Well, they're both right!
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
"It's not arson - it's all because of that guy who lit all the oily rags on fire and ran away!"
another one of those "I told you so "moments for someone with no feeling of pleasure
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/why-cities-flood/538251/
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
well drown the federal government in a bathtub, this one's gonna be $$$$$$$$
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2017/08/what_it_means_for_the_economy_when_a_city_like_houston_shuts_down.html
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
"At the conclusion of his brief remarks, Mr. Trump thanked Abbott, promised to get Texas "back and operating immediately"..."
https://scontent.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21192934_10156199513727137_7049456761141816261_n.jpg?oh=f1c3cface581260357b48c37fd65e26a&oe=5A129F4A
― scott seward, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
if not sooner!
Back and operating as a port.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
Trump Hotels for Everyone!
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
I'm kind of boggled by seeing traffic on the I-610 webcam that Ste posted three days ago when it was covered in water halfway up the highway signs.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
CEO of @Arkema_Inc says no way to prevent explosion at its Crosby, TX chemical plant because of massive flooding. #TexasFlood— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) August 30, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
They lost electricity and their generators failed, which will cause some must be refrigerated chemicals to get hot and go boom.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
Texas Man Uses Massive Inflatable Dam to Save House
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 August 2017 00:13 (six years ago) link
national guard guy on the news says its the largest deployment since world war one.
― scott seward, Thursday, 31 August 2017 03:24 (six years ago) link
I heard they were literally all deployed.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 August 2017 03:30 (six years ago) link
That inflatable dam story is from 2016 - I wonder if it wouldve held back this years waters?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 31 August 2017 03:42 (six years ago) link
Those things usually do better when the water's creeping in on you, not pouring directly out of the sky four inches every hour.
― pplains, Thursday, 31 August 2017 04:00 (six years ago) link
xp thanks for factcheck and sorry!
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 August 2017 04:10 (six years ago) link
Eh its easy to miss these things I do all the time.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 31 August 2017 05:14 (six years ago) link
Either way it is a neat idea! (and expensive i would imagine)
awesome emergency plan
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/harvey-danger-major-chemical-plant-near-houston-likely-explode-facility-n797581
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 August 2017 11:12 (six years ago) link
are these just robots posting this stuff? also, why?
https://scontent.fbed1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21230758_10212833830614248_5910740196543957452_n.jpg?oh=7a003f75df086fb5ad9c90a6d5400f1d&oe=5A19A380
― scott seward, Thursday, 31 August 2017 12:21 (six years ago) link
three words: "trump tower moscow"
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 31 August 2017 12:25 (six years ago) link
http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2017/08/obama_trump_harvey_katrina.html
― Glengarry Glen Marshall (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 August 2017 12:27 (six years ago) link
Lol scott, I had the same reaction over in the politics thread. Yeah, I still don't get it.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 31 August 2017 12:29 (six years ago) link
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a57276/harvey-longterm-effects/
Pierce referencing the many long-term environmental problems:
Houston, part of the "Chemical Coast," presents a huge challenge in a major flooding event, said Mathy Stanislaus, who oversaw the federal Superfund program throughout the Obama administration. Typically the EPA tries to identify Superfund sites in a major storm's path to "shore up the active operations" and "minimize seepage from sites," Stanislaus said. "This is not the time to dictate; it's the time to work together well with state and local officials to think about needs that need to be met."
....Item: Repeatedly over the past 15 years, the Texas legislature refused to pass any plan to adapt the affected infrastructure as long as that legislation contained any reference to climate change. (The climate crisis, of course, is the thing that makes storms like Harvey the most predictable of all)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 31 August 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
jfc
― gbx, Thursday, 31 August 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
Oh great, plague is in the fucking mix now?
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 31 August 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link
(Re that link)
v Planet of the Apes
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 August 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/08/galveston_lab_that_houses_dead.html
― how's life, Thursday, 31 August 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
Thx
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 31 August 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
http://usa360-tv.com/breaking-news-usain-bolt-donates-150-million-dollars-to-hurricane-harvey-victims/
― DJI, Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
wow dude
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
fuck's sake
Not sure that's legit.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
Kinda shocked he even has that much money.
― DJI, Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
it's been debunked already
― gbx, Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
Ok - sorry!
― DJI, Thursday, 31 August 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
It would be pretty funny if he just casually whomped JJ Watt's big fundraising push with a massive donation though.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 31 August 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
― Glengarry Glen Marshall (Old Lunch), Thursday, August 31, 2017
I had to take this screenshot when I followed this link earlier today. The juxtaposition of ads against the text is - the right word escapes me
http://i.imgur.com/tntPQgU.jpg
― El Tomboto, Friday, 1 September 2017 00:49 (six years ago) link
lol iphone screengrab is hueg
Have eyes on the Galleria Zone D'Erotica rn.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 23:53 (six years ago) link
So Imelda...many North & Eastside suburbs and communities are getting continuing rains that have already lapped what they got in Harvey.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 September 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
Seems like a bad place for a city, in the post polar vortex world.
― hedonic treadmill class action (Sanpaku), Thursday, 19 September 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
Got a river running outside my window rn. Rain has slowed down significantly tho.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
i had to take shelter at my brother’s place on my way home. lots and lots of stranded cars and people who are leaving cars on curbs and medians to find a place to wait it out
― sknybrg, Thursday, 19 September 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
Stuck at work. Kids are stuck at school. It is a weird feeling when children are inaccessible.
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 19 September 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
my friends are all sending pics of their sandbagged front doors... this sure happened quickly! be safe Houstonian ILXors
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 19 September 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
yeah, kids in remote locations is unnerving. i don’t have any of my own but the nephews and niece are all accounted for and in good hands.
― sknybrg, Thursday, 19 September 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
HISD is deservedly gonna catch hell for not cancelling classes today.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 September 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link