HELENE Set to Devastate Several Red States
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This is what social and emotional stability looks like in 2024
Nope. Ron D. budgets and puts $500,000,000 away per year for emergency services. Just like a good conservative should.
We're good. Thanks for playing.
I think @SolarHawk is the only one in question if I'm following right.
You’re good? No need for federal help? It’s adorable if you believe this. Ian says hi.
Some of you liberals are disgusting.
What’s the real difference between some of you and MAGAs?
Hope all of our Florida peeps are okay and safe.
What’s the real difference between some of you and MAGAs?
Hope all of our Florida peeps are okay and safe.
TBH, I haven't read this entire thread. Are there folks wishing for harm against our conservative Florida brethren? THAT would be disgusting. Aside from that, using real life examples to show where one's beliefs/opinions/ideologies miss the mark are not disgusting. Some people do not do well with hypotheticals or concepts without being directly involved.
These are some of my favorites, starting with…ya know…the actual OP:
I haven’t read it all either and while I don’t wish ill will on Floridians, I do have a hard time feeling sorry for them. They know where they live. If you don’t want to get burnt, don’t touch the stove.
I’ve got a secret. Another hurricane is coming.
Thanks.
Will be sure to remember that the next time folks living in tornado alley get rocked after years of not fully appreciating the obvious risks involved living in the Midwest.
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Absolutely, you’re welcome. I desire nor expect any sympathy from anyone if a tornado knocks my place out. I plan/insure accordingly and understand the statistical probability differences between a hurricane hitting a whole state on a regular basis and sporadic, geographically dispersed tornados.
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Is it the same for tornados in tornado alley? As an aside, on an Aerial America covering Arkansas, they mentioned there was a massive flood there in the early'ish 1900s (?) that was the beginning of government/taxpayers helping out during natural disasters.
More a parody of wingnut talking points when a hurricane hits NJ or there are wildfires in CA but also pointing out that Republicans have opposed federal aid for blue states when disasters occur but line up like orphans asking for more when it happens to their own states.
So I’ll be looking for him to refuse the federal aid and take care of all state, tribal, and local needs out of his fund. The rest of the US will say thanks.
Make sure you post that refusal here so I’ll know to send Ron a card.
I don't feel sorry for tornado alley either. However, I'll take my chances with rando tornados vs. massive storms consistently battering large land masses one after another, after another, after another.
Suffering. All part of the human experience.
What’s crazy is that he probably made 2-3x what a teacher makes.
Yeah, there's a definition of insanity out there floating around that applies IMHO.
The fund is for emergency situations such as hurricanes. He has staged hundreds of power workers all over the state to recover as fast as possible. Don't forget, it only took THREE days to rebuild the bridge to Sanibel Island last year when it was wiped out by the hurricane.
Let's not make this out as a bad thing, OK? He has a firm grasp on running the state and does what it takes to get back to normal as quickly as possible after weather events.
I have a friend on Manasota whose home has now been ravaged by Ian and Helene in two years. At some point you've got to give it up.
Yeah my wife taught school, my kid taught school and coached, but an 8:00 - 3:10 job 9 months out of the year just wasn't for me. I guess I had too much ambition, I wanted to own and control my own destiny. No ragrets what so ever...
That was my first thought. A major hurricane occurred and we’re politicking. Some folks on this forum need help, all kidding aside.
It's already happened. When we get flooded in my town people in Florida and California get all pissy about us living in a flood plain. Some congress member in California made some comment about it. Our Republican mayor popped back off at him on national news saying, "We'll remember that the next time they are asking for money after a forest fire or earthquake. People in our city aren't saying that's residents of California's fault for living there." (paraphrasing but that was the general gist and he made his point.)
There's a 75% chance Uncle Tom was a drunk as well. Who in the hell does concrete for that long?
You think that is enough to cover the damage from Hurricanes in Florida each year? Sorry to break it to you, but that's pennies compared to the need. In 2023, Hurricane Idalia alone, created conservatively $3 Billion in damage.
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