JFKjr Posted July 10 Posted July 10 On 7/8/2025 at 10:43 PM, Homelander said: Over 100 dead. Over 160 still missing. Kerr County asked, multiple times, for a mere $1 million to install a modern flood warning system: sirens, sensors, the bare minimum to save lives. The requests were denied. Meanwhile, the Governor of Texas is sitting on a $25+ billion rainy day fund and apparently couldn’t spare one-million to prepare for an actual rainy day. But sure, keep voting Republican. They’ll always find the money for border walls and billionaire tax breaks just not for sirens to keep your family alive. Thanks for making it political. 1
Homelander Posted July 10 Posted July 10 I just love when @BillsFanNC VPN army logs in to agree with itself. It’s like watching a one-man echo chamber cosplay as a consensus. Adorable 'Thanks for making it political' - translation: it's only acceptable to politicize tragedy when MAGA’s the one doing the shoveling and spinning. The second someone demands accountability, suddenly it’s off-limits
The Frankish Reich Posted July 11 Posted July 11 The same place flooded and killed kids before. How difficult would it be to have kids run an evacuation drill on the first day of camp? 2
The Frankish Reich Posted July 12 Posted July 12 I'm not blaming Trump or FEMA or whatever. But we need to learn from mistakes. I say this every time there's a disaster. Why is our evacuation plan always "throw all you sh!t in the car and start driving for higher ground?" It's a floodplain. It floods. There's not much warning, but there's enough to even go on foot to high enough ground. It's the difference between life and death. 1
Homelander Posted July 12 Posted July 12 32 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: I'm not blaming Trump or FEMA or whatever. You do you. 1
ChiGoose Posted July 12 Posted July 12 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Homelander said: You do you. To be fair, those contracts needed to be cut because the oligarchs needed bigger tax cuts. I mean, do you expect these guys to get by with just a billion or two? They had to do a DOGE to squeeze out a couple more bucks. Edited July 12 by ChiGoose
Homelander Posted July 12 Posted July 12 2 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: To be fair, those contracts needed to be cut because the oligarchs needed bigger tax cuts. I mean, do you expect these guys to get by with just a billion or two? They had to do a DOGE to squeeze out a couple more bucks. Exactly. Can’t have bridges or schools when some billionaire’s third yacht is one gold-plated toilet short. Gotta slash services so they can gamble on DOGE and still squeeze out another offshore tax dodge.
Thurmal34 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 On 7/10/2025 at 1:07 PM, JFKjr said: Thanks for making it political. Spare me the false outrage. Like seriously, read the room. You cut services, you get less production. If you think accountability is politics, then you should volunteer at a homeless veterans shelter. Decisions were made.
ChiGoose Posted July 12 Posted July 12 11 minutes ago, Homelander said: Exactly. Can’t have bridges or schools when some billionaire’s third yacht is one gold-plated toilet short. Gotta slash services so they can gamble on DOGE and still squeeze out another offshore tax dodge. I sometimes think about how those communist bastards in the Netherlands wouldn’t demolish a historic bridge to allow Jeff Bezos’ yacht to pass through. I mean, how many free school lunches would it have cost to demolish the bridge and then rebuild it so a billionaire’s yacht could get through? I’m sure the benefits would have eventually trickled down. Maybe a poor hungry kid would have found a neat rock that used to be part of the bridge!
Homelander Posted July 12 Posted July 12 37 minutes ago, ChiGoose said: I sometimes think about how those communist bastards in the Netherlands wouldn’t demolish a historic bridge to allow Jeff Bezos’ yacht to pass through. I mean, how many free school lunches would it have cost to demolish the bridge and then rebuild it so a billionaire’s yacht could get through? I’m sure the benefits would have eventually trickled down. Maybe a poor hungry kid would have found a neat rock that used to be part of the bridge! Right? The audacity of those Dutch commies - choosing history and public infrastructure over stroking a billionaire’s ego. Think of the missed opportunity. For just the price of a few million school lunches, a starving kid could’ve licked a yacht’s wake and dreamed big. Trickle-down magic in action. 1
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted July 12 Posted July 12 9 hours ago, The Frankish Reich said: I'm not blaming Trump or FEMA or whatever. But we need to learn from mistakes. I say this every time there's a disaster. Why is our evacuation plan always "throw all you sh!t in the car and start driving for higher ground?" It's a floodplain. It floods. There's not much warning, but there's enough to even go on foot to high enough ground. It's the difference between life and death. Agreed, but the reports are the heavy rainfall caused the river to rise 25’ in 45 minutes. Rainfall was clipping along at 2-4” per hour. That’s crazy.
All_Pro_Bills Posted July 12 Posted July 12 17 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: Agreed, but the reports are the heavy rainfall caused the river to rise 25’ in 45 minutes. Rainfall was clipping along at 2-4” per hour. That’s crazy. The lesson here is you can try, but you can't mitigate or eliminate every risk to life when it comes to natural disasters. 1
Andy1 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 20 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: Agreed, but the reports are the heavy rainfall caused the river to rise 25’ in 45 minutes. Rainfall was clipping along at 2-4” per hour. That’s crazy. But rain isn’t like a tornado that you can’t see. Rain takes time before it impacts areas with flooding. You can see it on radar. If you see it dumping on the hills, you know downstream areas are under threat. 1
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted July 12 Posted July 12 10 minutes ago, Andy1 said: But rain isn’t like a tornado that you can’t see. Rain takes time before it impacts areas with flooding. You can see it on radar. If you see it dumping on the hills, you know downstream areas are under threat. Again, agreed, but a 25’ rise in 45 minutes seems apocalyptic. I struggle with the planning that can be put in place to eliminate the threat of that sort of issue in that short a time frame, beyond “You can’t camp/live here.” Obviously, more will come out and maybe that will be incorrect, but after watching homes destroyed/rebuilt/destroyed in tornado prone areas like Tornado Alley, I think this kind of thing is going to happen. Very sad. 1
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