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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumpo's statemennt about deadly tornadoes that have killed at least 32

BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)Will the G.O.P. Billionaire Bros be feasting again on taxpayer-funded
caviar-stuffed lobster tails?
repubes sure know how to live it up at taxpayer expense.
synni
(674 posts)OMGWTF
(5,016 posts)Ms. Toad
(38,311 posts)We've had 55,000+ out of power for the last 2 days, mostly in Summit County, Ohio. Crickets, since no one was killed (at least not directly, anyway).
hadEnuf
(3,527 posts)Crickets.
And his complicit scum in the media will make sure of it.
Ms. Toad
(38,311 posts)There's tons of chatter about Kentucky and St. Louis. I have yet to hear of a mention on anything other than local news about the significant days-long power loss in Ohio. So it' not just Trump, and it's not just FEMA.
hadEnuf
(3,527 posts)Are they trying to minimize the extent of the damage? If so, then why? Or maybe they are just lazy.
1WorldHope
(1,862 posts)All of her books speak to that American attitude about poor states. She actually lives in St. Louis. I bet The View From Flyover Country gets even more specific.
I think we are all guilty of the false pride we have about where we live and how it is better than where other people live.
I'm sorry for your suffering, I live in NE and fear every time it rains anymore.
Ms. Toad
(38,311 posts)We got our electricity back today - managed to salvage about half of what was in the refrigerator. And from growing up on a farm, I know what it means to live in a place where everything (water included) requires electricity (to flush toilets, wash hands, shower) and how to get by for a few days. They pulled in crews from Pennsylvania and Michigan to get things back up and running. They are now mostly down to isolated streets where a tree took out power lines. We were in two overlapping sections - each with around 2000 homes out until today, and a third not quite overlapping with another 1500 or so. And a few areas still have hundreds of homes without power. It took out a swath about 10 miles wide and 30 miles long. Massive tree damage (which accounts for most of the power outage - and I'm sure there is a lot of home damage, as well).
I'm just cranky that news reports about a storm system which simultaneously hit quite a few states only mentions one or two - not even an honorable mention for others who were also hit.
1WorldHope
(1,862 posts)I'm terrified of tornados. So are my dogs. Keep us in your loop.
Ms. Toad
(38,311 posts)I have a first-cousin once-removed in Kansas - she was already terrified by tornadoes when they were hit with one a few years ago (and no basement - just a concrete pad). We had one in our back yard in Nebraska when I was 10-12-ish (we had a root cellar there for shelter).
What went through here two days ago was just extremely strong winds - no significant twisting. One large branch on a maple tree in our side yard was twisted off - it seemed to be just the angle of the wind and the position of the branch relative to it on the tree.
1WorldHope
(1,862 posts)get hit again tomorrow. The radar map we have been looking at is all red over MO. I guess it takes our mind off the orange blow hard for a while. Be safe.
Karasu
(2,003 posts)LiberalArkie
(19,322 posts)got involved.
Totally Tunsie
(11,584 posts)Or in his case, THREE and1/2.
Midnight Writer
(25,148 posts)Actually. I'm bracing myself. I'm sure he will make Biden's cancer all about himself.