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The incoming storm is a one-in-1,000-year event. Floods like this have a 0.1% chance of happening in any given year.

On Mon, AccuWeather published a report about the "conveyor belt of moisture," which is going to bring hours of heavy rain from Wed-Sat night from AK thru the MS Valley & into the OH Valley.

"That moisture plume, known as an atmospheric river, will be tropical in nature & originate from the Caribbean."

Rs need to restore #FEMA, now.

#USPol #ClimateCrisis https://www.newsweek.com/atmospheric-river-storm-could-break-record-life-threatening-floods-2053747

Atmospheric River Could Trigger 1,000-Year Flood

Up to four months' worth of rain could fall over five days across 1,000 miles, affecting several states.
Anna Skinner (Newsweek)
#climatecrisis #uspol #FEMA
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mmalc
“Rs need to restore #FEMA, now."

I'm really starting to wonder how viable that will be within an effective timeframe. By the time the MAGA zealots have come round to the realisation, the institution will be lost anyway.

IMHO blue and likeminded states should form a coalition to absorb this and other functions.

Per earlier posts, letter to Newsom from last year…
Screenshot of letter sent to Governor Gavin Newsom, November 15, 2024 Dear Governor Newsom, Summary: Build a coalition of states to absorb federal agencies ruined by Trump. In more detail: It seems likely that the new administration will devastate many government agencies that not only house experts in their respective fields but a treasure trove of institutional knowledge. Once these are destroyed, it will take years to restore them, if they ever can be. Rather than resigning ourselves to this fate, I’d suggest "we" should jiu-jitsu the GOP by removing the agencies from under the federal government and establishing them in the trust of a coalition of states. This will not be cheap, but as the GOP reduces the size of government, they also reduce its power — and the requirements for financial support from states. Democrat-run states already, on average, contribute more to the federal government than they receive in return. In the future, this imbalance seems only set to increase (e.g. support from FEMA to east coast states such as Florida in the aftermath of hurricanes). This would be a bold strategy, and doubtless not without risk ("states' rights" only ever seem to apply to red states); however, it's not clear what other actions might actually save the agencies, information, and knowledge that we will collectively depend on in the future (especially in the domains of health and climate protection). Sincerely yours, Malcolm Crawford
#FEMA
LukefromDC
We may have to get our hurricane forecasts from Cuba
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