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[zalzane]

Why are you responding to a blatant troll post anyway?

because sig isnt trolling and theres loads of people who think nuclear power plants are a ticking time bomb that will destroy the world.

[sigfarter]

i'm never trolling

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[Sean Hogan (seagaia)]

i'm a little worried about my friends on the east coast.

[Nillo]

This could have easily been solved by cutting disaster relief from the federal budget and leaving it in the hands of governors and the private sector.

[gggfhfdh]

but how will we build more tanks if we give anything else any budget at all

[Maud'Dib Atreides]

someone had this on facebook





in all fairness i live on the east coast and im getting hit by this so i can post these off color images

ubiquitous spongebob memes everywhere

[Danmark]

Paul Eres RIP 1978-2012

In contrast, the panicked evacuation after the disaster (because ZOMG NUCLEAR DISASTER) cost the lives of roughly 600 people (and the evacuation was estimated to save ~28 people from getting cancer). The earthquake and tsunami in general caused 15,870 recorded deaths, 122 times as many as from the nuclear disaster that remained in the news for so long.

Moral of the story: NPP spews radioactivity, better to stay put than run because you might trip on your shoelaces and fatally faceplant.

[VDZ]

Paul Eres RIP 1978-2012

In contrast, the panicked evacuation after the disaster (because ZOMG NUCLEAR DISASTER) cost the lives of roughly 600 people (and the evacuation was estimated to save ~28 people from getting cancer). The earthquake and tsunami in general caused 15,870 recorded deaths, 122 times as many as from the nuclear disaster that remained in the news for so long.

Moral of the story: NPP spews radioactivity, better to stay put than run because you might trip on your shoelaces and fatally faceplant.

It's less fatally faceplanting and more hospital patients being evacuated in an insanely wide range while they really needed hospital care. Also old people collapsing due to the 'zomg end of the world' stress caused by the increasingly broad evacuation and media hype.

[Richard Kain]

My prayers go out to all those affected by this storm. I used to live in PA, and am no stranger to the kinds of trouble that come with severe weather. I still remember branches falling from the weight of collected ice, and bailing out our house's window well in two feet of slush to insure that our basement didn't flood.

At present, I live in AZ. If you ever get tired of nasty weather, move out here to AZ.

[AshfordPride]

I live on the south coast of Suffolk county, Long Island.  Everything about a half mile south of me was underwater because of the storm surge.  By some miracle I have power, internet, and television.  

[zalzane]

By some miracle I have power, internet, and television.  

robust infrastructure boner forming 

[Danmark]

My prayers go out to all those affected by this storm. I used to live in PA, and am no stranger to the kinds of trouble that come with severe weather. I still remember branches falling from the weight of collected ice, and bailing out our house's window well in two feet of slush to insure that our basement didn't flood.

At present, I live in AZ. If you ever get tired of nasty weather, move out here to AZ.

As a former inhabitant of places with famously nasty whether living in AZ...

AZ whether is brutal every single day. I wanna shoot the sun out of the sky.

[Evan McClane]

Got power back at 1:30 this morning.  Bunch of trees down in my neighborhood, one house has a corner destroyed, and one person's car was hit.  Nothing compared to what's happened in New Jersey.

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first world problems

[Richard Kain]

As a former inhabitant of places with famously nasty whether living in AZ...

AZ whether is brutal every single day. I wanna shoot the sun out of the sky.

During the summer it can be pretty brutal. But the rest of the year, it's fantastic. This past week has been just gorgeous. Clear skies, the temperature never going higher than the mid-90s, and almost no humidity whatsoever.

Even the worst monsoon storms we get out here don't hold a candle to what I saw in other parts of the country. We don't get snow, we don't get hail, we don't get hurricanes or tornadoes, and we are too far from the ocean to have to worry about large-scale flooding. The biggest natural disaster you have to worry about is the occasional flash flood, and that's usually just a matter of not driving in the wrong place.

There are disadvantages to living in the desert. But I can deal with hydrating more often than I am comfortable with. It's a small price to pay for getting to avoid the weather-related headaches that the rest of the country deals with.

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looks like we got ourselves a christian

[Dustin Gunn]

During the summer it can be pretty brutal. But the rest of the year, it's fantastic. This past week has been just gorgeous. Clear skies, the temperature never going higher than the mid-90s, and almost no humidity whatsoever.

Even the worst monsoon storms we get out here don't hold a candle to what I saw in other parts of the country. We don't get snow, we don't get hail, we don't get hurricanes or tornadoes, and we are too far from the ocean to have to worry about large-scale flooding. The biggest natural disaster you have to worry about is the occasional flash flood, and that's usually just a matter of not driving in the wrong place.

There are disadvantages to living in the desert. But I can deal with hydrating more often than I am comfortable with. It's a small price to pay for getting to avoid the weather-related headaches that the rest of the country deals with.

Bullshit. Tucson's been +100 degrees all the way up to early October this year. It's been unbearable.

[gggfhfdh]

It's a small price to pay for getting to avoid the weather-related headaches that the rest of the country deals with.

wow look at all this rich white desert liver privilege

[moi]

taxes are theft