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williegoat
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FEB 21, 08:52 PM
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Texas and Florida have hurricanes. There is no way around that.
California has fires. We have been over that fiasco before.
I don't know about North Carolina, unless it is also hurricanes.
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rinselberg
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FEB 21, 08:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
Texas and Florida have hurricanes. There is no way around that.
California has fires. We have been over that fiasco before.
I don't know about North Carolina, unless it is also hurricanes. |
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And?
I might as well fess up: I was responding to that last message from "blackrams"[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 02-21-2021).]
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blackrams
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FEB 21, 08:55 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
"Texas, Florida, California and North Carolina Are Most Dependent on FEMA Aid (ValuePenguin)"
ValuePenguin(.com); July 30, 2020.
https://www.prnewswire.com/...finds-301103304.html
I's very short. Just a little beyond a single page. Here are the first two "bullet" points:
- Since 2017, FEMA has allotted more than $45 billion toward disaster relief and financial aid in the United States, of which more than 80% has been used. $10 billion remains unspent, free to be included in future budgets.
- Texas has received the most money from FEMA, totaling more than $7.6 billion in federal aid and spending more than $6.2 billion. Florida, California and North Carolina also received more than $1 billion in federal aid in the last three years. Arizona, Montana and Utah received the smallest amount of FEMA disaster relief, [only] amounting to less than $10 million since 2017.
FEMA assistance, of course, is only one of the many ways of trying to quantify the beneficence of the Federal government on a state by state basis.
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
And?
I might as well fess up: I was responding to that last message from "blackrams"
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Would the phrase No Sh1t Sherlock mean anything to you?
Well, if that data is correct, then I'm wrong. The last few years have had excessive hurricanes and I guess I didn't consider that. I'd like to see what those numbers are for the last 20 or 30 years.
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 02-21-2021).]
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rinselberg
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FEB 21, 09:03 PM
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I think what's going to be more illuminating is how Texas responds.
There's the obvious issue, of whether and how to make their power infrastructure more robust in the event of very severe winter weather.
Beyond that, the issues of whether and how to change the way that the Texas energy markets and infrastructures are regulated.
It's hard to imagine that there will not be some changes.
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sourmash
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FEB 21, 09:17 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cvxjet:
No matter what the heck is happening- Shouldn't we be willing to help out our fellow Americans? I really like that OK is sending crews to help- and that ALL states have sent aid.
I seem to remember that we are all in the same country...."Right"? |
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Pretty sure those crews get paid a bunch in a little amount of time and the government passes the cost to everyone's tax bill.
I'm not protesting this practice.
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cliffw
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FEB 21, 09:36 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
I think what's going to be more illuminating is how Texas responds.
There's the obvious issue, of whether and how to make their power infrastructure more robust in the event of very severe winter weather.
Beyond that, the issues of whether and how to change the way that the Texas energy markets and infrastructures are regulated.
It's hard to imagine that there will not be some changes. |
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You regulate your azz, ... we don't need you, we don't want you. We didn't ask you to regulate us.[This message has been edited by cliffw (edited 02-21-2021).]
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cvxjet
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FEB 21, 09:51 PM
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So BIG GOVT regulating is >>>EVIL<<<....'casue big govt is always CORRUPT....Luckily, private enterprise and big corporations are NEVER corrupt!
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely
But I see that this situation in Texas will have good effect on the power grid- too bad that they didn't have a PRIOR situation that would have made it OBVIOUS that improvements were needed....."Right"....?
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rinselberg
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FEB 21, 10:41 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cliffw:
You regulate your azz, ... we don't need you, we don't want you. We didn't ask you to regulate us. |
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I didn't say "I" or "California."
There's "Texas Exceptionalism" and there's "Texas Exceptionalism Gone Wild."
Where do you want to be?[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 02-22-2021).]
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cvxjet
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FEB 21, 11:45 PM
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I have a jet boat (CVX-20)....Have had it for 21 years.....I noticed on the Hot boat Forums that a number of guys with "Hot boats" don't like to have any floatation foam in their boat- because it would "Add weight" and slow their boats down......I had to replace some of the foam in my boat when doing some repairs (44 year old boat).....The Polyurethane foam weighs 2 Lbs per cubic foot.....I just measured the foam boxes in my boat and after some calculating, came up with 15 cubic feet of foam in my boat, total......That means that my (Over-foamed) factory boat has a grand total of.....30 lbs of foam.....In a 2000 lbs boat, how much difference is that going to make?
But one of those guys was running his boat at Camp Far West lake (Hot boat Mecca) and blew out his hand hole cover...the boat sank in 100 feet of water- he had to hire a professional diver to help recover the boat (Along with hiring a boat recovery crew)..........He probably only needed 20 lbs of foam to keep his boat afloat......
I tell you this as an example of people shooting themselves in the foot......Texas should have been better prepared for this situation...There are MILLIONS of Texans that are suffering....."We don't need no stinkin' reg-U-lations!!!!" Truly dumb State leadership....
And yes, I see stupid crap from our state leaders here in CA (They're mainly Liberals, after all!)
The partisanship crap has gotten way out of control- Every-freakin'-thing is all about what side of the isle you're on....."Hey, I just picked up a pizza" "Yeah- well stinkin' liberal pizza...I hate them!"
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randye
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FEB 22, 01:28 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by cvxjet:
floatation foam
foam in my boat...
Polyurethane foam
foam in my boat
my (Over-foamed) factory boat has a grand total of.....30 lbs of foam
20 lbs of foam
I tell you this as an example of people shooting themselves in the foot......
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