I really wish that the meteorologists and reporters would learn what a “Flash Flood” is,

There is no “Flash Flooding” in the panhandle of Florida….Flooding? Yes. Lots of that. But Flash Floods are a totally different thing. It takes elevation and large areas that gather water and concentrate it which then runs downhill rapidly, leaving a wall of water that inundates things in it’s path. There is no geography like that in Florida. “Flash Floods” simply can’t happen there. Floods there don’t grow at a rate of tens of feet in minutes. They happen (relatively) slowly. Flooding? yeah, Florida has a lot of that…But even storm surge doesn’t happen that quickly.

“Flooding” is not “Flash Flooding”. If you’ve ever experienced a Flash Flood, you’d know the difference.

I know they think it is more dramatic to say “Flash Flood” but that is really untrue.

I mean, on the one hand, y’all choose to live there, on the other hand, Armageddon is barreling down upon you.

I think that if you haven’t evacuated, you had better be a hardy person with good preps and a hardened shelter. But if you are staying, my hat is off to you.

Good luck, whether you are staying, going, or have gone. I hope you homes and possessions are there when you return.

This time from Hillary Clinton: “the platforms, whether it’s Facebook or Twitter/X or Instagram or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don’t moderate and monitor the content, we lose total control,’ she said”

Gotta tell the people what to think.

US citizens come LAST for the DNC and their star player…..

But Lebanon gets $175 MILLION for “aid”.  (Funny, innit, how she claims she isn’t acting as President and never has, but she is the one making the decisions and announcements…. And taking the credit. She can’t blame this one on Dementia Joe))

I guess the only real difference that we need to realize is that all those hurricane Helene victims don’t do any 35% kickbacks…..So they come second or third to other countries and Ukraine.  (I am not sure how much the actual kickbacks are, I have no verifiable information of the actual percentage. It might be zero, although I doubt that)

It is said (although I cannot confirm this) that Trump, however, has donated $25 Million in aid to those affected by Helene.

Metallica’s charity has donated $100K.

I donated a fair amount via Samaritan’s Purse.  (No matter what your faith, these people are very efficient and are good at helping people….. regardless of the name they give their god, or even if they do….If you are not sure where to donate, these folks should be on your short list)

I wonder how much Kamala has personally donated?

Not making light of the fact that there is a HUGE hurricane heading to Florida….

I am being kinda frivolous here…but there is some seriousness to the question:

Here in the Midwest, whenever there is a significant snowstorm forecast, it is tradition for everyone to buy supplies to make French Toast: The stores are denuded of Milk, eggs, butter and bread. No one knows why they should do so, they just follow the crowd…

I see similar patterns in Florida when there is a Hurricane forecast….apparently it is tradition that people drive their cars to a preset place and gather 8-10 sandbags.  Now, I am not sure what a few sandbags are good for…there are never enough to fully protect one’s home from flooding, it seems, but every single time there is a hurricane, they show people getting a few sandbags…about a trunk load….which isn’t really ever gonna be enough.. It ain’t gonna keep the water out of your house if there is feet of flooding, . (and they are predicting FEET of rain and 10 or more feet of storm surge  ….. . So those sandbags…Is it tradition or what?

“The key to getting shit done is knowing exactly how much you can overload your equipment and in what manner, and never exceeding that limit”

Also: The corollary to that is knowing when to simply say “Nope”

(I was never unsafe, but OSHA might not have approved…But since this was not a commercial job and I was not paid for doing it they can eat a bag of dicks)

Israel got attacked.by Hamas….Palestinians (“Innocent Civilians”) cheered and aided in  the attack.

Likely some other Muslims will think this is a special day because of that, and may be emboldened to copy the attackers.

It is likely that those Muslims consider you an enemy as well.

Stay frosty, wherever you are.

Like a woman who’d rather hope that her bad behavior will be forgotten….

The Democrats are embarrassed that they got caught spending FEMA relief money on
“migrants” under the “FEMA Shelter and Relief” program….They are not embarrassed that they did it, but rather that they got caught…..

So let’s call it a “Conspiracy theory” to hide the truth.

US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories:

You know, those crazy inconvenient truths…Like the fact that FEMA is out of money ’cause they spent a shitload of money allocated to them, like nearly 400 Million dollars, on housing and feeding and otherwise accommodating migrants…..

Now, that 400 million isn’t really a drop in the bucket compared to what they need for this current Helene cleanup, but still, the optics are bad….So the Media and the Biden administration are trying to cover it up….Quash those inconvenient facts.

I mean, on the one hand, the Media is showing us scenes of utter devastation in places like Asheville (but the reporters and camera crews don’t seem to go much beyond there, not out into the real hard-hit towns)…

But then they show us the places where volunteers are handing out food to people, people supposedly hard-hit by the storm….Yet those people are in their cars (that appear undamaged) and are well dressed and clean looking…..

I am confused. Are they really in need? Or are they just taking advantage of the freebies?

I have no doubt that there ARE people in need. I just don’t think those folks waiting in line in their cars for a hour (for someone else to load their trunk) are in that group of needy…..And I doubt that those people in need are in that Lowes parking lot (again, in Asheville)….(notice how the camera is placed to show the Logo??) are needy either.

ETA: And if you got time to spend an hour in line (or more) one would think you’d be cleaning up the damage…

Not even trying to hide it…..

“That pesky 1st Amendment makes it really hard to govern ’cause all those folks who might be telling the truth, rather than the government line of bullshit, make it difficult”

Who decides what is “disinformation”? We know that it cannot be the governments, after all, for the past 4+ years we have SEEN how they lied to us. It cannot be the Media, they too have colluded to lie to us.

But all that Disinformation makes it hard to “Build Consensus” according to John Kerry

It must be disheartening when the sheep refuse to be led, and turn out to be goats instead.

John Kerry and his lik should be taken out back and beaten until they understand.