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  • Houston is like one of worse areas for flooding now. They destroyed the natural buffer zones being the salt marsh areas and built on them. And those are right at sea level I believe.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    Houston is like one of worse areas for flooding now. They destroyed the natural buffer zones being the salt marsh areas and built on them. And those are right at sea level I believe.

    At least they got to lose the World Series. :#
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    Doesn't matter if a red or blue state, public safety it seems gets pushed down for money and agendas in all of them. California just happens to be a shinning example of it.

    Steve made a good point , you can't fix a problem if you can't honestly look at the cause. Which should transcend politics when public safety is involved.....should....but never does. I don't think one among us would argue that when it comes to public safety politics should be left out of the solutions. We just can't seem to get that message to those making policy for those solutions.

    Really shouldn't be hard , we all use problem solving skills in our everyday lives. You look for the common denominators and start eliminating one by one until it becomes obvious.

    First one must admit that a problem even exists. Then must have the will to solve it. Then, not let outside influences determine the solutions. Not sure California has moved beyond the fist step.
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  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    Red, blue, left or right. just doesn't matter.

    For CA it's more the enviro ****. They keep law suits every time they start clearing or doing the right thing.

    I have two friends that live in the back country of San Diego. They both clear their land at least 200' away from their home. Almost every year they get fined and have to go to court. Every time they win. Some enviro **** sees them clearing and files a complaint, county has no choice but to site them.

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    So much for "the next TWO days". :p
  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,776
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    Yup. Nothing on fire where I'm at.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,708
    It's fall and getting chilly outside......yep, it's climate change time again.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,825
    F1nut wrote: »
    It's fall and getting chilly outside......yep, it's climate change time again.

    I predict another ice age will be coming soon too. Say, in about 3 more months?? :cold_sweat:

    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,521
    When we can stop 1 damn tornado, come talk to me about how we're going to change the entire "climate."
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,478
    edited October 2019
    steveinaz wrote: »
    When we can stop 1 damn tornado, come talk to me about how we're going to change the entire "climate."

    We can Steve but the fall out and destruction from the thermonuclear device is frowned upon. B)
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    Revert back to my previous post.....you can't control nature, we just have to live in it's world. Climate change puts forth the idea that somehow by sending money to politicians and giving them more control over our lives, that will stop the Santa Ana winds from blowing, volcanoes from erupting, earthquakes will settle down and hurricanes will never happen again. Polar ice will stop melting/freezing, oceans will stop rising/falling, blizzards will be a thing of the past, and our climate will be the same, year after year, decade after decade.

    ….and if you believe that to have merit, maybe a padded room is in your future.

    I think many confuse pollution with climate change. Pollution in general is a real thing that every country needs to address on their own abilities. Like we discussed before, Asia isn't going to let anyone push them around, nor is Russia, India, and many South American countries. The main polluters come from Asia, India.

    Most western cultures have taken steps to at least try and be better stewards of the planet....yet it is western cultures which take the brunt of the criticisms. Nobody is marching in India, China, Russia in protests. Why is that ?

    The fires in California are once again being used for propaganda to serve an agenda. Actually solving the problem using common sense solutions doesn't appear to be on the radar.

    The people are upset that they pay so much in taxes and get so little back for it. They blame the state partially for not allowing brush clean up, tree's trimmed. The state wants to blame the utility companies, the utility company blames the state for over regulating them to the point they have no wiggle room to invest in modernizing their equipment. PG&E has filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, so don't expect them to be throwing tons of cash at this problem.

    Took what....100 or so years for your ancestors to build up California from a wilderness, and now in a few decades they seem bent on trying to return it to a wilderness. I'll be the first to applaud them for their conservation efforts, but when that get's in the way of public safety someone has to say wait a minute here.

    The very first duty on any local/state/federal government is to keep the general public safe as best they can. Safe from disasters, crime, murder, safe water to drink, air to breathe, roads to travel on. Safe schools, safe workplaces, safe air travel. Just to name a few. Some states put more safety concerns into sidewalks than we do wildfires.

