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Trump administration 2024-2028

In other news, major cuts to federal weather service personnel, and things like accurate predictions of extreme events may be more difficult. Impossible to say it was what lead to them missing the flood in Texas that wiped out a kids summer camp, but in broad strokes you can't argue that less forecasters/scientists etc won't impact things overall.

Similar to cuts to ATC (after decades of underfundign) leading to more crashes, don't get this deathcult. I guess it's fine until it happens to you, and sad to see the backlash against science and rational logic in the CDC as well.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/search-texas-flood-third-day-1.7578368
 
Quirky said:
MSNBC a hit piece against Trump? Say it isn't so. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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Thanks as always for your thoughtful contribution to the conversation by providing counter arguments, unreported facts, and a clear understanding of the difference between opinion and reporting.

Are any and all critiques of the regime's policies now considered a "hit piece"?

Are the entire 4th estate and those elements of the 5th estate that question the actions, intent, or motivation of the regime now considered to be unpatriotic and unamerican if they question or challenge the regime in any way decision?

Truth Social indeed - or is it Pravda Cult?

Hell of a Shining City on a Hill you got there.
 
Navy_Pete said:
In other news, major cuts to federal weather service personnel, and things like accurate predictions of extreme events may be more difficult. Impossible to say it was what lead to them missing the flood in Texas that wiped out a kids summer camp, but in broad strokes you can't argue that less forecasters/scientists etc won't impact things overall.

Similar to cuts to ATC (after decades of underfundign) leading to more crashes, don't get this deathcult. I guess it's fine until it happens to you, and sad to see the backlash against science and rational logic in the CDC as well.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/search-texas-flood-third-day-1.7578368
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They didn’t miss it. NWS had severe rain and flash flood watches and warnings out in a timely manner starting a couple days ahead, and increasing in severity as the meteorology developed. People died to denial. Unfortunately it looks like the worst sudden deadly flooding happened in the wee hours of the morning, so people who didn’t heed warnings before going to bed were caught by what happened, and so were those in their care.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1941587505444421956
 
brihard said:
They didn’t miss it. NWS had severe rain and flash flood watches and warnings out in a timely manner starting a couple days ahead, and increasing in severity as the meteorology developed. People died to denial. Unfortunately it looks like the worst sudden deadly flooding happened in the wee hours of the morning, so people who didn’t heed warnings before going to bed were caught by what happened, and so were those in their care.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1941587505444421956
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That's good to know, thanks for the correction.

Interesting that they call it locally 'flash flood alley' but decided not to put in any kind of flood warning system because of the cost. That seems like the kind of local thing that should be funded by higher levels of government as a preventative measure.
 
Navy_Pete said:
That's good to know, thanks for the correction.

Interesting that they call it locally 'flash flood alley' but decided not to put in any kind of flood warning system because of the cost. That seems like the kind of local thing that should be funded by higher levels of government as a preventative measure.
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I spent some time in that neck of the woods hill country many years ago, though not specifically in Kerrville. I've rafted the Guadalupe River when it had been at height, and had an exciting night when a storm blew through the area while we were under canvas at Camp Bullis (the ex, MUSIO - Medical Unit Staff In Operations, based on how the medical system would work in Korea, was part of the officers advanced course). Whether there had been a warning, can't say, at least there hadn't been anything in the CP log before I headed off to my cot. My first indication was when I was awakened by rain on my face and the GP Large flapping overhead held to the ground only by the guylines at the other end of the tent. A couple of the other tents were swept away and some had to be relocated because they were flooded out, but we sorted it out and continued ex play. A couple of days later, after endex, there were still some roads/streets on the short journey back to Fort Sam Houston that were closed due to flooding.
 
McG said:
Totally normal. Not politicizing the military nor militarizing politics here.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1941649564055781762
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Blackadder1916 said:
I spent some time in that neck of the woods hill country many years ago, though not specifically in Kerrville. I've rafted the Guadalupe River when it had been at height, and had an exciting night when a storm blew through the area while we were under canvas at Camp Bullis (the ex, MUSIO - Medical Unit Staff In Operations, based on how the medical system would work in Korea, was part of the officers advanced course). Whether there had been a warning, can't say, at least there hadn't been anything in the CP log before I headed off to my cot. My first indication was when I was awakened by rain on my face and the GP Large flapping overhead held to the ground only by the guylines at the other end of the tent. A couple of the other tents were swept away and some had to be relocated because they were flooded out, but we sorted it out and continued ex play. A couple of days later, after endex, there were still some roads/streets on the short journey back to Fort Sam Houston that were closed due to flooding.
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Four videos showing the initial flood wall and how as time progresses the flooding increases:


As allows, read the comments at your own risk.

One comment as I'm not sure if the four videos are all taken from the same bridge.
 
Retired AF Guy said:
Four videos showing the initial flood wall and how as time progresses the flooding increases:


As allows, read the comments at your own risk.

One comment as I'm not sure if the four videos are all taken from the same bridge.
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While looking to see if there were any online photos of 1990 flooding to illustrate my personal tale, I came across this.

