Texas Officials Slam Trump’s National Weather Service for Bad Forecast; The government weather forecaster has been hit with huge cuts by the president
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Dutch Uncle
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It's a conundrum, but is it worth the lives of over 50 Americans, probably over 70 with many of them kids?
Dutch Uncle
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Are Floridians who live in a Hurricane Zone fucking morons?No you moron. They should control what floods and what stays dry. And, yes, that is possible at relatively low cost.
No, it isn't. If the weather service predicts heavy rains and flooding you still end up with millions, even billions, in property damage, lost production, and other issues.
What is the cost of the damage done in that picture? Having proper flood controls in place would prevent that sort of thing.
T. A. Gardner
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They are if they don't upgrade their homes and such over time to withstand hurricanes.
And, yes, it is possible to build a hurricane proof home.
T. A. Gardner
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Kerrville is in Texas hill country north of San Antonio. It sits on the Guadalupe River. Flood mitigation could have been done years ago but nothing was. Texas state finances are mostly through sales taxes.Dams are usually the most common means of flood control along with storing water for drought.
Unfortunately, under Abbott and the first Trump administration, the problem was recognized but not fixed.
Texas, like Florida, doesn't have an income tax and uses real estate taxes as a main source of income. As the link notes below, by reducing property values, there's less revenue for the state. IMO, instead of putting a bandaid on the problem and reducing property values in the process, better to invest and generate greater revenue.
The problem with building dams is that it requires eminent domain; stripping Americans of their property and forcing them to move even though lake/reservoir front property generates higher property values along the shoreline.
2019:
SEGUIN — Texas officials will start draining four lakes next week in Guadalupe County in Central Texas without a plan in place for when the lakes, and the 90-year-old dams that support them, will be rebuilt.
These Dams Needed Replacing 15 Years Ago. Texas Will Drain 4 Lakes Instead — Causing Other Problems.
SEGUIN — Texas officials will start draining four lakes next week in Guadalupe County in Central Texas without a plan in place for when the lakes, and the…www.kut.org
Area homeowners, who got barely a month's notice, said they felt blindsided by the plan, and they say it will slash their property values, kill their beloved century-old cypress trees and render the lakes — which have hosted water skiing tournaments for decades — unusable.
Property taxes are local and can include multiple tax agencies. I have to pay a small amount to the Yokum and DeWitt school districts each year for ownership in part of property in Texas for example.
Dutch Uncle
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I'd love to see you test that out on a Cat5, Terry.
T. A. Gardner
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I'd love to see you test that out on a Cat5, Terry.
I spent $1.25 million on a 'hurricane-proof' home in Milton's path. I'm not evacuating.
A retired homebuilder lives in a house he says is "hurricane-proof." He feels confident in its strength and isn't evacuating for Hurricane Milton.
Dutch Uncle
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Poor, poor Terry believes most Floridians can spend $1.25M* on their homes. This is why I forgive you, Terry. I know you aren't right in the head anymore. Sad.
I spent $1.25 million on a 'hurricane-proof' home in Milton's path. I'm not evacuating.
A retired homebuilder lives in a house he says is "hurricane-proof." He feels confident in its strength and isn't evacuating for Hurricane Milton.uk.news.yahoo.com
*Probably closer to $1.75M after Trump's tariffs and deportation of construction workers.
T. A. Gardner
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Trivial objections fallacy in the form of Affirming the Consequent with a non sequitur thrown in.Poor, poor Terry believes most Floridians can spend $1.25M* on their homes. This is why I forgive you, Terry. I know you aren't right in the head anymore. Sad.
*Probably closer to $1.75M after Trump's tariffs and deportation of construction workers.
A hurricane proof house cost $1.25 million to build. Therefore all hurricane proof houses cost at least $1.25 million to build... That is, essentially, your claim.
You proved nothing other than that you, as usual, are an idiot.
Dutch Uncle
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FTFY, Terry.
No worries. I know you can't be the same man who retired from the Navy a few years ago. What happened? Early onset dementia? Divorce? A William Holden-style accident due to alcoholism? All of the above?
Changing the subject unless you're argument is we don't need timely weather forecasting.
Dutch Uncle
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MAGAts will do or say anything to protect their Daddy.
T. A. Gardner
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We have timely weather forecasting. Compared to say, 50 years ago weather forecasting is far better now than it was then. Even so, forecasters don't get it anywhere near perfect today.
No doubt. The question is whether it is better than or as good as it was 2 years ago when we had a fully staffed National Weather Service.
Dutch Uncle
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...or, at least, not taken blind swings with a chainsaw at anything with a .gov at the end of its link.
We can blame Elon, but the real responsibility belongs to the fat ass sitting in the Oval Office. It's his responsibility not some Tech Lord with a large bank account.
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Yes, all the proper notifications were made in a timely manner, and all the bogus Democrat blaming of Trump ensued in a timely manner.
T. A. Gardner
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I'd say, off hand, no change.
GUTTING SCIENCE AND ENSURING PEOPLE SUFFER IS WHAT MAGA HAD AS THEIR GOAL.
Texas is a dress rehearsal for what every disaster will be like now. And FEMA, once fully gutted, will be unable to help people and like Arkansas before it, Trump would deny aid anyway.
PAIN IS THE GOAL. Suffer, MAGAts. You voted FOR THIS. Now suck it.
Texas is a dress rehearsal for what every disaster will be like now. And FEMA, once fully gutted, will be unable to help people and like Arkansas before it, Trump would deny aid anyway.
PAIN IS THE GOAL. Suffer, MAGAts. You voted FOR THIS. Now suck it.