    If I lived in California, I'd be demanding they fulfill their duty of safety for the general public first and foremost.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    tonyb wrote: »
    Asia isn't going to let anyone push them around, nor is Russia, India....

    India is in Asia. So is 77% of Russia. :p
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    LOL, your correct, should have been more specific and state SE Asia, like China, Malaysia, etc. Doesn't change the point though. ;)
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    tonyb wrote: »
    LOL, your correct, should have been more specific and state SE Asia, like China, Malaysia, etc. Doesn't change the point though. ;)

    Maybe we should split it up into different types of food? :p
  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,646
    joecoulson wrote: »
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    My mother is a retired teacher, so we got one of these for her. :p

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Let's for the sake of argument, pretend that there is some sort of climate crisis. All of the money, resources, participation, and protests on the planet wouldn't change a damn thing---and if the Earth did have a catastrophic event, there isn't a damn thing you could do about it.

    Let's stick to the realistic. Lower pollution, use renewable energy where feasible and COST EFFECTIVE, put more pressure on other countries to do better. EVERYONE want's a healthy environment, clean water, beautiful forests; but if we are chasing "ghosts" all that money could have been far better spent. See: California wild fires. Since the CA politicians still ignore that there IS a fire season, mother nature will continue to thin the trees for them---just in a FAR more violent, expensive, and damaging way.

    Politicians don't like REAL solutions, because the money stops flowing when things work. Do you understand that? Tell me you're not that naïve.

    I don't think anyone is that naïve Steve, policy is always made around those with a fistful of dollars. I shouldn't say "anyone", because obviously some are.

    "Since the CA politicians still ignore that there IS a fire season, mother nature will continue to thin the trees for them---just in a FAR more violent, expensive, and damaging way."

    Truth bomb right there. Once the season is over, the problem goes away...until the next season. Hasn't that been the scenario for a hundred years out there ? They think the problem will just go away after the season is over, so why address it .

    If LA was on fire, or San Fran, policy would change more quickly. All anyone could ask, and should demand, is that they do the job their elected positions dictate they should, keep everyone safe as humanly possible. If they refuse, then change those elected officials, or live with fires every year. It isn't any more complicated than that.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    tonyb wrote: »
    Doesn't matter if a red or blue state, public safety it seems gets pushed down for money and agendas in all of them. California just happens to be a shinning example of it.

    Steve made a good point , you can't fix a problem if you can't honestly look at the cause. Which should transcend politics when public safety is involved.....should....but never does. I don't think one among us would argue that when it comes to public safety politics should be left out of the solutions. We just can't seem to get that message to those making policy for those solutions.

    Really shouldn't be hard , we all use problem solving skills in our everyday lives. You look for the common denominators and start eliminating one by one until it becomes obvious.

    First one must admit that a problem even exists. Then must have the will to solve it. Then, not let outside influences determine the solutions. Not sure California has moved beyond the fist step.

    Why do you think that they want to solve problems?
  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    tonyb wrote: »
    Revert back to my previous post.....you can't control nature, we just have to live in it's world. Climate change puts forth the idea that somehow by sending money to politicians and giving them more control over our lives, that will stop the Santa Ana winds from blowing, volcanoes from erupting, earthquakes will settle down and hurricanes will never happen again. Polar ice will stop melting/freezing, oceans will stop rising/falling, blizzards will be a thing of the past, and our climate will be the same, year after year, decade after decade.

    ….and if you believe that to have merit, maybe a padded room is in your future.

    I think many confuse pollution with climate change. Pollution in general is a real thing that every country needs to address on their own abilities. Like we discussed before, Asia isn't going to let anyone push them around, nor is Russia, India, and many South American countries. The main polluters come from Asia, India.

