Puerto Rico

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:10 am

Leisher wrote: They have to do that because if the slightest thing went wrong people would sue.

Here's the weather forecast

Post by **Leisher** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:16 am

Yeah, it's insanity. Welcome to our reality.

Constant frivolous lawsuits, media hyperbole, public crucifixions on social media, and general pussification has gotten us to this point.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:33 am

Lawsuits could be an issue, but our county had a semi-calamity in winter about 15 years ago where they did NOT cancel school, then the weather turned nasty, and they cancelled school at noon, packed all the kids on the bus....and the roads froze snarling traffic and stranding the busloads of children and commuters on the road for hours.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:39 am

At the risk of hijacking the thread, I'm sure you Yankees will get a kick out of our struggles with winter weather. After all, we're a meme:
https://www.google.com/search?q=raleigh ... =isch&sa=X

But anyway. This was The Happening that has, IMO, caused our schools to be EXTREMELY fast to cancel school:
https://projects.ncsu.edu/atmos_collabo ... /20050119/

It wasn't even really that there was a lot of snow: "Nearly an inch of snow accumulated in the city of Raleigh, while a few counties north and east of the city received two inches...The vast majority of locations that experienced snow received only a dusting to a half of an inch of accumulation."

The result:

it should come with no surprise that there were so many early releases of schools and businesses during the early afternoon of Wednesday on January 19th. What was a surprise is how quickly and efficiently a light coating of snow on roads became so icy and slick. The mass exodus of many vehicles at nearly the same time clogged the primary roads. Road surface temperatures were too cold to promote melting. Instead, the snail paced traffic compressed the light snow while the heat from vehicular exhausts produce a slight melting effect. The combination of compression and slight melting changed the snow to an icy composition which the cold air temperatures maintained. Numerous accidents on the now slick roads prevented highway crews from spreading salt and sand on the gridlock primary roads. Many school buses were unable to make their rounds, while parents stuck in traffic were unable to get to the schools. What is normally a commuting trip consisting of just tens of minutes turned into an eight hour ordeal.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:40 am

.... I'm not sure if that excuses anything.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:46 am

I'm just giving facts.

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:47 am

GORDON wrote: .... I'm not sure if that excuses anything.

It doesn't. Everyone knew that storm was coming, and they made a terrible decision. Now, they've way overcorrected, and fuck us every year

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:37 pm

Cancelled tomorrow as well, this is insanity.

Post by **Leisher** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 6:30 pm

The just cancelled for the long weekend.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:18 pm

History of Dorian + 5 day forecasts

Post by **Leisher** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 7:37 pm

Hey remember how Trump wasn't getting aid to Puerto Rico?

Entire warehouse full of supplies found in Puerto Rico.

Make your own decision as to why a warehouse full of supplies would sit unused while people died in need of them. PR's governor fired the person who was in charge of them.

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Jan 19, 2020 8:08 pm

REMEMBER WHEN HE PHOTO OP'D DISTRIBUTING PAPER TOWELS TO PEOPL EIN THE BACK OF THE ROOM BY TOSSING THEM, PROVING HE'S A PIECE OF SHIT???