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by David Anderson| 33 Comments
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Central Gulf Coast Jackals, be ready. Hurricane Delta has undergone a tremendous amount of rapid intensification over the past thirty hours. As of the 11:00AM ET update, the National Hurricane Center has upgraded the storm to a powerful Category 4 storm. Current track projections of the course of the storm has the central track going …
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"I don't think science knows." US President Donald Trump has downplayed the impact of climate change on raging west coast wildfires, saying he doesn't think "science knows" and that it "will soon get cooler". Latest: https://t.co/q5Yx0QT2ia pic.twitter.com/t3pFIrinLF — SkyNews (@SkyNews) September 14, 2020 Plenty of aging narcissists have wanted the whole world to die with …
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I reject the idea that when the President goes west and says “it will get cooler” with a smirk on his face that we are supposed to be like “well that’s Trump, that rascal.”
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 14, 2020
This type of action increases the risk of injury to everyone at one of these roadblocks. We have had extra deputies patrolling Corbett all day and will through the rest of the weekend. Please report suspicious activity to us and do not take action yourselves.
— Multnomah Co Sheriff (@MultCoSO) September 12, 2020
Let me say this as plainly as possible:
We have become so politically polarized, & consume so much misinformation and fear-mongering from social media, that people are literally defying wildfire evacuation orders because they want to beat up fake looters. https://t.co/CkoOt6jiqa pic.twitter.com/lZcx7J7WuY
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) September 11, 2020
To be fair these guys ALSO want to wage war against the Bureau of Land Management. https://t.co/wwMl3C0YnJ
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) September 12, 2020
Before a Clackamas County sheriff’s deputy spread unfounded antifa wildfire rumors, a supervisor did — in a public meeting https://t.co/SY3FbeWO4F pic.twitter.com/dBmgEyVhZ2
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) September 14, 2020
In January, Kate Brown proposed a wildfire management plan that would treat over 300K acres to prevent wildfire, mandate defensible space around homes, and update building codes.
Republicans killed the legislation with their walkout. #orpolhttps://t.co/ZI2a02J7Jn
— Andrew Damitio (@AndrewDamitio) September 11, 2020
Tucker is so skilled at being a white nationalist that he somehow finds a way to make a segment about wildfires & climate change incredibly racist. https://t.co/61rzAyA1PM
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) September 12, 2020
Trump comments like these are important for the historical record, because if the science is remotely correct there's going to be a massive effort to retcon this period as "Of course everyone wanted to deal with climate change, the far left just wouldn't agree to a carbon tax" https://t.co/Nvn9JRaYqV
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) September 14, 2020
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since i moved west/experienced fire seasons ive wondered what coverage of climate would be like if the east really experienced how apocalyptic these feel. east is not immune to disasters by any stretch but also have u seen twitter when there's a thunderstorm in nyc or snow in dc https://t.co/sDeYNYmROH — Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) September …
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Hurricane Laura intensifies; ‘catastrophic’ wind and storm surge expected Gulf waters are warm at 86 F, which feeds the hurricane. It is expected to hit around the Texas-Louisiana border late tonight. The article has a lot of information up to this morning. Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from …
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This is real news, but I don’t know if it will break through the Trump zone flood of shit. Residents are being told to evacuate. h/t rikyrah
by Betty Cracker| 228 Comments
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The Beast is apparently holding a victory lap/press conference right now that is spiraling into new heights of craziness. No president has ever been treated so badly, not even those who were shot in the face. Trump has covered the following topics: Comey, Hillary Clinton, Strzok and Page, Pelosi, Jim Jordan’s ears, Scalise’s gunshot wound …
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Finally it's raining in Australia ?? "Downpours have already helped to extinguish 32 bushfires..number of blazes fell from 120 to 88..It means the end may be in sight for exhausted firefighters who have battled deadly fires for more than 3 months." pic.twitter.com/crjyvW1GFN — Akki (@akkitwts) January 16, 2020 As any Californian could tell us, the …
Thursday Morning Open Thread: Some GOOD NewsPost + Comments (69)