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I used to be afraid that fascists would try to subtly infiltrate everyday society. Now I realize they're far to stupid for something that complicated.
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I just noticed the Pioneer Woman statue at TWU is mighty Mussolini-like: by Leo Friedlander, 1938. Anyways, the tiny tech scene in Denton is throwing a fit because the city yanked its contract with the Dallas Entrepreneur Center, which manages a local incubator called Stoke. Now the city is managing it. The reason: quote:The City Council didn’t learn until much later that the budget they approved for Stoke got changed by former city employees, who have not been publicly named. Money that was supposed to go to personnel ended up paying for building costs. And other building costs got slipped into later budgets. quote:To date, the City of Denton has spent $840,521 on this wager. If we include the rents and memberships the City has foregone, that figure is $934,798. Put another way, that amount represents .01 of each $100 of valuation. BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Aug 24, 2017 |
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Aug 24, 2017 02:02
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So, uh, about Harvey. How hosed are we, and Austin in particular? I'm not seeing much on the weather services, but am getting a distinct  vibe and it's worrying me.
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Aug 24, 2017 19:37
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A lovely Reporter posted:So, uh, about Harvey. How hosed are we, and Austin in particular? I'm not seeing much on the weather services, but am getting a distinct This is an image of the flood plain. Do you live in the purple area? If so, you're hosed. You're moderately hosed in the red area, and okay in the green (or anywhere else).  Here's where you can look up more data: https://www.atxfloods.com/FP_mods/Map.html EDIT: Here's where you're hosed if you're downtown... 
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Aug 24, 2017 19:52
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Thanks. Looks like the whole area around me is going to be fine. Apparently Barton Creek isn't getting much of the downpour.
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Aug 24, 2017 20:01
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Austin is gonna get at most like 4-6 inches, you'll be fine Wash po has the expected rainfall charts https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.87f0a7f2c16e
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A lovely Reporter posted:Thanks. Looks like the whole area around me is going to be fine. Apparently Barton Creek isn't getting much of the downpour. Well, these are the floodplains, this doesn't have anything to do with what may or may not get major rain this weekend. Barton Creek isn't in a floodplain because the area has been engineered to not let the waters get that high even in flood conditions. Kind of like how Waller Creek isn't a floodplain anymore because they put that big spillage tunnel in a few years ago. I still remember big flooding that happened in the early '00s. Symphony Square along Waller Creek got flooded over their stage and up to the second row of the amphitheater. (To about the level of the red arrow in this image.)  Even in a worst case, the-water-is-up-to-Stevie-Ray-Vaughn's-waist level of flooding (like in 2013), the areas that aren't floodplains will be just fine. A lot of work has gone into keeping Austin from flooding in a truly damaging way. Really, the people outside of town are the ones who are in the most trouble. I lived about a mile from downtown during this flood and had no damage or even inconvenience. However, a friend who lives just south of town was stuck in her home for a couple of days because the water was too high to get in or out of the only road to her place. 
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Aug 24, 2017 20:27
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Valley goon checking in, rain just started we're expecting about half a foot to just about a foot of rain till about Monday. Hopefully the wind doesn't get too crazy for us. People in Corpus or in-between Houston are going to get it the worst.
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Aug 24, 2017 21:11
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Corpus gonna become Corpse. 
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Lote posted:Corpus gonna become Corpse. Good, it's a polluted shithole.
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IT BURNS posted:Good, it's a polluted shithole. Didn't the whole city have to stop using their own tap water for a month or so because of a chemical spill?
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Aug 24, 2017 21:42
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I remember when Rita happened they were telling us to sandbag and poo poo and we got like, an inch. Windy as hell though.
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LanceHunter posted:Didn't the whole city have to stop using their own tap water for a month or so because of a chemical spill? Yeah they elected some pseudo Trump mayor and his third day in office they had backflow of cement emulsifier from a plant into the water supply and the new mayor quit soon after. It wasn't just a water boil order. You couldn't use the tap water for anything at all. Whole city not showering.
