Speaking of states where the population has grown, what has Florida done to mitigate the impact of hurricanes? Or places like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, etc, when it comes to tornadoes?

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If you lived in California you'd know that many of the cities and municipalities have been working very hard to improve their water systems with an eye on conservation. For example, we live in a city, Irvine, which recycles our waste water. Currently the water coming from the city's sewer system is treated and then reused for agriculture and to water green belts and common spaces. Also, large buildings, such as offices and schools, have two water supplies, a potable water line for drinking water, and a 'gray water' line for toilets and such (in an office building or school, the largest user of water is flushing toilets). The current plan is to improve the water treatment facilities so that in the near future, even the potable water will include recycled water which has been purified to the point where it'll be indistinguishable from the fresh water supplied from the California water system.

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And keep in mind that during the first Trump presidency he continuously harped on California and it's leaders over their 'mismanagement' of the state's forestland. What Trump and most people fail to acknowledge is that the state has control over very little acreage. In fact, Sacramento only has direct control of 2% of the state. 50% is privately owned and 48% is under the control and management of the federal government. So if you want to blame Newsom or the Democratic controlled legislature, just keep in mind that 98% of the state is outside their control.

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11 months ago Cali had record rain falls and snow melt but they let it flow into the ocean. Most of Cali is a desert and instead of building more reservoirs they've been tearing down dams and reducing capacity.

#103 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-01-08 08:06 PM

The link below takes you to a page that shows the current (updated daily) water supply levels in all of the major reservoirs in California. If you look you will see that most of them are at or above their historical averages for this date.

Sorry, California has been doing a relatively good job of managing their water supplies when you consider the number of people who live here and the amount of agriculture here in the state.

Trump is blaming California Governor Gavin Newscum (as he calls him) for the fire disaster in Los Angeles, claiming that the Governor is responsible for there being low water pressure in the city's fire hydrants. Once again Trump went off on a rant about how Newsom has turned-off a 'giant faucet' preventing water flowing through the state. He also declared that once he's back in the White House, he'll order that that 'faucet' be turned back on and California's water problems will be solved. What Trump failed to mention is that since July, the start of the current rain reporting season, L.A. County has gotten 0.16 inches of rain, when normally by this date, the average rainfall has been 4.56 inches.

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At last report, there were four fires burning in L.A. County, which while it's not a small county, much of it is developed. As for us here in Irvine (Orange County), the closet fire, the Eaton fire, is 38 miles away (as the crow flies). The other fires in L.A. County are all better then 50 miles away. And the wind is blowing in a direction where we can hardly even see the smoke let alone smell it.

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Trump is blaming California Governor Gavin Newscum (as he calls him) for the fire disaster in Los Angeles, claiming that the Governor is responsible for there being low water pressure in the city's fire hydrants. Once again Trump went off on a rant about how Newsom has turned-off a 'giant faucet' preventing water flowing through the state. He also declared that once he's back in the White House, he'll order that that 'faucet' be turned back on and California's water problems will be solved. What Trump failed to mention is that since July, the start of the current rain reporting season, L.A. County has gotten 0.16 inches of rain, when normally by this date, the average rainfall has been 4.56 inches.

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Now if this were a Democrat, the party would have refused to allow him to run for reelection, and probably would have forced him to resign. Look what happened to Al Franken, over a single photo, which did not show any actual offensive act when you consider the context of where and what was happening at the time, which was taken years before he ever ran for office. The party forced him out less he leave a 'stain' on the office of a Senator. I guess Republican members of the House are free to do whatever they want.

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Even though his birth certificate was obviously forged, at least they were using his name as written on it.

#12 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-01-02 12:05 AM

And you have evidence of this, which you can share with the rest of us, eh...

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Trump plans to attend Jimmy Carter's funeral . . .

Unless it's raining.

(for those with short memories, it may take a while for that to sink in)

#13 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-01-01 10:16 PM

Like in France, eh...

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But in America. The president can't just do whatever he wants.

Well. Maybe he can now. Since the Supreme Court is his ----.

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-01 02:33 PM

The funeral for Jimmy Carter is being held on January 9th. Trump will not have been sworn in as President until January 20th.

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Beware AARP members

UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company is the exclusive insurer of AARP Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans, also known as Medigap.

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As I said above, BEWARE. If you think you've got yourself covered with AARP, you don't.

#5 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-12-30 11:27 PM

My wife and I have the AARP Medicare Supplement Insurance from United Health Care and have for nearly nine years and in that time I've had a heart valve replaced, my gall bladder removed, radiation treatment for prostate cancer and most recently, a full joint replacement of my right shoulder. And in all of these cases we've never paid a single penny out-of-pocket. But then we have the so-called 'Plan-F', which they no longer offer but since that's what we originally signed-up for back in 2016, they have to continue to grandfather us in each year. Granted, it might be a bit more expensive but when you consider that there are NO deductibles and NO co-pays, it's been well worth it.

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Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah to all. It's a sunny 65 here on the left coast and we're about to leave for Christmas Day Mass.

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The 'King' shall have whatever he wants, the people be damned...

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Oh, and states can already go to permanent awful ("standard") time if they want. ONLY Arizona has done that...

#9 | Posted by DarkVader at 2024-12-19 10:40 AM

And Hawaii...

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This will be Trump's consolation prize to the American people since he will not be able to lower the costs of groceries, insurance or gasoline. So we'll just have to settle with getting rid of daylight saving time and be happy that we're getting this.

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This is what the leadership of a MAGA Congress looks like, Lilly white males...

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Trump insisted that Democrats were working to keep the Electoral College.

"The Democrats are fighting hard to get rid of the Popular Vote in future Elections," he wrote. "They want all future Presidential Elections to be based exclusively on the Electoral College!"

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-12 05:59 PM

Well, duh...

Presidential elections are already based exclusively on the outcome of the Electoral College votes and have been since the very beginning. Trump has no idea whatsoever what he's talking about.

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