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Except reality has more nuance than objective definitions.
Not really. There's no way a tropical storm has more destructive force than a Cat 4 hurricane. Look at what happened to New Orleans after Cat 3 Katrina.
The storm appears to have missed Corpus and hit land in a less populated area. But my favorite beach town, Port A , appears to have taken a direct hit. Hopefully folks were prepared. At least the area is not a swimming hole waiting to be filled with water like NOLA was.
That's good news.
But still - cat. 4 looks dangerous.
My prayers.
Another really bad part may be over the next couple of days if it stays a Cat 1. The ground will be saturated and trees will go over easily in the wind. Lots of power out and homes/cars damaged by falling trees.
Fortunately, when these hurricanes hit land they die... usually within 12-24 hours.
Up to 20" of rain in an area the size of South Carolina, wow!! Some places may see 40 plus inches, that's incredible. Hopefully everyone that could leave did, and those that didn't, be well.
Speaking as a long time (49 years) former Texan, with many family and friends still there, the secession talk is just extreme right wing blather. Few Texans, even conservative Republicans there, pay it any attention.
However, it's hard to defend the fact that both Texas Senators (Cruz and Cornyn) plus 8 more Republicans in the House voted against federal aid to states affected by Hurricane Sandy.
While that's no reason to deny help & aid to Harvey victims, IMO all 10 GOP Senators and Reps should profusely apologize and publicly grovel before a single federal $ is granted.
That wasn't emergency funds. They had already gotten that when the storm happened. It was aid relief filled with pork spending. It passed and they got to pretend they were taking a stand. If it were in any danger of not passing, I am sure they would have voted for the aid. Stupid, yes, but so is filling an aid package with a lot of pork.
That wasn't emergency funds. They had already gotten that when the storm happened. It was aid relief filled with pork spending. It passed and they got to pretend they were taking a stand. If it were in any danger of not passing, I am sure they would have voted for the aid. Stupid, yes, but so is filling an aid package with a lot of pork.
Reputable link? One that supports what I bolded?
I lived in TX at the time and there was much discussion about it, I don't recall anything like the above.
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