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Aug 24, 2017 21:47
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The Stevie ray vaughn flood was like 10 inches so it shouldn't get that bad
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PostNouveau posted:Yeah they elected some pseudo Trump mayor and his third day in office they had backflow of cement emulsifier from a plant into the water supply and the new mayor quit soon after. Turns out elections have consequences.
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PostNouveau posted:Yeah they elected some pseudo Trump mayor and his third day in office they had backflow of cement emulsifier from a plant into the water supply and the new mayor quit soon after. To be fair to trump mayor, the only reason he won is because the same thing happened a bunch of times under his predecessor
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Aug 25, 2017 00:58
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Also can anyone explain the state house ruling to me? It seems weird for judges to draw a set of maps, the Lege adopt them, then the judges come back and say actually the maps we drew are discriminatory.
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PostNouveau posted:It wasn't just a water boil order. You couldn't use the tap water for anything at all. Whole city not showering. So the usual then
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Aug 25, 2017 03:12
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Yeah, all the cities have actual drainage now. When I was a little kid in the 90's , 14 inches of rain would just flood every street, people would drown, and there would be dozens of stalled out cars all over the place. It's still the worst the hurricane in a decade , so this weekend is going to suck.
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I'm getting reports of 2-5 FEET of rain expected over the Weekend for the coastal/Houston/Austin area. 
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Ghetto Prince posted:Yeah, all the cities have actual drainage now. When I was a little kid in the 90's , 14 inches of rain would just flood every street, people would drown, and there would be dozens of stalled out cars all over the place. It's the only hurricane in a decade. Grouchio posted:I'm getting reports of 2-5 FEET of rain expected over the Weekend for the coastal/Houston/Austin area. Good news for the Dallas/Lubbock/El Paso area though.
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zoux posted:It's the only hurricane in a decade. It's like 20% chance of rain for the next week in dallas currently. They really don't expect it to move past the coast
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Aug 25, 2017 14:58
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I was making fun of the Houston/Austin area.
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They just postponed the pride parade because of the storm. Anyone else sitting at work hoping for the "go home early" email from the boss?
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zoux posted:They just postponed the pride parade because of the storm. I just got up and left. But then again, I work in a lab where people are cool with it
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Aug 25, 2017 16:29
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Nice try, ISIS https://twitter.com/corriemac/status/901104826330775552
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zoux posted:They just postponed the pride parade because of the storm. I'm tipping out at noon no matter what, and I only live a mile away from my office. If you have any kind of commute throw up the double bird now and head to the car.
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MSNBC just asked Gov. Abbot if undocumented immigrants will be deported if they seek shelter from Harvey 
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My work shift starts on Sunday and I just know those fuckers aren't going to be cancelling anything cause its a 24-hour monitoring thing. Probably just gonna call in.
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 Reminder that almost half a million people in Texas live in shantytowns that lack basic services like water and sewer and are gonna get hosed up by this storm And if they try to flee north well: 
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Aug 25, 2017 17:26
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What happens if they flee south?
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Number Ten Cocks posted:What happens if they flee south? Either the cartels or the chupacabras get them.
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 Ah yes that famous adage about not doing wrong by Texas that we all know and love: Texas Don't Play.
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zoux posted:
Most people that live in Colonias don't have the means to go that far even to the Fal checkpoint. But it looks like due to how the High pressure systems in Mexico keep most storms away from here in the Valley, unless it comes from the Pacific, is also keeping a massive amount of rain away from us. Only problem is it's fueling the hurricane and will continue to due so as it lazily drifts NorEast along the coastal bend.
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Badger of Basra posted:What does he think we will do to the hurricane Say y'all a lot
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Badger of Basra posted:What does he think we will do to the hurricane Shoot it with our many guns. Abbott's doing his presser on it right now. Basically I hope that this in no way requires FEMA assistance because I don't wanna see the clusterfuck that becomes. We'll just have to rely our robust and well-funded state emergency oh my god what's going to happen to those poor people. zoux fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Aug 25, 2017 |
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Zil posted:Either the cartels or the chupacabras get them. Given the choice, I'd take the chupacabras.
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zoux posted:Shoot it with our many guns. they can strap themselves to all the confederate statues and hope for the best
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