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m4ini
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On August 25 2017 23:23 mikedebo wrote: As opposed to one of those innocuous disasters. So i wasn't the only one thinking that this was a dumb headline. A natural disaster is always significant, that's what disaster kinda implies. edit: nvm, didn't see dates | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
8983 Posts
On August 25 2017 23:00 Danglars wrote: The Trump hysteria is so comical I'm wondering if you're talking the end of Trump as president or the end of Texas. "His response was so bad to this hurricane that we consulted lawyers and they said it was 'basically high crimes and misdemeanors, just go for it bro.'" Hysteria? Stop. I left it open for a reason. While I have no love for trump, I also have no love for Te-has except for a very few people who live there. Either could go and I'll be fine. And also, for reference, see Bush v Katrina. If trump handles this as bad as that, then...choose your own ending. | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
And also, for reference, see Bush v Katrina Wasn't that where Top Gear UK went a year or so after, just to see everything literally in rubble still? edit: yeah, New Orleans, and almost two years after. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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semantics
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On August 25 2017 23:14 Plansix wrote: Did they forget to update their own website? NOAA isn't FEMA, i think only office of director is an appointment | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
Well won't link the episode here, it's in the internet to find and watch. Season 9 Episode 3 is the one, where they go cross country in the US in cheap cars, with the intention to sell them at their destination, which was New Orleans roughly 1.5 years after the hurricane hit. I feel like they were genuinely shocked of what it looked like there at that time, that long after a disaster. In the end they actually didn't try to sell the cars, but just gave them away. I remember that episode because i was shocked too. To this day i don't understand really how you can/could just ignore part of your country (city, blocks, whatever) in rubble after a natural disaster. | ||
KwarK
United States42668 Posts
On August 25 2017 23:42 m4ini wrote: I remember that episode because i was shocked too. To this day i don't understand really how you can/could just ignore part of your country (city, blocks, whatever) in rubble after a natural disaster. Two step process 1) Paint rubble black 2) "I'm so not racist I don't even see colour" | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On August 25 2017 23:35 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote: Hysteria? Stop. I left it open for a reason. While I have no love for trump, I also have no love for Te-has except for a very few people who live there. Either could go and I'll be fine. And also, for reference, see Bush v Katrina. If trump handles this as bad as that, then...choose your own ending. I'm no closer to getting an answer. Unless you're walking back when you said "the end" for Trump by making an explicit comparison to Bush, who finished the term in regular fashion. | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
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ZerOCoolSC2
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Coincidentally, these also have a good minority population. I think the 9th ward and other poverty stricken areas should just wait for gentrification. That's their best hope because the city won't fix them. On August 25 2017 23:46 Danglars wrote: I'm no closer to getting an answer. Unless you're walking back when you said "the end" for Trump by making an explicit comparison to Bush, who finished the term in regular fashion. You didn't ask a question. | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
On August 25 2017 23:44 KwarK wrote: Two step process 1) Paint rubble black 2) "I'm so not racist I don't even see colour" Lol, i guess that'd work. Really though, there's no excuse or justification. Especially not after seeing how japan removed most of the evidence of a tsunami that killed almost 20.000 people in around half a year. edit: @Zero, pm | ||
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brian
United States9618 Posts
On August 25 2017 23:46 Artisreal wrote: Yesterday someone posted a link to the FEMA website where their head was named. that's because they have one. Danglers just spouting alternative facts and blaming the dems. Trump-in-Training. sorry, spouting not shouting. | ||
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KwarK
United States42668 Posts
Because it feels a lot like you're attempting to argue that all that could result from a cocked up natural disaster is unpopularity without realizing that unpopularity is what will get him, if anything does. | ||
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mikedebo
Canada4341 Posts
On August 25 2017 23:29 m4ini wrote: So i wasn't the only one thinking that this was a dumb headline. A natural disaster is always significant, that's what disaster kinda implies. edit: nvm, didn't see dates While I'm usually not on board with most cries of "hysteria!", I think that the effects of constantly pushing the giant red EXTREME button in public discourse are starting to show themselves in interesting ways like the distortion of how we use language. Like, I'm pretty sure that the author of that headline felt the need to put 'very significant' there because 'disaster' on its own would not be enough to garner attention -- even if it was subconsciously. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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m4ini
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On August 25 2017 23:53 mikedebo wrote: While I'm usually not on board with most cries of "hysteria!", I think that the effects of constantly pushing the giant red EXTREME button in public discourse are starting to show themselves in interesting ways like the distortion of how we use language. Like, I'm pretty sure that the author of that headline felt the need to put 'very significant' there because 'disaster' on its own would not be enough to garner attention -- even if it was subconsciously. Yeah, but it begs the question as to what would be assumed an insignificant disaster. It's like saying that someone has very terminal cancer. Or the other way around, "only a little bit terminal cancer". It's nitpicky, but i don't understand where that's supposed to lead. If that is a significant disaster, what was the japanese tsunami? edit: btw not downplaying hurricanes, all natural disasters are inherently scaring the shit out of me, because kinda unstoppable. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
8983 Posts
On August 26 2017 00:00 m4ini wrote: Yeah, but it begs the question as to what would be assumed an insignificant disaster. It's like saying that someone has very terminal cancer. Or the other way around, "only a little bit terminal cancer". It's nitpicky, but i don't understand where that's supposed to lead. If that is a significant disaster, what was the japanese tsunami? A series of unfortunate events. Or Gojira's awakening. I'm leaning towards the latter. | ||
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m4ini
4215 Posts
On August 26 2017 00:03 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote: A series of unfortunate events. Or Gojira's awakening. I'm leaning towards the latter. Guess a hurricane would be Mothra then. | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On August 25 2017 23:47 brian wrote: that's because they have one. Danglers just spouting alternative facts and blaming the dems. Trump-in-Training. sorry, spouting not shouting. Gah I didn't see the date on CNN story. It was delayed for months, but eventually went through. My bad guys. | ||
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brian
United States9618 Posts
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