Not sure why you’d find that hard to believe. Puddin’ Fingers don’t want any of that dirty socialist money.
See also:
Six Congressional MAGAts just voted against FEMA funding:
https://x.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1843395934786294096
And, Speaker Johnson refuses to call Congress back to vote on hurricane aid.
Can they tap the state insolvency fund?
I really doubt there is any danger of not paying claims. But they just had a 14% rate hike in June. I also learned when I read about that they charge people who don’t live in the state full time much higher rates.
They blame fraud and lawsuits for the increased rates, no mention of hurricanes.
Every update to the storm track gets worse for me. This morning it looked like the worst of it, at least on the Atlantic side, would stay a couple hours south of me but my house is now back in the cone and TWC has us in the 74-110 mph gust zone with 12+ inches of rain.
Better than the poor bastards in the Tampa area that are seemingly about to get crushed.
They go hand in hand. All the fraudsters come out after a hurricane. There are also a ton of public adjusters in Florida who have lawyers who help them sue. The only other state where I’ve encountered more public adjusters is Illinois.
Good friend from college (best man and both in Tri Club) is just outside Orlando, said this will be the worst storm since they moved back to be by his wive’s family. He said it was looking to still be a Cat 2 when it hits them.
https://www.weather.gov/lix/NPW_28_1011
I feel we will read something like that this time too
holy fuck, that’s quite a view.
what a somber thing to read, much less write. I had never seen that 'til now.
I was on my honeymoon at the time of Katrina. Blissfully unaware until about September 2nd when we put the TV on.
Got home and the price of gas was through the roof. (Still cheaper than today though)
Milton is likely to reduce strength to a Cat 3 storm before hitting Florida and will be moving relatively quickly as it hits land, both of which may help reduce damage. Still going to be a very impactful storm.
Forecasted track is further south than the forecast last night and more in line with the forecast from 24 hours ago. Landfall anticipated between St. Pete and Bradenton… more or less going right through the bay. Which is probably real bad for Tampa.
Then crossing the state staying a bit south of Orlando and exiting the Atlantic side near Cape Canaveral.
I’m back out of the cone. Last night we were back in it.
Every year NOAA tries to explain that the edge of the cone is irrelevant. The cone is not the anticipated area of impact.
The cone is simply the probable area for the track of the storm’s center.
Good luck GMan, we’ll all be thinking of you!
I’m just on the edge of the cone currently. We will likely see some tropical storm winds but hope it doesn’t get any worse than that.
I feel for the west coast people. My wife’s family friend lives in siesta key and had 4 feet of water in their house a week ago.
Also, one of our power plants is pretty much dead center with the current track in Manatee county.
Trump spreading conspiracy theories about his enemies manipulating the weather, which his loony supporters are naturally lapping up.
https://x.com/donaldtnews/status/1843432237855035608?s=46&t=Dzvp_awfmCUdsw9F_S4a0g
What has this country come to?
Take a relatively benign thing (cloud seeding) and make it sound like something it absolutely isn’t (weaponizing a hurricane).
Lather, rinse, repeat.
The deplorables love this shit.
“Do you believe this storm is completely natural?”
They left this out of Idiocracy because it was too dumb.
Jake Tapper: “Senator Vance do you agree with the former president stoking conspiracy theories about weaponized weather while a portion of the country is recovering from a devastating hurricane and bracing for a potentially more destructive storm only hours away?”
Vance: “Jake we know there are problems with the storm prediction models and I find it rich how you constantly focus on the past when Americans are suffering from a devastating storm and Kamahlah’s failed FEMA administration.”
