Let’s declare summer a federal disaster. But sure, it’s primarily Arizona and Nevada. Two states that shouldn’t exist and already receive more than their fair share of federal aid. Why not add a few more bucks who cares?
While this is a pretty callous take, I do think it that a mass relocation effort from desert cities primarily reliant on the rerouting of rivers that are beginning to shrink due to climate change (i.e. Colorado River) needs to start being considered. What are they going to do once their water source is completely gone?
Between fires and floods half the country already is. Add in heat and you will be hard pressed to find an area of the country not in a disaster. How can anyone at this point not see global warming is a thing and has horrible effects.
Goes beyond warming. Wait till Nashville gets buried under a foot of snow and they’ll all cry “hur dur where’s the global warming!”
Or that time a fucking senator brought a fucking snowball to the floor to repeat the same bullshit “logic”.
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I have it on good authority from the butcher down the road who says climate change is bullshit because he has lived in this town his whole life. Checkmate!
I asked him why we never had temperatures above 40c prior to 1960 and now we have rolling heat waves that are that hot. Apparently they are lies that all scientists say so that climate scientists can get grant money.
You should ask him who has more money invested in being right- scientists or fossil fuel companies.
Its kind of silly for Nevada, Arizona and Texas to ask for aid. They are basically asking for a yearly donation which is stupid. You guys live in ~100% arid areas… your leadership should be crating infastructure given your needs by taxing higher. The constituents pride themselves on affordable housing and low taxes yet the governement is asking for a yearly bailout.
Its kind of silly for Nevada, Arizona and Texas to ask for aid. They are basically asking for a yearly donation which is stupid. You guys live in ~100% arid areas…
Houston is not arid. The Rio Grande Valley is not arid. Corpus Christi and Beaumont are not arid. Texas has 367 miles of oppressively humid coastline.
The problem with neoliberal capitalism is that other people’s money runs out.
Especially when all your policies are devoted to hollowing out the middle class for the benefit of the rich.
It’s like the meme with the dog:
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Naw, it’s what we do as a nation. Blue states subsidize red states every year because it’s the right thing to do. The gov’t helps coastal states in the Gulf and East Coast when they get hit by hurricanes every year. The gov’t (ie, all of us) support midwest towns when they get hit by tornados, floods, or train derailments, because… we are a country. Less and less these days, but still.
It’s been over 100°F for two or three weeks here. Of course I live in a redhat reichwing state and people are quick to point out “yeah, it’s always 104° in July” the problem is its been over 100° every day since June. That’s unusual. Or it was unusual.
How about we compromise and just declare the oil industry itself a federal disaster and nationalize it?
