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President Biden gave kerr county 10 million
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Q8QI2v51p4A

and YT cancelled (deleted) it. I did end the short comment with "they hated Biden more than they loved their children." I imagine that's the part that didn't go over so well.

They don’t care about you only their rich donors, yet you keep voting repuke.

From local all the way up to federal, there are plenty of questions which need to be answered.

ONLINE!

heck, I could monitor 100 systems, until something when wrong with ONE of them....then I needed help watching the others. Repukes see any "help" as a form of socialism.

what Republicans in Texas have said ever since they heard Reagan say it is "The government isn't the solution, the government is the problem."

You can understand their point. Many of them have ancestors who came to Texas specifically so that they could revolt against México, where slavery was illegal and turn Texas into a slave state. Not only that, but after they lost the war the US government finally got word to the slaves, after two years, that they were free.
This sort of big government meddling just doesn't sit well with many freedom loving Texans.

/s

How about a story reviewing how:
-State Farm took care of their policy holders
-Allstate
-Liberty Mutual
-GEICO

I see so god-damned many quippy commercials about them and no one ever holds them to account for their skeevy response. FEMA should be on hand to coordinate response, issue loans, provide immediate needs, food/shelter, etc.

Insurance is supposed to ultimately help them get back on their feet as quickly as possible.

FEMA should be there to hold THEM to account.

Instead, policies are undercut, eliminated and the rest of us get higher premiums to help assure their tidy fucking profit.

Any democrat want to take that idea and run with it??

is that if you read your policy, homeowner's (or even tenant's) insurance does NOT cover "flooding". THAT is what "flood insurance" is for and that is pretty much only offered by the federal government (for a pretty penny that most cannot afford).

And there have been a number of hearings (that when posted on DU, get yawns). This blip was from last year -

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Also FEMA floodmaps are available online. Who knows for how long, but before anyone buys a property it just takes a few minutes to look up the flood zone. I've been through three hurricanes since I bought my place and I'm glad that I took the time to "do my research".

as mentioned in post #22 one can also buy excess flood insurance.

https://firststreet.org

FWIW the fema link did not work for me.

My own house was once listed in a flood plain 50 yr ago, but was subsequently changed to a non-flood zone in the 70's. This wasn't disclosed to us at time of purchase (unless it was buried in some fine print I missed). My old farmer neighbor told us all about this after we moved in and our area had a freak flash flood one spring in 2011. We had a foot of water in our basement despite TWO sump pumps running constantly; they just couldn't keep up with the inflow. And there was a river 20' wide and 4' deep flowing through our front yard from all the agricultural field runoff behind our house.

So even people who think they're safe may in fact be living somewhere that is actually at risk, especially with the rapidly changing climate today.

flood policy that will kick in over the standard $250,000.

Someone in the Environmental group posted this link several months ago, it is used by insurance companies and lenders and is now shown on Zillow near the bottom of a property for sale.


https://firststreet.org

"We exist to make the connection between climate and financial risk at scale for financial institutions, companies and governments."

And, thanks to their lobbying, have tweaked the system so that they are required by law to exist, even as they refuse to pay out anything to clients because they are not in the business of insuring people or property, they are in the business of making as much money off of misery as they can.

And, we let them. Every day we keep on paying their premiums and letting them cook up new ways to deny coverage, we let them.

But, we won't do anything about it. The programming worked.

What has been done about it?

Anyone??

as long as the industry is allowed to lobby and buy/pay for members of Congress.

The FIRST THING that should have been done in 2010 when the SCOTUS handed down the "Citizen's United" ruling that basically negated the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance law, was to have those 2 (and anyone else), REDRAFT the legislation to address the SCOTUS concerns, and get some revised law passed (this was when Obama was still in office).

But that didn't happen.

Because it looked too 'aggressive'?

but like the Crypto bros who funded a number of (D) campaigns, the Pharma bros and Insurance bros have done similar.

Unless and until we get this damn money requirement out of our elections, this will never be resolved. The hourly text and email "bega-thons" are not enough "to compete" against the massive dark money machine of the GOP unfortunately.

Elections do have consequences...at least that's what I've been told.

The GOP has had an iron grip on almost everything political in Texas, and with Trump up there in DC slashing everything so he can pocket more dollars and give a ton away to the wealthy, what do you think is going to happen to the regular "joe" in Texas? Wake the fuck up, Republicans. You're being fleeced. Again.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

You vote Republican, you get Republican. Cherish it.

That would be like asking my dog to make me some brownies, but all is does is make 💩.

Republicans are very clear about their priorities.

Motto of krasnov, money is for me and my engrandisement, not for the plebes. Let them die in the heat is what they will do.

Hurricane and fire seasons just got a lot scarier!

Will we survive?

Abbott new gerrymandering, ordered by Trump that is spending all your taxes on him, you will keep Abbott, Paxton, Cruz and the others PLUS 5 new GQP criminals to say fuck you.
I do feel for Texas Dems. Voting here in NC is like voting in Moscow, and keeps getting worse. Starting to see only one way outta hell, it will have to be the people, and it will not be voting, because that’s going away fast.
Helena central right here with me.
Trump made a pre election photo op to disrupt rescues, and now can’t give one fuck.

GoFundMe

I bet they all have skin in the game, stocks looking good!

I live in that area and had to evacuate. The practically word salad “article” s not indicative in any way of what is going on here, on the ground, misses the hearing that was held YESTERDAY entirely (there were some important findings), and once again is some dreck written by people states away who haven’t set one foot here to talk to anyone who was affected, attend even press conferences or the hearing, or interview local/state/federal officials in the area.

“Proactive preparation” was not a problem. A huge problem was petitions granted to remove areas from flood maps because local capitalists wanted to build camps and resorts right on the banks (“it’s sooooooo pretty!”) where it’s known to flood rapidly, without any of the “annoyances” of flood insurance requirements, building requirements, etc. A huge problem that morning was all the guys who would normally be tasked with emergency messaging and response being on the job (2 out of town on holiday vaycay, one sick), and you couldn’t even really blame them because 2 on vacation tried to do what they could as soon as they could, but nobody bothered calling them until 3 hours after the flood started taking out camps and homes and vacation spots. There were LOTS of stupid mistakes made, but it wasn’t about “proactive preparation.” Lots to report, real info, but you couldn’t tell from THIS article (or most others that aren’t from our area).

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Louisiana got Play Dough
Western North Carolina at least got a pandering photo op

Many of them voted for and still support Trump.

Think they'll ever make the connection?

even if the entire state is destroyed by a massive cat 6 hurricane... they will say God created this. And then blame the gays or the non-believers and democrats that made God angry.

Or immigrants for their voodoo religion.

Or something.

Should have bought some bootstraps.
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“Not a damned penny came through this gate from my taxpaying dollars,”

You got over $10 million.............