Idiocracy is now a goal. Those people were just stupid, not stupid Nazis.
Iâm not going to read the article, but will it be a Merican vs a dark-skinned?
Oh no, just a couple of darkies going at it. Place your bets now!
As bad as we can imagine it will be, it will be worse.
Worse than Idiocracy, weâre careening towards Django Unchained.
Iâd pay to see that ending.
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When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a human cockfight to be engaged in the peopleâs houseâŚ
I get that, but I see it becoming more like Reservoir Dogs.
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I thought the maga cult didnât see color?
Only in their choice of wrestlers and Tinder swipes.
They donât. Youâre either white or you donât count.
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Not related to Trump, but it is an example of the type of government that infuriates me: one that throws up their hands at preventable tragedies and says âwhat did you expect us to do?â
As you might have heard, there was devastating flooding on the Guadalupe in Kerr County, along with tragic and highly preventable deaths, IMO. This exchange with County Judge Roy Kelly caught my attention (reported by the San Antonio News Express):
Kelly initially said at least six died, but later, he and other county officials declined to cite specific numbers of dead or missing.
âSuffice it to say, this has been a very devastating and deadly flood,â Kelly said during a news conference:
He said there had been âdozensâ of water rescues, but declined to provide updated casualty numbers, saying officials had been advised not to do so. He did not say by whom.
Kelly, who lives along the Guadalupe River, said flood waters had reached his home office.
Asked whether the county had a warning system that might have sounded an alert as the Guadalupe rose, he said: âWe do not have a warning system.â
He bristled at the suggestion that the county might have taken precautions to prevent loss of life.
âRest assured, no one knew this flood was coming,â Kelly said. âThis is the most dangerous river valley in the United States. We deal with floods on a regular basis. When it rains, we have water. We had no reason to believe this was going to be anything like what happened here, none whatsoever.â
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Iâve been reading about it (as Iâm at home since the weather cancelled my 4th plans), and the situation around Mason and down the Llano River (the Llano is running at 97K+ cubic feet per second at Mason)
I saw that quote about âno one knewâ and I wanted to reach through the screen and throttle that guy.
Hope all is well with you and your place around there, @Col.SphinxDrummond, canât remember if itâs above or below Canyon Lake
eta: these are good interactive map resources for the area:
There are at least 20 campers missing from Camp Mystic. Horrifying.
The county might not have a warning system, but after the 1987 flood the area summer camps established one. Even that evidently wasnât enough.
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Iâd like to know the details of their system, as a flood in that basin, especially with the technology available today, should be relatively easy to identify.
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Are you on the Llano river?
Below the Canyon Lake. The lake is so low that they suspect very little change downstream from it. It will be good for water to be back in Canyon Lke.
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Heart wrenching.
Hope all yâall are safe.
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Iâm in Marble Falls (on the Highland Lakes of the Colorado), but have friends & family on the lower Llano and also around the Hunt/Ingram, Comfort, Kendalia & Spring Branch areas of the Guad.
The Llano empties into Lake LBJ which empties into Lake Marble Falls (both constant level lakes) which then empties into Lake Travis. I imagine the dams will have some floodgates open for the next week or so.
Looking at the LCRA site, I think youâre correct, but they werenât expecting much rise in Travis, at least in the next couple of days. Sort of surprised me.