Suzanne Azhaar
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Damn. That's scary. There would definitely need to be a plan b if that was the policy of N.M. governor.
Damn. That's scary. There would definitely need to be a plan b if that was the policy of N.M. governor.
I'm not sure how anyone could anticipate a 500 year snow storm in Texas. To be fair, if attempts had been made to put unprecedented winter measures in place last summer or fall, people would've raised hell about the expense since Texas winters are pretty mild as a general rule.
Senator Ted Cruz flew to Cancun. Haven't found anything about Greg Abbott leaving the state. I also can't find anything about him telling folks to tough it out and if they die, they die. Now, back in March, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made the following remark in re: to covid: “No one reached out to me and said, ‘as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren? ... if that’s the exchange, I’m all in.” Media took delight in reporting that as him saying old people should volunteer to die, which seems a little twisted out of shape.
Things are bad enough without wasting energy seeking a scapegoat. And yes, I am invested. With the exception of my children and a few cousins in Tennessee and Mississippi, all of my relatives and many of my lifelong friends are in the affected areas.
They had bad storms a few years ago when Rick Perry was governor. They don't have to have the same procedures we do, but at least call for relief instead of completely ignoring the entire thing. People have died recently there because the government did absolutely NOTHING. If this has been changed, I know nothing but I wasn't aware of your link.
People have died recently there because the government did absolutely NOTHING.
With all due respect, you need to rethink that statement.
The governor required natural gas companies to quit shipping out of state in favor of selling to Texas energy generators. According to this article, power has been added for over one and a half million households since yesterday morning. That's not doing absolutely nothing and it's not completely ignoring the whole thing.
A natural disaster is a terrible thing. I'm concerned about people I love who live down there and from whom I have not heard. But reacting emotionally and demanding that someone is to blame serves no purpose except to stir a pot that is already boiling over. Blaming "the government" for deaths is unreasonable. Among storm related deaths were people died driving too fast for conditions or by carbon monoxide poisoning due to misuse of car heaters and grills in the house. Not much the government can do about foolishness.
I live in blizzard country. Even with four and a half decades of experience with winter, it is almighty hard during a storm to get to people in need of help. In areas with no experience of blizzards and no reason to believe there would ever be one of this magnitude, governmental first responders like fire, LE, search and rescue, and the National Guard are doing whatever can be done with the resources they have. Their job is not made easier by outraged allegations of neglect and dereliction of duty.
I would like to know too.What constitutes a cold snap in Florida?
Upper fifties today with wind that could blow one's hair off should it not be glued down securely.