Ricofoley Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Quote "In the next 12 to 15 hours, downtown Midland could be under approximately nine feet of water," Whitmer said in a news conference. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/19/us/michigan-dam-collapse/index.html We've gotten a bunch of the same rains in IL. We just set the record for wettest May today, with a third of the month left to go. The two previous Mays that it passed to set the record were... 2018 and 2019. Climate change is real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness35 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 So what kind of political arsonists are involved here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, darkness35 said: So what kind of political arsonists are involved here? Crab people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness35 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Chairslinger said: Crab people. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Evidence number 49,261,849 of how we are a failed state: continued failure of infrastructure and the powers that be to remedy the situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I forgot Dow Chemical had a huge operation in Midland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 5 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Evidence number 49,261,849 of how we are a failed state: continued failure of infrastructure and the powers that be to remedy the situation Another round of tax cuts will fix it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Ricofoley said: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/19/us/michigan-dam-collapse/index.html We've gotten a bunch of the same rains in IL. We just set the record for wettest May today, with a third of the month left to go. The two previous Mays that it passed to set the record were... 2018 and 2019. Climate change is real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 People are already talking about rebuilding the town somewhere else once this is over, so I can only assume that the population is white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Apparently Whitler doesn't want people going swimming downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 26 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: Apparently Whitler doesn't want people going swimming downtown. Fucking commie-fascist restricting our murican freedoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Apparently there are 1,688 high-hazard dams in the US as of last year. What would be amazing is a moonshot project to repair and replace all the infrastructure built from the 1900s to the 1960s that seem to dominate the American countryside. I don't have high hopes for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 minute ago, CitizenVectron said: Apparently there are 1,688 high-hazard dams in the US as of last year. What would be amazing is a moonshot project to repair and replace all the infrastructure built from the 1900s to the 1960s that seem to dominate the American countryside. I don't have high hopes for that. Aww, look at the Canadian thinking that other countries also have competent governments and a populous that doesn't require warnings to not inject bleach. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Nokra said: Aww, look at the Canadian thinking that other countries also have competent governments and a populous that doesn't require warnings to not inject bleach. I said I don't have high hopes! Back in 2009-2011 the Canadian government (a Conservative one at that!) used stimulus spending to do huge amounts of working to aging infrastructure, it was called the Canada Action Plan. It was quite popular. I know that replacing bridges and dams isn't sexy, but if you put up giant signs then people might at least appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: People are already talking about rebuilding the town somewhere else once this is over, so I can only assume that the population is white. Gotta love the euphemistic language in that one. "Commingling with on-site containtment ponds." Are we talking about poisonous chemicals contaminating huge amounts of flood waters, or boys sneaking over to the girl's side of the lake at night at Summer camp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Check out this quote from him: By that logic, if someone wants Walmart to fix a sewage leak, then people in the neighbourhood should pitch in and donate the money rather than Walmart using their profits to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 It shouldn't be in private hands but yeah anyway I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Didn't we already have something like this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: It shouldn't be in private hands but yeah anyway I agree My understanding is that the private company generates electricity using the dam and then charges others for it. So if the dam needs repairs then the owner should charge more for the power and use the money to make repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Yikes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 41 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Yikes... We are a third world country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 48 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: We are a third world country. We've been coasting since the new deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandino Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Can we add Michigan under water to that Ant-man meme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: "My grave won't matter because they never gonna find my body." God damn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Holy fuck this is incredible 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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