. . . “They wanted us to try and get out because the river was rising. It was more a sense of being perturbed at having to wake up early. It wasn’t really a big deal to us. We’d all been in Texas storms before,” he said.
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Flooding is so common in that area that 1990 was considered insignificant (I don't recall any reports of related deaths). Just a few years earlier a youth camp tragedy similar to this year's event occurred.
 
HavokFour said:
Nothing to see here, nope.

www.cbsnews.com

DHS to cut 75% of staff in its intelligence office amid heightened threat environment

DHS plans to reduce its Office of Intelligence & Analysis to just 275 personnel, four sources said.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
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Those bloody fools. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of timely intelligence helps put cops in the right physical or investigative space to prevent something before the bad day happens. Most policing is local; cutting the part of DHS mandated to share intelligence with other levels of government and other jurisdictions is exactly the wrong thing to do.

I know I shouldn’t expect better at this point, but that was so easy to not fuck up.
 
brihard said:
Those bloody fools. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of timely intelligence helps put cops in the right physical or investigative space to prevent something before the bad day happens. Most policing is local; cutting the part of DHS mandated to share intelligence with other levels of government and other jurisdictions is exactly the wrong thing to do.

I know I shouldn’t expect better at this point, but that was so easy to not fuck up.
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You assume they care about evidence on what they do.
 
Quirky said:
The sheer TDS flowing from this little echo chamber is quite entertaining. Keep going though it’s a fun read. 🍿
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The “TDS” rebuttal isn’t helping your position.

It’s an unsophisticated response that weakens your argument (although you didn’t really have one to begin with).

Generally used by those partisan people who “don’t want to talk about it” and have nothing to contribute when hit by a cogent argument to which they have no response.
 
Navy_Pete said:
That's good to know, thanks for the correction.

Interesting that they call it locally 'flash flood alley' but decided not to put in any kind of flood warning system because of the cost. That seems like the kind of local thing that should be funded by higher levels of government as a preventative measure.
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Interesting article in the Globe and Mail this morning.


I remember an area in Texas flooded out during a hurricane a few years ago (I can't remember where) and it was reported that the municipality/county had no land use rules about where you could build, and the entire neighbourhood was in a known flood plain.
 
lenaitch said:
Interesting article in the Globe and Mail this morning.


I remember an area in Texas flooded out during a hurricane a few years ago (I can't remember where) and it was reported that the municipality/county had no land use rules about where you could build, and the entire neighbourhood was in a known flood plain.
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"Texas, its like a whole other country" has more than one meaning.

 
Humphrey Bogart said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1941944375212130689

ICE is just going full FSB now 🙃

https://twitter.com/x/status/1940348030491971774
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At the risk of being cliché .....
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Wonder what laws the car wash broke employing undocumented folks, and what their punishment's going to be? I mean, the administration MUST be doing something to discourage businesses from doing this -- cut off the demand, and the supply'll dwindle, right?
Humphrey Bogart said:
Also does anyone else get Doctor Evil vibes from Alligator Alcatraz?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1938773626217439653
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I'll leave that call to the eye of the beholder :)
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Quirky said:
The sheer TDS flowing from this little echo chamber is quite entertaining. Keep going though it’s a fun read. 🍿
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You mean Trudeau Derangement Syndrome (even though he's gone) -- can't disagree ;)

Meanwhile, this from a Big Food think tank (hardly known for being virulant, SJW anti-POTUS47'ers) trade publication ....
foodinstitute.com

Crops Rotting in Fields With Undocumented Farmworkers Gone - The Food Institute

Tough immigration enforcement is squeezing farms as migrant workers fear ICE raids – meaning some crops are going unpicked overnight.
foodinstitute.com foodinstitute.com
Winning!
 
How quickly they can turn on each other: five days ago …
apnews.com

Mystery surrounds the Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims 'tens of thousands' of videos

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments about evidence the Justice Department is reviewing from its Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation have fueled anticipation about the expected release of more files related to the New York financier.
apnews.com apnews.com
… versus today
www.thedailybeast.com

MAGA Demands Pam Bondi’s Head for Falsely Hyping Epstein Client List

The president’s supporters savaged the attorney general after the Department of Justice found Jeffrey Epstein kept no “client list.”
www.thedailybeast.com www.thedailybeast.com
www.pbs.org

Epstein client list doesn't exist, DOJ says, walking back theory Bondi promoted

The Justice Department will not release more files related to the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation despite promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
www.pbs.org www.pbs.org
#SchrödingersList
 
The Bread Guy said:
How quickly they can turn on each other: five days ago …
apnews.com

Mystery surrounds the Jeffrey Epstein files after Bondi claims 'tens of thousands' of videos

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments about evidence the Justice Department is reviewing from its Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation have fueled anticipation about the expected release of more files related to the New York financier.
apnews.com apnews.com
… versus today
www.thedailybeast.com

MAGA Demands Pam Bondi’s Head for Falsely Hyping Epstein Client List

The president’s supporters savaged the attorney general after the Department of Justice found Jeffrey Epstein kept no “client list.”
www.thedailybeast.com www.thedailybeast.com
www.pbs.org

Epstein client list doesn't exist, DOJ says, walking back theory Bondi promoted

The Justice Department will not release more files related to the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation despite promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
www.pbs.org www.pbs.org
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What I'm getting from this is that there is a list.
 
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