    Most western cultures have taken steps to at least try and be better stewards of the planet....yet it is western cultures which take the brunt of the criticisms. Nobody is marching in India, China, Russia in protests. Why is that ?

    The fires in California are once again being used for propaganda to serve an agenda. Actually solving the problem using common sense solutions doesn't appear to be on the radar.

    The people are upset that they pay so much in taxes and get so little back for it. They blame the state partially for not allowing brush clean up, tree's trimmed. The state wants to blame the utility companies, the utility company blames the state for over regulating them to the point they have no wiggle room to invest in modernizing their equipment. PG&E has filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, so don't expect them to be throwing tons of cash at this problem.

    Took what....100 or so years for your ancestors to build up California from a wilderness, and now in a few decades they seem bent on trying to return it to a wilderness. I'll be the first to applaud them for their conservation efforts, but when that get's in the way of public safety someone has to say wait a minute here.

    The very first duty on any local/state/federal government is to keep the general public safe as best they can. Safe from disasters, crime, murder, safe water to drink, air to breathe, roads to travel on. Safe schools, safe workplaces, safe air travel. Just to name a few. Some states put more safety concerns into sidewalks than we do wildfires.

    If I lived in California, I'd be demanding they fulfill their duty of safety for the general public first and foremost.

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    I think their priorities are clear.
  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 49,708
    tonyb wrote: »
    Revert back to my previous post.....you can't control nature, we just have to live in it's world. Climate change puts forth the idea that somehow by sending money to politicians and giving them more control over our lives, that will stop the Santa Ana winds from blowing, volcanoes from erupting, earthquakes will settle down and hurricanes will never happen again. Polar ice will stop melting/freezing, oceans will stop rising/falling, blizzards will be a thing of the past, and our climate will be the same, year after year, decade after decade.

    ….and if you believe that to have merit, maybe a padded room is in your future.

    I think many confuse pollution with climate change. Pollution in general is a real thing that every country needs to address on their own abilities. Like we discussed before, Asia isn't going to let anyone push them around, nor is Russia, India, and many South American countries. The main polluters come from Asia, India.

    Most western cultures have taken steps to at least try and be better stewards of the planet....yet it is western cultures which take the brunt of the criticisms. Nobody is marching in India, China, Russia in protests. Why is that ?

    The fires in California are once again being used for propaganda to serve an agenda. Actually solving the problem using common sense solutions doesn't appear to be on the radar.

    The people are upset that they pay so much in taxes and get so little back for it. They blame the state partially for not allowing brush clean up, tree's trimmed. The state wants to blame the utility companies, the utility company blames the state for over regulating them to the point they have no wiggle room to invest in modernizing their equipment. PG&E has filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, so don't expect them to be throwing tons of cash at this problem.

    Took what....100 or so years for your ancestors to build up California from a wilderness, and now in a few decades they seem bent on trying to return it to a wilderness. I'll be the first to applaud them for their conservation efforts, but when that get's in the way of public safety someone has to say wait a minute here.

    The very first duty on any local/state/federal government is to keep the general public safe as best they can. Safe from disasters, crime, murder, safe water to drink, air to breathe, roads to travel on. Safe schools, safe workplaces, safe air travel. Just to name a few. Some states put more safety concerns into sidewalks than we do wildfires.

    If I lived in California, I'd be demanding they fulfill their duty of safety for the general public first and foremost.

    How dare you present such common sense.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    lightman1 wrote: »
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    Yup. Nothing on fire where I'm at.

    Maybe you should eat a jar of ghost peppers
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    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    That's a purdy place Russ.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,478
    lightman1 wrote: »
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    Yup. Nothing on fire where I'm at.

    Maybe you should eat a jar of ghost peppers

    why bein from carlina he prolly eats those reapers so the ghost would be like a pear to him.... :D:D
  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,521
    edited October 2019
    To clarify, when I use the word "they" I mean THE VOTERS. Voters are directly to blame, the politicians are simply slimy opportunists. They can't get there without YOUR help.
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