by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
With storm clouds from Hurricane Harvey still visible in the rear view mirror, the struggle to clean up and rebuild the coastal areas of Texas and Louisiana that were devastated by ferocious storm system has already begun. Donald Trump asked Congress for $7.9 billion in aid for the stricken areas, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott believes that $180 billion might be a more realistic request. Conservative estimates suggest that a complete recovery from the horrors inflicted by Harvey will take years to achieve.
The National Weather Service in describing Hurricane Harvey said:
But Harvey is just the first gut punch of this hurricane season. Irma, which originated in the Atlantic, is now a Category Five hurricane and whipping into the Caribbean. Weather models indicate that it is likely to reach Florida by this weekend. While Irma was still out in the Atlantic it was being touted as the most powerful hurricane ever to exist outside of the Caribbean Sea. It's a biggie, and Irma is going to do some serious damage wherever it happens to come ashore.
(A good friend living in Key West has already evacuated and is en route to sanctuary in Atlanta. Stay safe, Coretta!)
Irma is gut punch number two.
Jose, also based in the Atlantic, is on deck to follow Irma toward the Caribbean and southeastern United States. It will be this season's third gut punch - and after him Katia is already forming.
Harvey was "unprecedented," and Irma, before she even got to the Caribbean, was "the most powerful hurricane to ever exist." And then there will be Jose, and Katia, and who knows how many others.
It's looking as though this will be one hell of a hurricane season. Trump's request of nearly eight billion dollars for rebuilding from Hurricane Harvey may seem like little more than chump change after all of this year's storm bills are submitted for payment.
None of the great scientific minds that Trump has appointed to head the various federal agencies associated with the environment know what is going on, or, if they do they aren't at liberty to share that information with the unwashed masses. We must accept the word of our government that four feet or more of rainfall within a few hours has nothing to do with climate change. We must accept the assurances of demonstrably un-Christian people that any change in weather patterns has more to do willful sin and lesbian mayors than it does with man's misuse of the planet.
It's like we are witnessing the Second Coming - of the Dark Ages.
Citizen Journalist
With storm clouds from Hurricane Harvey still visible in the rear view mirror, the struggle to clean up and rebuild the coastal areas of Texas and Louisiana that were devastated by ferocious storm system has already begun. Donald Trump asked Congress for $7.9 billion in aid for the stricken areas, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott believes that $180 billion might be a more realistic request. Conservative estimates suggest that a complete recovery from the horrors inflicted by Harvey will take years to achieve.
The National Weather Service in describing Hurricane Harvey said:
“This event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced.”
But Harvey is just the first gut punch of this hurricane season. Irma, which originated in the Atlantic, is now a Category Five hurricane and whipping into the Caribbean. Weather models indicate that it is likely to reach Florida by this weekend. While Irma was still out in the Atlantic it was being touted as the most powerful hurricane ever to exist outside of the Caribbean Sea. It's a biggie, and Irma is going to do some serious damage wherever it happens to come ashore.
(A good friend living in Key West has already evacuated and is en route to sanctuary in Atlanta. Stay safe, Coretta!)
Irma is gut punch number two.
Jose, also based in the Atlantic, is on deck to follow Irma toward the Caribbean and southeastern United States. It will be this season's third gut punch - and after him Katia is already forming.
Harvey was "unprecedented," and Irma, before she even got to the Caribbean, was "the most powerful hurricane to ever exist." And then there will be Jose, and Katia, and who knows how many others.
It's looking as though this will be one hell of a hurricane season. Trump's request of nearly eight billion dollars for rebuilding from Hurricane Harvey may seem like little more than chump change after all of this year's storm bills are submitted for payment.
None of the great scientific minds that Trump has appointed to head the various federal agencies associated with the environment know what is going on, or, if they do they aren't at liberty to share that information with the unwashed masses. We must accept the word of our government that four feet or more of rainfall within a few hours has nothing to do with climate change. We must accept the assurances of demonstrably un-Christian people that any change in weather patterns has more to do willful sin and lesbian mayors than it does with man's misuse of the planet.
It's like we are witnessing the Second Coming - of the Dark Ages.
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