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Sogo

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14. Compassion a plenty....but the point is that

Reply to Duncan Grant (Reply #12)

Sat Sep 28, 2024, 10:41 PM

Sep 2024

your post could have been made in 1993.

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In 1993, after a 100-yr catastrophic flood event in the Midwest [View all] Sogo Sep 2024 OP

How kind of you. yardwork Sep 2024 #1

That's just how we felt in 1993. Sogo Sep 2024 #2

Snort. I didn't say anything to you in 1993. yardwork Sep 2024 #7

Kindness won't stop climate catastrophes NickB79 Sep 2024 #15

That's for sure. The only thing shaming accomplishes soldierant Sep 2024 #24

Who is shaming people here? yardwork Sep 2024 #25

Amen! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #28

Thanks. yardwork Sep 2024 #29

YW yardwork. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #31

"kindness and grace." Is that what you were going for in your post? Sogo Sep 2024 #35

Nope. I'm asking you to reframe whatever happened to you in 1993. yardwork Sep 2024 #36

You're reading a whole lot into my OP that isn't there. Sogo Sep 2024 #40

What is this nonsense Jk23 Sep 2024 #3

Not what I'm saying at all. Sogo Sep 2024 #4

Yep Blue Full Moon Sep 2024 #6

That's a long time to carry a grudge! JoseBalow Sep 2024 #19

Nixon did it. DiamondShark Sep 2024 #43

And last year it was all " nobody should marybourg Sep 2024 #32

So you moved away, right? Bobstandard Sep 2024 #37

It doesn't happen year after year, as in hurricane regions. See the difference? Sogo Sep 2024 #38

Look up the last time a hurricane hit Asheville, NC. yardwork Sep 2024 #39

Hey, maybe I wasn't referring to places like Ashville, NC Sogo Sep 2024 #42

No I don't really see the difference. Your "100 year" flood will be back soon, before you know it... Hekate Sep 2024 #41

Neither of your assertions is true. TwilightZone Sep 2024 #5

Water was everywhere, because two of the nation's biggest rivers had flooded. Sogo Sep 2024 #9

The cities of Fargo and Moorhead bought hundreds of homes in the flood plain NickB79 Sep 2024 #16

Wow soandso Sep 2024 #22

Something to think about Blue Full Moon Sep 2024 #8

I have a different take but similar conclusion newdeal2 Sep 2024 #10

How about all the people who live near forests and vegetation that burns in CA? former9thward Sep 2024 #11

Overdevelopment in CA is a big topic out there. Sogo Sep 2024 #13

As forest mismanagement should be. EOM littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #17

It's not a contest. Duncan Grant Sep 2024 #12

Compassion a plenty....but the point is that Sogo Sep 2024 #14

On AOL, with a 14.4 kbs dail-up modem JoseBalow Sep 2024 #23

As a young man I visited the San Diego Zoo. bluescribbler Sep 2024 #18

Interesting analogy Doc Sportello Sep 2024 #26

My thoughts exactly. bluescribbler Sep 2024 #33

How's this for irony, their were a couple of Coasties that would spend down time at a pub on IRB I frequented in FL '93 Cheezoholic Sep 2024 #20

Where did you hear that? Did social media even exist in 1993? Kaleva Sep 2024 #21

Bulletin boards did. nitpicked Sep 2024 #27

Before social media, people read newspapers, magazines, opinion pieces, letters to the editor, watched broadcast news, Sogo Sep 2024 #34

Then you should be able to provide some sources Kaleva Sep 2024 #45

Years of silt accumulation from regular flooding are what makes river valleys such good farmland. eppur_se_muova Sep 2024 #30

Yup. Baitball Blogger Sep 2024 #44