If it was good enough for Puerto Rico…
I was going to make a snotty comment about Trump voters holding out their hands for federal assistance, but looked at their election results. Marion County, where Nichols is located, went 60-40 for Hillary.
Man, I really gotta watch those knee-jerk reactions, or else get a job on Faux.
I wish them luck. It’s been 25 years since the great flood on 1993. That flood changed a lot around the region.
Florence’s landfall did not cause the flooding… the stalled tropical storm did
How much rainfall for the county, and when did it stop
How long does it take for the swollen streams to return to “normal”?
This could last quite awhile…
That’s why we don’t have a liberal tea party. It’s a good thing. I’ve had a lot of great comments aborted by a little research into the facts.
An economic research firm estimated that Hurricane Florence has caused around $44 billion in damage and lost output, which would make it one of the top 10 costliest U.S. hurricanes. The top disaster, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, cost $192.2 billion in today’s dollars, while last year’s Hurricane Harvey cost $133.5 billion.
We can’t afford steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and we should stop subsidizing renewable energy so it isn’t given an unfair advantage over unsubsidized fossil fuels.
This is just a preview of coming attractions. I suspect we’re going to see more and more places that have been inhabited for centuries suddenly become unlivable. When you get the “500 year flood” twice in a decade, or the “storm of the century” twice in four years, that means that “normal” is being redefined. The economic disruption in wealthy countries will be major; the humanitarian disruption in poorer places will be a horror.
Hey, when y’all get stuff fixed down there, let Washington know, so Donald can come down and boast about all he did.
Hang in there!