves here and so the beaches don’t get cleaned naturally. When it rains, the whole sandbar which is Biloxi, drains into the Gulf, which is about two feet deep the first 1/2 mile or so out. So the beaches have a lot going against them. Where as last year, the sand was filled with debris, supposedly from Katrina, this year, the sands are fairly free from crap. The water line is still yucky but like I said, I think that’s due to the storm run off as much as anything else. So anyway, Jael and I went to the beach yesterday. It was a lot of fun. She played in the surf and sand while I laid out in my new swimsuit. My new swimsuit. The first time I’ve ever spent real money on a swimsuit. I think I spent $28 on a suit in highschool. Since then I’ve probably spent about that much on the last two suits I’ve bought, both from Wal-Mart. This year, I decided I didn’t want to feel nasty in my suit. We have a pool and are a 1/4 mile from the beach. I figure I’m going to be spending a lot more time in my swim suit than I have since we lived at Knightsbridge. So I spent $60 on a two piece tank suit. You know that kind, it covers everything that a one piece covers but it’s in two pieces. I really like it. Because it’s not snug against my belly, it smooths the appearance there. It also has a skirted bottom, which, because it’s not connected to the top, hangs better and freer than others I’ve tried. It was totally worth it. I actually felt attractive in my swimsuit. I don’t know that that’s ever happened to me before. It was very exciting. But…I got a little burned again. If I make it through life and never get skin cancer or have a skin cancer scare, it will be a miracle and of no credit to me. To be fair, I don’t think I could have gotten sun screen on my back in the places I burned so I don’t think I’m completely to blame. Of course I could have worn a t-shirt but what’s the fun in that?
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