General Discussion

malaise

(296,223 posts)

10. I think Mother Nature wants the Con to resign

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Sun Aug 27, 2017, 02:26 PM

Aug 2017

This would be a fitting end to his flood of fascism

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

101 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

The Trump folks have found their "bad guy" in the Houston flooding. [View all] oberliner Aug 2017 OP

Of Course We Knew It Would Happen. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2017 #1

I remember when they blamed Nagin for Katrina oberliner Aug 2017 #2

Nagin did drop the ball on that. Doesn't let the others off the hook. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #58

Oops. Duplicate. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #62

Solution: Trump to use Trump planes to evacuate people and put them up in Trump hotels and Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #4

+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #7

AFTER making them pay in advance. In cash. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #22

Lane reversals on highways, start a few days in advance. bluepen Aug 2017 #5

see? easy peasy ProfessorPlum Aug 2017 #24

As easy as an ad hoc rescue plan for 6 million. bluepen Aug 2017 #41

if only you had been in charge ProfessorPlum Aug 2017 #72

That's the standard you apply to anyone who bluepen Aug 2017 #85

. ProfessorPlum Aug 2017 #97

6+ million people, evacuation RECOMMENDED, just not mandatory. Hortensis Aug 2017 #25

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2017 #59

We're talking about millions of people. George II Aug 2017 #70

Hindsight is 20/20, but an unnecessary evacuation is expensive and very disruptive. Dustlawyer Aug 2017 #74

Their most trite tactic... the strawman defacto7 Aug 2017 #3

I knew that would happen mcar Aug 2017 #6

This. End of thread. n/t KatyMan Aug 2017 #55

It might have been a bad call on the Mayor's part. bluepen Aug 2017 #8

Houston is the 4th largest city in the nation. tammywammy Aug 2017 #11

So no plan, nothing learned, in 12 years. bluepen Aug 2017 #15

There is a plan but it requires more time than they had for Hurricane Harvey. tammywammy Aug 2017 #18

There was some disagreement about that. bluepen Aug 2017 #21

There is a reason local officials didn't want six million people to get on the road. LisaL Aug 2017 #46

Oh, I don't doubt that's the reason they're citing bluepen Aug 2017 #57

It was too late from the start. LisaL Aug 2017 #66

You don't know the facts jmbar2 Aug 2017 #76

That must have been horrific. Chemisse Aug 2017 #83

So no change in plans for 12 years. bluepen Aug 2017 #86

There was a huge review after Hurricane Rita. tammywammy Aug 2017 #91

Only 3 days. bluepen Aug 2017 #95

Evacuated was ordered for the Coast - over 200 miles of it elehhhhna Aug 2017 #79

And where do 6 million people go? Holiday Inn in Dallas? n/t USALiberal Aug 2017 #32

Some, sure. bluepen Aug 2017 #34

Why aren't you in Houston helping since you seem to have all the answers? Cattledog Aug 2017 #44

because republicans like him just like to complain and spread hate. jbond56 Aug 2017 #65

Florida evacuated those right on the coast GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #73

This should have been a federal effort. It is too much for a municipality to smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #9

We handle it at the state level. Same as FL. bluepen Aug 2017 #12

The state bears some responsibility too. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #23

Agreed. bluepen Aug 2017 #30

Fucking Columbia South Carolina has a population maxrandb Aug 2017 #26

There is no historical precedent for an evacuation of 6 million people jberryhill Aug 2017 #96

There aren't even 6 million people IN South Carolina jberryhill Aug 2017 #35

In other posts I've mentioned that I also bluepen Aug 2017 #37

Yes, as noted above Houston also has "plans" jberryhill Aug 2017 #39

I'm sure it'll be on the news. bluepen Aug 2017 #40

Yep, you go right ahead... paleotn Aug 2017 #78

JUst stop obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #90

Cool... what day does this start for Irma? jberryhill Sep 2017 #100

Ha! Good one! 6 million is 1/3 of the state's population. Cattledog Aug 2017 #43

I live in SOFL, too, and there is not a plan like that obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #89

FL has evacuated the Keys mcar Aug 2017 #61

Remember that most folks on the keys have the means to evacuate. elehhhhna Aug 2017 #80

That's right mcar Aug 2017 #81

I'm in Florida Phoenix61 Aug 2017 #64

I live in SOFL too, and no, we do not obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #88

With Irma coming, I'm psyched to see the total evacuation of South Florida jberryhill Sep 2017 #99

you are clueless obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #87

well said onetexan Aug 2017 #54

Yep, and the repugs want us to conveniently forget about proposed FEMA budget cuts Mountain Mule Aug 2017 #71

I think Mother Nature wants the Con to resign malaise Aug 2017 #10

This is looking pretty bad for him already.. HipChick Aug 2017 #14

We need to put the blame on 45 murielm99 Aug 2017 #47

6 Obama climate policies that Trump orders change malaise Aug 2017 #50

RW Trump folks... tenderfoot Aug 2017 #13

Good point oberliner Aug 2017 #16

Haven't seen that. Any links? Kingofalldems Aug 2017 #17

Do you have access to Twitter? oberliner Aug 2017 #19

I would have guessed sarisataka Aug 2017 #20

#fakenews. stonecutter357 Aug 2017 #27

Not surprised Lotusflower70 Aug 2017 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #29

Often, more people die in the evacuation than in the storm ThoughtCriminal Aug 2017 #31

Wow shenmue Aug 2017 #51

Exactly, which is why we usually stay put during 'canes obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #92

But the County Judge of Harris County where Houston is located is a republican. Demtexan Aug 2017 #33

Ed Emmett is a decent person cloudbase Aug 2017 #67

Why didn't Fort Hood and other government facilities Ilsa Aug 2017 #36

People have gotten stuck in traffic for days. Ilsa Aug 2017 #38

And if that road floods, then all these people would be dead while trying to evacuate. LisaL Aug 2017 #48

Drowned, blown away by tornadoes, Ilsa Aug 2017 #49

After all, Trump wished them, "Good luck!" Jim__ Aug 2017 #42

Houston was not directly in path of hurricane and torrential rain is vastly more than predicted wishstar Aug 2017 #45

Before the storm the lack of a decent and modern infrastructure BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #52

Yes, I've read that all the development has concreted over previous drainage conduits worstexever Aug 2017 #63

Finally something Obama didn't do! n/t moonscape Aug 2017 #53

Sigh... this bullshit has got to stop. Initech Aug 2017 #56

Meanwhile, Trump says ... lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #60

You can't evacuate a city of 2.3 million and a metropolitan area of more than 6 million.... George II Aug 2017 #68

I'm confused as to why people don't get this mcar Aug 2017 #82

Exactky -- if it's gridlocked during rush hour obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #94

So.. their solution was to evacuate Houston?? Sluggeaux Aug 2017 #69

Shouldn't be too long until Pat Robertson blames this disaster as God's punishment for rampant homos keithbvadu2 Aug 2017 #75

Being home is better than stuck in the street, imo. Bradical79 Aug 2017 #77

A bonus. guillaumeb Aug 2017 #84

When local officials evacuated Houston in 2005, more than 100 people died in that effort. VOX Aug 2017 #93

Bonus.. disillusioned73 Aug 2017 #98

It's the mayor's fault! muntrv Sep 2017 #101