Your tax dollars do work for you. They work for all of us.

[perdita9]

"The Morning Call," published my op-ed today. Yes, you do get something for your tax dollars. Yes, the government does work for you. If you don't appreciate what it does for you now, you will after the Trump administration destroys it.

"One night on PBS, I watched a documentary about the hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas in 1900. There was no National Weather Service to track the storm and no Emergency Broadcast System to warn the residents to flee inland. There was no Coast Guard to rescue sailors at sea and no FEMA to help with disaster recovery. That storm caused the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history with approximately 8,000 fatalities, 7,000 buildings destroyed and 27% of the population left homeless."


https://enewspaper.mcall.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=dbaea63a-d05d-4ce7-b673-1bc3c5dd5c90&fbclid=IwY2xjawKyTwxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF2TGZkN3owcHRRRWVCOWE3AR4nnVLwZai-ZqRcqanUptrvGK8MRgS2yFNHd_DVMWVes2GYl-c6NxxaAGgdMA_aem_RNsIyw9qKyrXO9P2YFEVCg

[ananda]

1. There was no seawall then and it put the whole city under water.

Many were killed.

Once the seawall was built, the city was more protected.

However, with the rapid progression of climate change now,
no coastal area is protected.

The only solution for people in coastal areas now is to move
inland

[multigraincracker]

2. Make sure your move is to inland high ground.

[ananda]

4. Everyone in coastal areas should move inland.

I guarantee you, in the southern states, their
governments are doing nothing to protect them,
and there will be no FEMA to help them recover.

I moved to Austin here for just that reason: more
frequent storms and floods in Houston.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Excellent.