Hurricane Laura devestation is going to be bad. New test for Trump admiinistration.

[RAMOSS]

Hurricane Laura is going to be bad. There are supposed to be 20 foot high tidal surges and 145 mile an hour winds as it hits Lousiana. There will be a lot of damage to lives and to property. In the past few years, the Trump administrations response to disasters have been rather poor.

Will the response FEMA gives Louisiana effect the election results? Do you think that FEMA will try to do better than it's done in the past to try to boost Trump's election chances, or will the dismal and unemphatic response give the impression that Trump really doesn't care about them?

In Puerto Rico, Trump through people paper towels in a rather failed photo op. Will he try something similar, or will he actually try to do something good for the people effected by the hurricane?

 

[trixare4kids]

Hurricane Laura is going to be bad. There are supposed to be 20 foot high tidal surges and 145 mile an hour winds as it hits Lousiana. There will be a lot of damage to lives and to property. In the past few years, the Trump administrations response to disasters have been rather poor.

Will the response FEMA gives Louisiana effect the election results? Do you think that FEMA will try to do better than it's done in the past to try to boost Trump's election chances, or will the dismal and unemphatic response give the impression that Trump really doesn't care about them?

In Puerto Rico, Trump through people paper towels in a rather failed photo op. Will he try something similar, or will he actually try to do something good for the people effected by the hurricane?

Jesus...

Can you at least try to give the anti-Trump blather a rest and put your effort where it should belong? Stop blaming.

 

[DiAnna]

Hurricane Laura is going to be bad. There are supposed to be 20 foot high tidal surges and 145 mile an hour winds as it hits Lousiana. There will be a lot of damage to lives and to property. In the past few years, the Trump administrations response to disasters have been rather poor.

Will the response FEMA gives Louisiana effect the election results? Do you think that FEMA will try to do better than it's done in the past to try to boost Trump's election chances, or will the dismal and unemphatic response give the impression that Trump really doesn't care about them?

In Puerto Rico, Trump through people paper towels in a rather failed photo op. Will he try something similar, or will he actually try to do something good for the people effected by the hurricane?

Yeah, I'm seriously concerned about those in the path of this hurricane. FEMA has had a spotty record over the decades, and a very poor record over the past three years, at effectively aiding the victims of this type of tragedy. Western Texas and Eastern Louisiana are set up to be exceptionally hard hit. I hope residents take the warnings seriously, and don't hunker down waiting for FEMA to save them.

 

[PNW Guy]

Yeah, I'm seriously concerned about those in the path of this hurricane. FEMA has had a spotty record over the decades, and a very poor record over the past three years, at effectively aiding the victims of this type of tragedy. Western Texas and Eastern Louisiana are set up to be exceptionally hard hit. I hope residents take the warnings seriously, and don't hunker down waiting for FEMA to save them.

It's a red state area he needs so NP. If hurricaines happened in NY or Cali, of course they'd ignore that, blue states don't have actual people, just dems...

 

[vesper]

Both governors in Texas and Louisiana have done an excellent job of warning the people encouraging them to getting out of the area. They have been warning them for days and started evacuations days ago including those in nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living areas moving them inland. There will be always those who refuse to leave as always and there is nothing anyone can do about it. However, for the stupid that stayed behind there are people lined up to rescue who they can. There is going to be a lot of flooding. Many people will lose everything. It is up to the rest of us to give what we can to assist these people in their time of need and as soon as the storm passes people from all over the country will be responding to help and so will the federal government.

 

[Schism]

I hope everyone gets out of there in time.

 

[vesper]

It has made landfall. It looks like Louisiana is getting the brunt but just a little wobble in the direction it will be Texas. This area faces these threats every year. They say powerlines are already down. Maybe someone could answer why these areas that have this threat year after year do not bury their electric cables underground? The good news is the area where landfall occurred is not highly populated.

 

[RAMOSS]

Yeah, I'm seriously concerned about those in the path of this hurricane. FEMA has had a spotty record over the decades, and a very poor record over the past three years, at effectively aiding the victims of this type of tragedy. Western Texas and Eastern Louisiana are set up to be exceptionally hard hit. I hope residents take the warnings seriously, and don't hunker down waiting for FEMA to save them.

The two concerns I have is 1) The initial disaster. Can't do anything with that be get out of the way. The poor might not have a way to get out of the way. 2) The help the receive afterwards. FEMA has been horrible this last 3 years. The Trump administrations attitude for the most part has been 'You're on your own', and it takes a lot of political pressure to get them to respond.

 

[RAMOSS]

It has made landfall. It looks like Louisiana is getting the brunt but just a little wobble in the direction it will be Texas. This area faces these threats every year. They say powerlines are already down. Maybe someone could answer why these areas that have this threat year after year do not bury their electric cables underground? The good news is the area where landfall occurred is not highly populated.

They don't bury the electrical wires because it's swampland.

 

[vesper]

They don't bury the electrical wires because it's swampland.

They do make cable that is completely waterproof. It is encased in several layers. I would think if they can run waterlines, gas lines underground, they should be able to run waterproof electrical lines.

 

[RAMOSS]

They do make cable that is completely waterproof. It is encased in several layers. I would think if they can run waterlines, gas lines underground, they should be able to run waterproof electrical lines.

The differnce is any little leak can cause a outages and be very expensive to fix. In addition, the cost of laying underground electrical cable is very expensive, because the wires produce heat which can dissipate in the air, but not underground. And, when there is a problem, often caused by flooding, or freezing in northern latitudes, it is much more expensive to get access to the line to repair.

 

[vesper]

The differnce is any little leak can cause a outages and be very expensive to fix. In addition, the cost of laying underground electrical cable is very expensive, because the wires produce heat which can dissipate in the air, but not underground. And, when there is a problem, often caused by flooding, or freezing in northern latitudes, it is much more expensive to get access to the line to repair.

Yes it is more expensive because in certain areas a concrete has to be poured much like a footer that is poured for any building before they lay the cable. But we are talking about an area of our country that is always at risk every year of powerlines being torn down which in itself is a huge safety risk. And the lack of power hinders the efforts of rescues and cleanup. It is something that really needs to be addressed.