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I guess people on the east coast should be prepared for the next one some time around 2712. Thanks for the heads up.
31 Senate Republicans Opposed Sandy Relief After Supporting Disaster Aid For Home States
10. John Cornyn (R-TX), Republican Minority Whip: Demanded drought relief aid and requested disaster aid for wildfires.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/01/29/1510041/sandy-aid-republican-hypocrites/
but, when Cornyn's BigOil paymasters' profits are at risk:
Sen. Cornyn Files Bill to Speed Texas Hurricane Study
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has filed legislation to expedite a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that will determine how best to protect the Houston region from a devastating hurricane.
The bill, dubbed the “Corps’ Obligation to Assist in Safeguarding Texas” or COAST Act, also would streamline congressional authorization for any project that comes from the Corps study, the Texas Republican’s office announced Thursday.
“Texans along our coast live under the constant threat of weather-related devastation to their homes, their livelihoods, and their communities,” Cornyn said in a statement. “By reducing inefficiency and eliminating duplication, we can speed up the Army Corps’ process to ultimately help bring families, businesses, and communities along the coast the peace of mind they deserve.”
Cornyn’s announcement comes days after crippling floods hit the Houston region. His office made no mention of the legislation earlier this month, before those floods, when The Texas Tribune inquired as to what Cornyn was doing to address the Houston region’s extreme vulnerability to hurricane storm surge.
The Corps “feasibility” study, which it launched earlier this year after striking a partnership with the Texas General Land Office, is expected to take five years. In October, Cornyn and several Texas members of the U.S. House sent a letter to the agency that generally expressed support for the study, but did not request a faster timeline. A month later, 32 of the 34 Texas members of the U.S. House sent another letter to the agency saying the five-year timeline was too long, noting the last hurricane to hit the Houston region was Ike in 2008. The area sees a major storm every 15 years on average.
https://www.propublica.org/article/s...ent=1461868587
And guess who funds the US Corps of Engineers? ALL the states, including Hurricane Sandy victims Democratic NY, NJ
Whoop-t-do.
Apples and oranges. Take too long to explain to you Shazbot, and you would never understand anyway.
I pity people like you who allows disreputable news sources tell them what to believe.
Business Of Disaster: Insurance Firms Profited $400 Million After Sandy
Superstorm Sandy wasn't a disaster for everyone, though. For some, it was big money.
At the center of that system is the National Flood Insurance Program, which is designed to help in disasters like Sandy. Almost everyone with a mortgage who lives near water pays for flood insurance through the program, so more than three years later most residents expected to be home.
But in many cases that didn't happen. While thousands of homeowners like Quinn said they have not received the recovery help they need, our investigation found that their
private insurance companies that administer the government's flood program made as much as an estimated $240 million to $406 million in profit annually over the past four years.
We reached out to flood insurers — including some of the nation's largest firms — that represent the majority of homeowners affected by the storm and all declined to comment on this story. Records show that nearly 80 firms participate in the government's flood program.
Robert Hartwig, head of an industry group funded by the insurance companies, said insurance companies price their services to make a reasonable profit, like any business.
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/24/478868...on-after-sandy
Just another example of BigCorp looting America, ing over Americans.
Just another example of govt sub-contracting to private companies that screw taxpayers, tiest possible service for the highest possible profit.
Mild,
"We don't want to lead with the misimpression that we don't have to worry, [that] it's going to be 700 years until we have another surge. That's not true," Hall told LiveScience -
What don't you understand about probability? Probability is not prediction.
Sandy was a supposed a 1 in 700 years even, the LAST 700 years.
Who said anything about the next 700 years, (or 100 years), with the AGW increasing rapidly?
sheesh. probability is not prediction.
In roulette the probability is one in two that the ball will land on red.
Just because it lands on black this roll, it doesn't mean the ball will land on red next roll.
recent (climate) history is best predictor, probable events of imminent weather. AGW is causing hotter oceans, which causes causes warmer which holds more (warmer) moisture.
apples to oranges. there's no subjectivity or analyzing past events or having to develop models to calculate the probability of the ball landing on red. which is not 50% btw.
every single roll is a one in two probability that the ball will land on red.
each roll is exclusive of every other roll.
A 700 year weather event does not mean it happens every 700 years.
Last edited by CosmicCowboy; 06-07-2016 at 11:25 AM.
That's correct.
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