Good luck, Texas and Louisiana. I hope it’s not as bad as it looks, but if it is the Mid-Atlantic will be ready to help even if some folks didn’t want to help us after Superstorm Sandy.
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The storm was just updated to cat 4. There are still people on the road trying to get away from the shore. Major interstates were just 2 lanes away from the coast. The TX GOP state gov. never developed evacuation plans that changed all lane away from the path of danger. Proof that conservatives do not care about people only their ideology.
I’m worried about the death toll but especially about this guy and his son:
But, but, but… Bootstraps! Freedom!
I truly think those in the current GOP have an illness…
One of the things I remember from the Katrina hurricane was that many of the folks who ended up staying behind had no viable way to leave. This is a prime example of who ends up staying. It’s shameful that people who are disabled and/or impoverished are left to fend for themselves. Even more shameful will be the inevitable victim blame that will occur in the aftermath.
I’ve read elsewhere that the ICE folks were going to be running checkpoints to capture undocumenteds trying to flee the hurricane. Yeh, set up choke points that will slow down the evacuation; terrify people into hiding in place rather than getting the hell out of danger — that’s real smart, that is. Great crisis management.
https://www.facebook.com/Stonekettle/posts/1436033609765371
As usual, the Trump regime’s priorities are backwards.
I’d say “let the invisible hand of the free market bail them out,” but I have people I love living down there so of course I’ll help out anyway I can.
I have family down that way as well (no Trumpsters, and for that we are grateful). Thankfully they were all able to clear out.
I agree that coming to their aid is the right thing to do, but I hope that the politicians who did not want to provide after Sandy get called on their hypocrisy.
The spokesperson for Sen. Cronyn (R-TX), who voted against the final Hurricane Sandy bill, is already positioning him to be able to advocate for federal aid to Texas with a straight face. The spox is asserting that Cronyn only opposed that bill because of the non-Sandy items in it — as if Cronyn had some sort of principled opposition to the common practice of using such bills as Christmas trees, and as if Cronyn’s vote — had his position prevailed — would not have sacrificed those so badly hurt by that storm.
I’m old enough to remember the energy crisis in the 1970s, when the Northeast was in dire straits and our fellow citizens in the Oil Patch were gleefully pasting bumper stickers on their cars with such charmingly sympathetic messages as “Let the bastards freeze in the dark.”
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/let_the_bastards_freeze_in_the_dark_drive_80
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But of course we Northeastern bastards will bail them out. Because that’s what decent citizens do.
Here’s the most recent blog post by Bob Henson of Wunderground. One of the things that seemed worth highlighting (in addition to the devastation that the affected area will experience):
That’s useful advise as some of the news I’ve seen regarding some of the rainfall forecasts seemed very sensational. The models themselves are estimates of what to expect, but are no guarantee. Much will depend on how quickly Harvey continues to move once it makes landfall and its path. Regardless of the specifics of each model, the general observation seems apt: there will be widespread flooding once all is said and done. The losses people will experience are going to be devastating.
Of course our models would be less spastic if the Republican Congress would have gotten off it’s ass and funded that new supercomputer NOAA has been asking for for the past 5 years because their current supercomputer is a potato compared to current supercomputers.
Won’t get any argument from me about that. Even if we weren’t looking down the barrel of changes to our climate that will endanger lives and civilization, staying up to date on the hardware and software needed for forecast models is imperative. Failure to do so is inexcusable. Sadly, this is another example of how elections have consequences.
Houston is a blue city so it makes a lot of sense to help.
no, it’s an American city, numbnuts.
I’m basically done with governing for everyone. It’s a thankless job and rebounds to our detriment. We’re Americans in name only.