Quixote1818
Quixote1818's JournalSize comparison of Andrew 92 and Irma 2017. Both Cat 5 Hurricanes
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A lot of the Houston flooding won't even peak until Tuesday
Here are some gauges in the area:
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=wfdt2
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=cfkt2
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=shlt2
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=wsbt2
http://water.weather.gov/ahps/
With the Hurricane not hitting Houston directly, I doubt too many mayors would have said to evacuate
First of all Harvey missed Houston by 220 miles. That would have been like evacuating Pensacola, Florida when Katrina was headed toward New Orleans. Mayors are not trained in weather forecasting, urban geography, 100 year floods and how they impact runoff etc. Now had NOAA had an expert leader in place, he / she might have been able to advise the Houston Mayor on evacuations. Hard to know for sure? Trump however hasn't filled that position yet.
Snip: Trump's pick for FEMA administrator was confirmed in June, but officials at NOAA are still waiting for Trump to nominate someone to lead the key weather monitoring agency. The post remains vacant -- and without a Trump nominee -- alongside dozens of other deputy, under and assistant secretary positions in the Trump administration that require Senate confirmation.
And while Trump nominated two deputy directors for FEMA, they have yet to be confirmed into their positions.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/donald-trump-hurricane-harvey-natural-disaster-response-test/index.html
Could the fact that Antifa has shown the left can be violent if they need to be, kept the right
in check a bit? I wonder if the Right Wing would be more aggressive now had there not been some violence after Trump was elected?
Not taking a side here yet, I just wonder if the left had looked too timid would the Alt-Right have been more embolden at this point thinking they could walk all over us?
Just asking the question because it's an interesting one. Maybe fighting fire with fire is needed in some instances? On the other hand, when the left looks violent it kind of undercuts our message so it's a fine line. I am kind of torn but I think the question should be asked. Is some violence needed from our side so it doesn't look too weak when the other side starts move at us?
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The Founding Fathers sure did a poor job with checks and balances against a complete idiot
Trump is showing that there are a lot of holes in our Constitution. What the fuck is with there being unlimited pardon power in one person's hands? Why would that ever be a good idea?
Breitbart Going To War With Fox News?
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