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catastrophic flood swept through central
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Texas and the fingerpointing has already
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begun. They've considered warning
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systems and they did not put these
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sirens in because of the cost. Relying
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on a system of texting seems crazy to
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me, especially in a rural area, right?
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Like that's how you warn people,
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especially if people aren't paying
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attention to their phones in the middle
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of the night. So, it seems like they
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probably should have sirens here.
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We're supposed to slow down and look at
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structural change and what are the
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things leading up to this crisis that
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potentially could have helped avoid it.
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media defaults to drama. Democrats want
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to say this is all about climate change.
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And then Republicans go really [ __ ]
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crazy and claim it's evidence of some
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sort of deep state conspiracy to control
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the weather.
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I know.
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And the reality is with the the two
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weather services that are charged with a
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response and prevention and then
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communications, they are dramatically
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understaffed. These jobs are what I call
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invisible until you [ __ ] up. The TSA,
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lifeguards, the CDC, we don't know how
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many pandemics the CDC has stopped
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because they did this boring hard work.
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And unfortunately, that doesn't make for
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good TV. Prevention gets no credit. Must
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see TV is never like the family planning
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clinic. I mean, it just that doesn't
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make for good trauma.
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Another plane landed safely. In other
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words, that that's not news.
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