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@nursefrombirth @SuziqLeathers I should add we are lucky no debris was blown our way. Our windows can take the wind of a Cat 1, but not a piece of debris going that speed.
@nursefrombirth @SuziqLeathers REALLY frightening is a museum on The Great Storm on Galveston. There is a theater presentation with simulation overlaid with dramatic diary entries from people who experienced it firsthand.
Zero warning in 1900. One little girl somehow survived her entire house being blown/floating out to sea. The whole house.
@nursefrombirth @SuziqLeathers Meh, been through a few now. far enough inland that it is Cat 1 or Cat 2 at most.
Downed trees are the worst of it. Had our fence destroyed and some trees split. Needed a new roof with missing shingles, but never any leaks.
Worst experience of it was power outages. 15 days for Ike 10 for Beryl.
Oklahoma gets worse damages from tornado outbreaks, and you can't see those coming to plan.
@tgraph52 Slacker.
I like the subtle backhanded compliment of progress despite "lack of practice."
@GeorgeVotesBlue For years, self-righteous conservatives would accuse critics of engaging in "class warfare" like it was a mic drop moment.
Warren Buffett correctly observed, "We have always had class warfare. It is just my class is usually winning it."
They sneered at "redistribution of wealth" objectives for lower classes while rationalizing programs continually concentrating wealth at the top.
@Alfred A flyover for Kansas City originating from west coast or east coast seems a stretch though.
@Alfred I mean, where could an F-18 originate for a Kansas City flyover?
@Alfred @AndersonArtwork The F-18 isn’t an Air Force aircraft, does that narrow the list?
@peeppeepcircus Not sure you really want to know?
Ahead of the storm they just ride the wind, getting blown inland. Stuck in the eye? Don't see how that ends well for the birds.
There are usually large fish kills as well. Strandings, salinity changes from large influx of fresh water.
@Bix If you count bots and paid sock puppet trolls in Russia and North Korea, maybe?
I mean, does he know the population of the U.S. even?
@FireMonkey It isn't even the amount for me as I have good insurance (for now.)
But how do I verify all these bills long after insurance paid? How can I know they are valid?
Better, why can't they get the amount right when the insurance isn't complex? It's a set percentage. Why are you off by some amount to what I paid you already?
Single payer is the way to go.
@TrueBloodNet BAM, global warning disproven!
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Imagine going out to eat, you get a bill from the restaurant for the food and facility, another, LATER, from the chef, another from the server, another for the drinks, you learn how a restaurant works indirectly from all the separate bills. And no one informs you in advance of all the separate involved parties.
Sound nuts?
We need legislation to require billing for one event from one entity. All involved parties can bill through them. And , no bills coming in months apart for the same event.
Current Pet Peeve: Medical billing in the U.S.
Subset of the greater gripe of dysfunction of the whole healthcare system.
Getting peppered by small bills from MONTHS ago. Some are related to miscalculations of insurance benefits. Some are just the nonsense of billing all the different involved entities separately. Radiology, anesthesia, ordering doctor, facility, all separate bills delivered MONTHS apart. Why can't all bills be routed from one entity?
@SandHillThicket Rita came shortly after Katrina and people overreacted honestly. Galveston officials were angry that Houston residents clogged their escape. They futily told people "only evacuate from the evacuation zones" in Houston.
People were fleeing from 100 miles inland. Every route was crawling as people ran out of gas on the roads.
@SandHillThicket Run from the water; hide from the wind is the "rule."
The elevation is more important than distance from the coast, although 30 miles doesn't seem that far if it is flat.
Rainfall accumulation and proximity to creeks, bayou, rivers is a factor that hit Houston hard with Harvey. Most of the flooding wasn't from storm surge.
People die getting stuck in evacuation as well though. It is tough evacuating an urban area. Highways weren't made for it. Rita taught us well.
Interesting.
I have read elsewhere that younger generations are better at processing multiple streams of information simultaneously. They may even actually be able to multi-task (most of us just lose time hopping back and forth.)
But maybe they are losing the ability to follow long form writing.
I read a TON in high school, both for pleasure and assignments of classics. Not so much today.
@Keysalagain You'd think the side that seems desperately opposed to FACT CHECKING might raise more red flags.
It brings up the difference between fair and balanced. The side that makes mistakes at times will predictably need less fact checking than the one that continually lies.
"Why do they hardly ever correct the Dems?" Maybe, because they don't need to?
S_r_stone
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