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Then he'll just have to post more often, won't he?
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Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... -
Why not? That's how we do it over here, if the water starts rising. That's what laws are for: in emergency situations the police has the authority to remove people from their homes, if they refuse to cooperate. Prevents situations where rescue workers later have to risk their lifes to save people stupid enough to stay behind, and it prevents lawless situations from being created, as is now the case in NO.Originally posted by The diplomat
You can just yank people out of their homes by force if neccessary. You can't really do that under a democracry.
Of course, we've never had to evacuate a major city, but then again we also have far fewer resources available to organise such an evacuation.Comment
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Evacuation plans.
Believe it or not, Cuba has always been way ahead of the US in terms of understanding hurricanes. They deal with them yearly and take much more of a hit than we do. I can't remember which hurricane it was, I believe it was the one that destroyed a famous Texas city south of Houston, dubbed the "New York of the Gulf" at the time. The Cuban weather service kept warning the Americans but the Americans in charge would not listen to them.
I like the responses in the thread saying bad things about China and Cuba because they are Commies and/or have a dictatorship (which has nothing to do with their evacuation effectiveness).
Reactionaries just have no courage to talk about the issue at hand without trying to bring some side distraction into the issue to try and minimize it.
It's a sad pattern that is getting really old.
Bottom line is that those countries evacuated effectively and we did not. We are the richest country on earth with the strongest military and there is absolutley NO EXCUSE for what happened.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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That would probably be the 1900 Galveston hurricane.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Same can be said of Puerto Rico too. I know someone in PR who has the same mindset. THey know hurricanes, and know how to respond to them very well and survive with few casualties.Originally posted by Ted Striker
Evacuation plans.
Believe it or not, Cuba has always been way ahead of the US in terms of understanding hurricanes. They deal with them yearly and take much more of a hit than we do. I can't remember which hurricane it was, I believe it was the one that destroyed a famous Texas city south of Houston, dubbed the "New York of the Gulf" at the time. The Cuban weather service kept warning the Americans but the Americans in charge would not listen to them.
I like the responses in the thread saying bad things about China and Cuba because they are Commies and/or have a dictatorship (which has nothing to do with their evacuation effectiveness).
Reactionaries just have no courage to talk about the issue at hand without trying to bring some side distraction into the issue to try and minimize it.
It's a sad pattern that is getting really old.
Bottom line is that those countries evacuated effectively and we did not. We are the richest country on earth with the strongest military and there is absolutley NO EXCUSE for what happened.
That points to the fact that Cuba & PR are islands who encounter hurricanes a lot. Not that Cuba is communist and thus better able to deal.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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zomfg pwned!!!
Founder of The Glory of War, CHAMPIONS OF APOLYTON!!!
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I call BS - It's not capitalism vs. communism - it's just that you americans suck.
Seriously, it's not like Hurricanes aren't occuring on your soil yearly, and it's not like any lessons learnt are kept secret. It's all there for you and your governments ( state and fed) to pick up, and utilize - however your governments don't care enough, it seems.Comment
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That's the one.Originally posted by chegitz guevara
That would probably be the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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It may infuriate you, but there was an eight year period where non-reactionaries had the power and they did what ?Originally posted by Ted Striker
Evacuation plans.
Believe it or not, Cuba has always been way ahead of the US in terms of understanding hurricanes. They deal with them yearly and take much more of a hit than we do. I can't remember which hurricane it was, I believe it was the one that destroyed a famous Texas city south of Houston, dubbed the "New York of the Gulf" at the time. The Cuban weather service kept warning the Americans but the Americans in charge would not listen to them.
I like the responses in the thread saying bad things about China and Cuba because they are Commies and/or have a dictatorship (which has nothing to do with their evacuation effectiveness).
Reactionaries just have no courage to talk about the issue at hand without trying to bring some side distraction into the issue to try and minimize it.
It's a sad pattern that is getting really old.
Bottom line is that those countries evacuated effectively and we did not. We are the richest country on earth with the strongest military and there is absolutley NO EXCUSE for what happened.
I admit that since Bush is sitting in his second period, he could have done something, but claiming that last years cuts are to blame is just rediculous - it takes years to build up the nessecary facilities. To be true, the current disaster is at least to blame on Clinton because if it should have any effect it should have been started in his period of rule.
About your bottom line - there is a difference between those that are in habit of handling an reoccuring catastrophe and those that has to go 50 years or more to find a similiar. Those tahat are accustomed to it, are better prepared and understand why, but those that only have rumors from their greatgrandfathers will be quite reluctant to nessecary preparations.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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YEPOriginally posted by Az
I call BS - It's not capitalism vs. communism - it's just that you americans suck.
Seriously, it's not like Hurricanes aren't occuring on your soil yearly, and it's not like any lessons learnt are kept secret. It's all there for you and your governments ( state and fed) to pick up, and utilize - however your governments don't care enough, it seems.We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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The best use of the ignore button ever!
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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HAHAOriginally posted by zomfg pwned!!!
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You overused the quota bandwidth limit on Tripod so now your picture won't display.
Well done genius.
Can't even SPAM properly.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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No one ever accused Zylka of being smart.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Somehow I think that there may be the smell of flesh hitten by a banning rod - well, in this case I'll enjoy it.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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