Catastrophic Floods in South Carolina

[Thumpalumpacus]

I hope Mr Agenda is safe. If you're reading this, be careful, brotha.

[Jenny A]

I hope so too. My in-laws live in Greenville and Spartanburg, and they are okay. The death toll is still under 10, so I suspect Mr. Agenda is fine too.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Amazing video coming in of what the rain has wrought.  And the governor has asked for federal disaster relief which is understandable BUT.

I wonder if her memory is good enough to remember this little charade?

http://usuncut.com/politics/south-caroli...ing-on-it/

2 Years Before Flooding, South Carolina Republicans Opposed Sandy Relief

According to roll call votes for both the House and Senate versions of the Hurricane Sandy relief bill, almost all of South Carolina’s Republican delegation voted against providing funds to flood-stricken New Yorkers in the wake of the storm. Reps. Joe Wilson (the same Joe Wilson who shouted “You lie!” during Obama’s State of the Union address), Jeff Duncan, Trey Gowdy (a conservative pick for the speakership), and Mick Mulvaney all voted “nay” to Sandy relief.

In the Senate, Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott also voted against Sandy relief.

I imagine there will be no objection from the more enlightened members of congress in the north but I for one am a little tired of these southern fuckballs who are quick to put their hands out for themselves and slap one away if its for anyone else.

Might be nice payback, just once, to tell them to go fuck themselves.

Someone should broadcast that 24/7 for the next week.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

This clearly God's wrath. He's angry with Zimbabwe for not having their Christmas decorations up yet.

It's payback for them flying the rebel flag.

[TheRocketSurgeon]

GOP Politicians are lying assholes.

Fixed it for you.  Brian, seriously though, politics in itself is all about lying, misleading, cheating and dirty tactics.  It's ugly on both sides.

I agree that all politicians in the USA (I can't speak for others) seem to be corrupt sleazeballs, and that our political process has driven off the rails, but I don't see 1/10th as much of the truly heinous stuff on the Democrats' side as I do from the GOP.

At least once upon a time they had the decency to at least try to hide their corporate owners' influence. Now companies are literally handing them pre-written bills to pass.

What bothers me most is the propaganda efforts that (successfully!) convince so many Americans of things that are simply not true. Just trying to have a conversation about commerce regulations, civil rights, or economics guarantees an avalanche of bullshit, and I find that 90% of the time the overt bullshit is coming from my Republican friends/relatives. Easy example: "Obama is a socialist, Muslim, anti-business pseudo-hippie who wasn't even born in America".

The one that tends to get my goat the most, after having worked as an environmental scientist, is when they repeat corporate propagandists who've convinced them that it's the environmentalists, not the for-profit polluters, who "have a dangerous agenda".

[Wyrd of Gawd]

I wonder how many people had flood insurance?

[Minimalist]

How many people can afford flood insurance?

[Jenny A]

I wonder how many people had flood insurance?

Probably not even all the families within a 50 year flood plain let alone though in the thousand year only flood plain.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

How many people can afford flood insurance?

If they can afford a house in a flood prone area then they can afford flood insurance.

"In 2014, the average flood insurance policy premium was about $700 per year."
https://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pa...erview.jsp

[Wyrd of Gawd]

I wonder how many people had flood insurance?

Probably not even all the families within a 50 year flood plain let alone though in the thousand year only flood plain.

Most of the people live within an inch of a river in that area.  Rivers flood.  And they also have to take in consideration the overall geography of the region.  Hilly areas channel a lot of water downstream so if you're at the base you will get flooded even if there aren't any actual streams or large rivers near you.