Fire/EMS/ERs/disasters, etc.

[O Really]

Lotta religious people in WNC. Maybe they should review Galatians 6:7-9.

Spoiler:

"a man reaps what he sows"

[1 CAT FAN]

The Superstar Cultmaster's neighbor's hollers may never recover. Has FEMA left North Carolina to manage for themselves?

[GoCubsGo]

Thanks, RepuQs.

LeopardsAteMyFace!

[O Really]

Thanks, RepuQs.

LeopardsAteMyFace!

When Biden was in office, FEMA was there. Now Trump's administration* is in office and FEMA gets pulled. Fact. But I'm sure there will be those who will be convinced that loss of FEMA services is somehow Biden or the Dems fault.

[GoCubsGo]

Thanks, RepuQs.

LeopardsAteMyFace!

When Biden was in office, FEMA was there. Now Trump's administration* is in office and FEMA gets pulled. Fact. But I'm sure there will be those who will be convinced that loss of FEMA services is somehow Biden or the Dems fault.

LOL

I have some Facebook "friends" that were totally buying into the conspiracies about FEMA and Biden before the election and spreading it at every opportunity.

Radio silent these days.

[1 CAT FAN]

They found out that you worship a "Rainbow" that has thoughts of himself/herself a Superstar Cultmaster but is terrified of women in authority with guns.

[Vrede too]

LOL

I have some Facebook "friends" that were totally buying into the conspiracies about FEMA and Biden before the election and spreading it at every opportunity.

Radio silent these days.

Have you tried posting anything about FEMA cutting us and Americorps off?

[GoCubsGo]

LOL

I have some Facebook "friends" that were totally buying into the conspiracies about FEMA and Biden before the election and spreading it at every opportunity.

Radio silent these days.

Have you tried posting anything about FEMA cutting us and Americorps off?

I don't post.

Ain't nothing but a rabbit hole with people I know irl.

[Vrede too]

I don't post.

Ain't nothing but a rabbit hole with people I know irl.

You don't say.


Manitoba wildfire smoke, currently in the upper Midwest (GoCubsGo?) is reaching the jet stream and headed our way.

[GoCubsGo]

I don't post.

Ain't nothing but a rabbit hole with people I know irl.

You don't say.


Manitoba wildfire smoke, currently in the upper Midwest (GoCubsGo?) is reaching the jet stream and headed our way.

No air quality warnings, but I caught a whiff.

https://www.weather.gov/

[Vrede too]

DOGE cuts AmeriCorps program, sending WNC recovery volunteers home


The impact of 50 people working full time is huge, and it doesn't get much more cost effective than volunteers. Assholes.


Oh look, Elon and TACO Don are illegals, again.


Thanks, RepuQs.

MountainX:


https://mountainx.com/opinion/humor/bad-doge/

[Vrede too]

It's early in the season, but the political and scientific hurricane is already here:

Weatherman goes rogue on live TV with grave warning about hurricane season: 'I am here to tell you I'm not sure I can do that this year'

"rogue" is in the eye of the beholder. I see a sane and necessary warning.

A meteorologist for Miami-based NBC affiliate WTVJ had a frank, chilling warning for his audience about an unprecedented hurricane season this year.

What's happening?

On June 1, John Morales addressed his audience, which is in a hurricane-prone area, per the Guardian.

WTVJ shared a clip of Morales' segment, which began with an archival hurricane forecast from "about six years ago." In the earlier footage, Morales assured viewers that the hurricane then being tracked "would turn," and he provided an estimate for when the turn would likely occur.

John Morales explains how National Weather Service cuts will affect hurricane forecasts (video)

... "And I am here to tell you I'm not sure I can do that this year. Because of the cuts, the gutting, the sledgehammer attack on science in general," Morales continued, referencing well-documented cuts to both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service.

Morales lamented a "multigenerational impact on science in this country," stemming from broad cuts to our meteorological infrastructure.

Why is Morales' hurricane warning such a big deal?

... Weather experts have been sounding the alarm about hurricane season in the United States nonstop. In addition to NOAA and the NWS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency also faced massive, abrupt cuts and a leadership shakeup.

"This type of staffing shortage is having impacts across the nation because there has been a 20% reduction in weather balloon releases, launches. What we are starting to see is the quality of the forecast is becoming degraded," Morales said.

By all accounts, hurricane season this year is likely to involve "above-average" activity. With NOAA, the NWS, and FEMA in "unprecedented disarray," our ability to model storm trajectories and to respond to hard-hit areas is severely diminished.

What can be done about hurricane season in 2025?

... As Morales observed, forecasts are likely to be less reliable, leaving those in hurricane-prone areas more vulnerable. Prepacking a hurricane "go bag" allows quicker action in the event of a sudden or short-notice evacuation order....

Crap. Thank you, John Morales.

[Supsalemgr]

We won't know for six months, but my $$ goes NOAA will be just fine this hurricane season.

[neoplacebo]

We won't know for six months, but my $$ goes NOAA will be just fine this hurricane season.

I, and probably others, will remind you of that around late August / early September. You neglected to voice your "position" on the FEMA cuts, or even the notion of eliminating it. So FEMA will figure into my reminder later this summer. Stay tuned. Or in your case, stay tuned out.

[Vrede too]

I, and probably others, will remind you of that around late August / early September. You neglected to voice your "position" on the FEMA cuts, or even the notion of eliminating it. So FEMA will figure into my reminder later this summer. Stay tuned. Or in your case, stay tuned out.

Who needs meteorologists with decades of experience like John Morales when we've got retired insurance sales managers?

[neoplacebo]

I, and probably others, will remind you of that around late August / early September. You neglected to voice your "position" on the FEMA cuts, or even the notion of eliminating it. So FEMA will figure into my reminder later this summer. Stay tuned. Or in your case, stay tuned out.

Who needs meteorologists with decades of experience like John Morales when we've got retired insurance sales managers?

Sort of like who needs competence and intelligence in a Secretary of Defense when you can have an idiotic hack from Fox News?
Or who needs a competent and widely respected medical professional as HHS Secretary when you can have a nutjob with no medical credentials and his own irrational agenda?
Or who needs an experienced and capable Secretary of Education when you can have a WWE wrestling magnate with no qualifications or expertise in education?
We are living in and witnessing backward world.

[Vrede too]

Who needs meteorologists with decades of experience like John Morales when we've got retired insurance sales managers?

Sort of like who needs competence and intelligence in a Secretary of Defense when you can have an idiotic hack from Fox News?
Or who needs a competent and widely respected medical professional as HHS Secretary when you can have a nutjob with no medical credentials and his own irrational agenda?
Or who needs an experienced and capable Secretary of Education when you can have a WWE wrestling magnate with no qualifications or expertise in education?
We are living in and witnessing backward world.

Gov. Stein marks Chimney Rock State Park reopening by signing new Helene relief bill

The community and NCDoT have been working hard to recover and reopen exactly 9 months later.

The GQP Leg has been hardly working and FINALLY passed a desperately needed $700 million Helene relief bill.