• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    You know what would be really stupid? If Texas had a bunch of power companies that didn’t work together or connect to the national grid.

    But that would be so incredibly stupid that I’m sure that’s not the current situation at all.

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    10 months ago

    The White House said Sunday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had sent emergency responders, search-and-rescue teams, bottled water, and other resources along the coast.

    I get that they’re helping to get votes…

    I just hate how red states refuse to help Blue states.

    And if there’s a Republican president, feds won’t help blue states.

    Yet, Dems constantly bail out red states.

    Give them help because it’s the people that suffer, but give the state government a bill.

    This isn’t getting caught once with you pants down and learning the lesson, red states are actively fighting science and not taking the steps to prevent this shit in the future. And everyone else has to pay for them when we have our own problems.

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      10 months ago

      The difference between red and blue voters is that red votes to hurt people while blue votes to help people.

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        10 months ago

        You missed a part apparently…

        Give them help because it’s the people that suffer, but give the state government a bill.

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          10 months ago

          Red states routinely get more money from the federal government than they contribute to it, almost without exception.

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      10 months ago

      And if there’s a Republican president, feds won’t help blue states.

      Once Project 2025 does away with the NOAA and the NHC they won’t even be able to pre-stage assistance for red states…

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    10 months ago

    Mother Nature doing her best to wake the cowboys up to climate change, but alas, it is probably a futile effort.

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      10 months ago

      This is mostly gonna affect those of us in an area that is blue and well aware of the problems the hillside yokels are causing.

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          10 months ago

          Eh, as far as storms go this isnt that bad so don’t worry about us too much. We usually have hurricane parties as it comes in because we know we’ll get away with a couple days off of work lol.

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            10 months ago

            Haha I have a buddy in Florida who says something similar. Like the snow days of the south. Stay safe friend.