Hurricane Harvey

[sseelhoff]

Once again, your ignorance is showing. We are in the middle of our own disaster, but you don't hear us whining about it.

More than 32, acres ablaze in Oregon | OregonLive.com

And if you had clear cut those forests, none of that would have happened. Poor planning in the face of a known risk.

 

[sseelhoff]

Very little of that has anything to do with Houston. The flood plain standards are federal standards, required to obtain subsidized federal flood insurance. The flood plain maps are FEMA maps. Bans on construction in a floodway are federal bans. Requiring the low point of all structures to be 18" above the 1% flood risk is a federal requirement for flood insurance. There's no indication that Houston said, "Hey, we're flat as a pancake with no drainage and right next to the Gulf, maybe we should have higher standards than Poughkeepsie."

You need to coordinate with RNG. He (or was it you? Bless your hearts) is blaming the lack of building codes. That didn't pan out, so now on to number 2. This second position is as ignorant as the first. As indicated by the floodplain management plan linked in my prior post. The fact of the matter is Houston has a very good storm water management system. The fact of the matter is the that Houston has received more than the annual rainfall amount in less than 72 hours. NO system designed could accommodate that event. None.

 

[mjarrels]

Just think of the number of flooded cars/trucks that will be sold on the market, also how many homeowners without flood insurance will simply walk away. Nothing left to forclose on.

mark

 

[Larry Caldwell]

You need to coordinate with RNG. He (or was it you? Bless your hearts) is blaming the lack of building codes. That didn't pan out, so now on to number 2. This second position is as ignorant as the first. As indicated by the floodplain management plan linked in my prior post. The fact of the matter is Houston has a very good storm water management system. The fact of the matter is the that Houston has received more than the annual rainfall amount in less than 72 hours. NO system designed could accommodate that event. None.

In retrospect, Harvey was pretty minor in the scheme of things. Only 14 people have died, mostly in cars, and only 30,000 people have been displaced, in a city of millions. It turned out that heavy rainfall was less of a disaster than we were told. I'm sure the Mexican carpet factories are already working overtime to repair the damage.

 

[houstonscott]

In retrospect, Harvey was pretty minor in the scheme of things. Only 14 people have died, mostly in cars, and only 30,000 people have been displaced, in a city of millions. It turned out that heavy rainfall was less of a disaster than we were told. I'm sure the Mexican carpet factories are already working overtime to repair the damage.

It will be taken down but I'll say it anyway, you are an idiot. No more Oregon cheese for me....

 

[SirReal63]

In retrospect, Harvey was pretty minor in the scheme of things. Only 14 people have died, mostly in cars, and only 30,000 people have been displaced, in a city of millions. It turned out that heavy rainfall was less of a disaster than we were told. I'm sure the Mexican carpet factories are already working overtime to repair the damage.

I always wondered if douchitude had any examples, I no longer have to wonder.

 

[coobie]

In retrospect, Harvey was pretty minor in the scheme of things. Only 14 people have died, mostly in cars, and only 30,000 people have been displaced, in a city of millions. It turned out that heavy rainfall was less of a disaster than we were told. I'm sure the Mexican carpet factories are already working overtime to repair the damage.

WOW..sick pup.One word KARMA..

 

[rustyshakelford]

My fuel comes from Anacortes, not Houston. It may come as a shock, but Texas is not the center of the universe. I agree that Texas has a great tax scam going on crude, though. They tax every barrel of crude that goes through the state, so everybody east of the Rockies pays tribute to Texas, and that includes Europe. Europe relies on diesel much more heavily than the US, so we ship the diesel fractions to Europe and they ship us their gasoline. Not much of it ever makes it to the West Coast because the Suez and the Panama Canals are too small for the big tankers. Sending them around South America or Africa adds enough cost to make Atlantic supplies less competitive in the Pacific Rim trade.

Exxon shutting down their refinery in Houston will have little effect on the West Coast. Shell is just a US subsidiary of a much larger international company. I'm sure they can pick up the slack with storage and refineries in other countries. Frankly, shutting down Houston International Airport will have more effect on US air travel than a tighter supply of jet fuel. Airlines have had to divert thousand of flights to other cities.

As the second largest state in the country I'd say we are a pretty big deal. A lot more comes from Texas than Oregon. Best thing I've seen from there was a show on history channel called axe man. Now that it's over we never hear anything note worthy.

In retrospect, Harvey was pretty minor in the scheme of things. Only 14 people have died, mostly in cars, and only 30,000 people have been displaced, in a city of millions. It turned out that heavy rainfall was less of a disaster than we were told. I'm sure the Mexican carpet factories are already working overtime to repair the damage.

Your special. Only 30,000 displaced. Well genius. They are still pulling people from their homes. Neighborhood after neighborhood has been damaged or flooded to the eves. The numbers are not measurable yet. Rest assure it'll be much larger.

It will be taken down but I'll say it anyway, you are an idiot. No more Oregon cheese for me....

HS is a man that I would love to hang out with. He's the trump of TBN, speaks the truth but the snow flake libs like to target him. Alway speaks the truth and I agree 100% with his post.

I always wondered if douchitude had any examples, I no longer have to wonder.

Haha. He'd fit right in with the others. Someone said liberalism is a disease. Well so is stupidity but this is clearly contagious and has gotten many members here that spout off nothing but hate and bs.

Brett

 

[SirReal63]

Houston gets the news, but Port Aransas and Rockport-Fulton suffered devastating damage. On my FB page I have several hundred photos of Port A and some of Rockport. It will be a long time before those areas are back to normal.

 

[rswyan]

HS is a man that I would love to hang out with. He's the trump of TBN, speaks the truth but the snow flake libs like to target him. Alway speaks the truth and I agree 100% with his post.

Then your screen name is certainly appropriate there Dribble ...