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Missionary Positron posted:https://twitter.com/gbrockell/status/901859440084824064 Let me give you insight into what emergency response for a hurricane goes like at a drill hall:  Okay, so out of the 45 people we called only five answered their phones or were physically able to show up. Anybody have a boat? I have a kayak. I brought a pistol, can I go shoot looters? I only came here because my apartment is underwater and it's dry. 
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Bolow posted:I'd ask why the gently caress didn't they mobilize in advance but I already know the answer to my question Not enough money left in the budget would be one of the factors. It's almost October, no cash for payroll beyond drill.
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tastefully arranged labia posted:Not enough money left in the budget would be one of the factors. It's almost October, no cash for payroll beyond drill. lmao
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Aug 27, 2017 19:39
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NUKES CURE NORKS posted:government officials should be forced to get off of social media. i know most people would have some loving discretion but jesus christ.
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Aug 27, 2017 19:40
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CommieGIR posted:Unless you are gay
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Aug 27, 2017 19:42
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Casimir Radon posted:I don't hold out a lot of hope for elderly people forced to sit around in cold sewage for hours. Are we sure that picture is real? I'm seen people saying it's fake...But that was on Twitter. On the subject of Nightmare fuel. 
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Aug 27, 2017 19:44
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Casimir Radon posted:I don't hold out a lot of hope for elderly people forced to sit around in cold sewage for hours. Hey did you know that approximately 3.2 metric fucktons of the crude oil refining capability of the country is in the area being hit? There's going to be an ecological disaster piled on top of this. Sewage water is going to be the GOOD stuff.
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MazelTovCocktail posted:Are we sure that picture is real? I'm seen people saying it's fake...But that was on Twitter. Even if it is fake, replace it with the photo you just posted and then read this tweet https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/901782823522185218
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There was a follow up tweet in the GBS thread saying the old folks were rescued. I want to believe that's real at least.BigDave posted:https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/hurricane-harvey-relief-fund/ Thank you. I'll be sending money their way.
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NUKES CURE NORKS posted:Even if it is fake, replace it with the photo you just posted and then read this tweet My head hurts. Oh and for everyone who starts those stupid prayer chain threads in the Facebook Safety Section for the Hurricane...please get hosed. I've been trying to mark them as spam. They get tons of clicks and push down request for assistance posts. It's really pissing me off. 
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Aug 27, 2017 19:48
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Apparently Coast Guard sector huston is getting pretty bombarded and hosed over.
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ElMaligno posted:Apparently Coast Guard sector huston is getting pretty bombarded and hosed over. Can't they call in the Navy for backup?
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Aug 27, 2017 20:00
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I'm already on ADT orders. I sincerely wish I could go help somehow.
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Dum Cumpster posted:What's a better option? I feel like Doctors Without Boarders might not feel like coming to save Americans for some reason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina Perhaps Mexico will feel generous again. Last time, they sent several hundred service members, helicopters, trucks, and a Navy ship north to engage in search and rescue, first aid, debris cleanup, and food distribution. Or, perhaps the president will keep tweeting about the border wall.
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OK, so the Red Cross will misuse my donation and the Salvation Army hates gays. Is there anyone else?
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Arc Light posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina quote:Cuba: One of the first countries to offer aid, Cuba offered to send 1,586 doctors and 26 tons of medicine. This aid was rejected by the State Department.[18] Also, before the 2006 World Baseball Classic, Cuba said they would donate their share of the winnings to Katrina victims to ensure the United States embargo against Cuba was not violated. However, after the tournament, the U.S. government refused to allow the donation.
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Gobbeldygook posted:Even better Wikipedia article. Missing the best part...click on the actual funds part. The real help was the countries giving material and most importantly manpower with the proper logistics. Mexico being the prime example. Oh course Hasburg Pissbaby is doing a wonderful job on that relationm
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BigDave posted:Can't they call in the Navy for backup? so they can crash into another cargo ship? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AMSCaF6enw
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bird food bathtub posted:Hey did you know that approximately 3.2 metric fucktons of the crude oil refining capability of the country is in the area being hit? Well maybe it'll help keep down the malaria or dengue fever or whatever else decides to rear it's ugly head? Yeah right, everyone gonna die of dick aids and eye vomits.
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Arc Light posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901802524981817344 And for more indiscriminate poo poo-flinging: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901804388649500672
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Office Pig posted:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901802524981817344  says his next tweet is about how many votes he won Texas by.
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He keeps saying this. At some point someone needs to just call him a loving moron and then tell the rest of the country that he can't actually pull out of it. Only congress can end NAFTA and that will NEVER loving HAPPEN. Its too critical to the economy.
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Houston DSA is local, has a personal stake, and least likely to spend your money on hating gays or bonuses for their CEO's. https://www.youcaring.com/peopleimpactedbyhurricaneharvey-914409 E: Global Giving is also super good, I just felt I had to plug the DSA because they never get enough love
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Aug 27, 2017 20:51
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Is it wrong that I hope Texas stays underwater for the rest of time?
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Not really, no. There's a wonderful dark irony to one of the deepest, reddest, hearts of the oil industry eating a fuckoff huge storm after spending billions to pretend climate change is a Chinese hoax, and spending their disaster money on tax cuts for oil billionaires. It really loving sucks for the people, but the abstract idea is a nice one.
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ded posted:Is it wrong that I hope Texas stays underwater for the rest of time? If I remember correctly, the problem isn't Texas being under water. Its the part that is. Houston is apparently one of the most liberal cities in the country and a lot of those costal communities are supposed to be pretty reasonable. All the terrible is in west and rural Texas which isn't going to be erased. No idea if its true, but thats what I have been told.
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Genocide Tendency posted:If I remember correctly, the problem isn't Texas being under water. Its the part that is. Houston is apparently one of the most liberal cities in the country and a lot of those costal communities are supposed to be pretty reasonable. All the terrible is in west and rural Texas which isn't going to be erased. No idea if its true, but thats what I have been told. No it's not that liberal at all. Austin yes. Houston only slightly.
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Just talked to my sister who lives in the poorer side of Houston. Down town is indeed devastated but the outlying area she is in is barely touched and they still have power.
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Reminder that Texas passed a law discouraging homeowners from filing weather related suits. It goes into effect September 1st. https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/04/texas-house-weather-insurance-lawsuits/
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Operation Jade Helm 2 off to a textbook start. Guess I know where I'm gonna be spending some volunteer time
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Texas has liberals in the sense that they're ok with gays and poors existing, but they still don't want to pay taxes or do anything that might harm their property values.
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Genocide Tendency posted:If I remember correctly, the problem isn't Texas being under water. Its the part that is. Houston is apparently one of the most liberal cities in the country and a lot of those costal communities are supposed to be pretty reasonable. All the terrible is in west and rural Texas which isn't going to be erased. No idea if its true, but thats what I have been told. Houston is only liberal from the point of view of the awful parts of Texas. Austin is the only liberal place in the state, and even Austin is going to have some issues and I worry about my cool Texas friends who live there.
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Genocide Tendency posted:If I remember correctly, the problem isn't Texas being under water. Its the part that is. Houston is apparently one of the most liberal cities in the country and a lot of those costal communities are supposed to be pretty reasonable. All the terrible is in west and rural Texas which isn't going to be erased. No idea if its true, but thats what I have been told. Houston is the least liberal of the Texas cities, everyone there survives based on big oil, and big oil makes sure they all know it. My step brother fears to actually have opinions because they will fire him if he is too liberal.
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ded posted:Is it wrong that I hope Texas stays underwater for the rest of time? Yeah, it is. CommieGIR posted:Reminder that Texas passed a law discouraging homeowners from filing weather related suits. It goes into effect September 1st. Awesome, so this here is a Titanic situation.
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RFC2324 posted:Houston is the least liberal of the Texas cities, everyone there survives based on big oil, and big oil makes sure they all know it. Just to hammer this point home:  "Nearly every board of every public office and function (museums, parks, etc.) has gas and oil industry reps on it.
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CommieGIR posted:Just to hammer this point home: Just to hammer this point home: Genocide Tendency posted:No idea if its true, but thats what I have been told. I was told wrong. The previous 6 posters pointed this out.
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Aug 27, 2017 21:38
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Austin is awesome. Houston sucks balls, my least favorite Gulf Coast port.
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On August 16th, Trump rolled back Obama era infrastructure requirements for flooding: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/16/543712263/trump-rolls-back-obama-era-flood-standards-for-infrastructure-projects
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So the nursing home was real, but they've been airlifted out. No clue about the kid in the earlier picture.
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