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Brisketexan

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  1. This. 1) I'll believe it when I see it. AND 2) Whatever it is, it won't fucking matter. Nothing matters. Nothing.
  2. Blah blah blah. Y'all know that in the end, nothing matters. This could blow wide open with a video of Trump sodomizing and then beheading an infant, and as the rest of the world gasps in horror, MAGA would smile about how much that "owns the libs, look at their sweet libtears," and he'll GAIN support. Pay no attention to their complaints and discomfort today. They always come around. Always. 100% of the time. Remember "shoot a man in the face in the middle of 5th avenue and not lose a single vote?" Yeah, he was dead-right, and still is.
  3. My self-managed airflow has been working fine for a long time, although my wife occasionally complains when I let loose excessive "airflow" in the bed. Also, this story is fantastic. The hubristic dumbassery is perfect for our time.
  4. MRI? Make sure to remove your metal butt plug first. Don't want that to turn into a projectile.
  5. Most regulations like the one at issue simply require that you have a plan. It's not evaluated for effectiveness, other than sometimes requiring that it have certain specific elements, that sort of thing. While I'm exaggerating SLIGHTLY for effect here, a flood plan of "hope like hell every kid is an olympic-level swimmer and tell 'em 'swim hard!'" might meet the state requirement of "have a plan." And that's not nonsensical -- the state simply doesn't have the resources (even in the best of times, with full funding of things that actually benefit the people) to do a detailed review of every emergency action plan for every licensed facility. Hell, insurance companies sometimes require that you have such a plan to qualify for coverage, but even they don't review it and say "hmm....have you maybe thought of having an evacuation component in this one?" Loss prevention/risk mitigation is done in layers. E.g., to avoid highway deaths, we 1) have well-constructed and well-maintained roads, 2) with speed limits and other cautionary requirements (curve ahead, etc.), 3) with safety requirements and inspections for large vehicles like trucks, 4) with passenger cars having crash avoidance technology (warning bells and such if you're approaching traffic too fast), 5) with passenger cars having passenger protection features (crumple zones, seatbelts, air bags). Sometimes, one or more of those fail, and people die. Often, one or more of those either prevents a collision from ever happening, or ensures that people survive when it does. All risk mitigation is like that. You can't "flood-proof" the entire world. But you can install layers of protection: 1) no structures allowed in floodways, 2) requirements that facilities in floodplains have robust flood emergency plans, shared with all visitors and guests, 3) a robust and real warning system, using cell phone notifications and river level sirens, etc. People will still die in the worst floods. But not as many as would have otherwise.
  6. Man....that's a bit spot-on. But also, it's spot-on enough that I think that Mystic, in some form, will survive and continue. Too many people with an interest and desire in seeing it do so.
  7. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    2 goals. In the run of play. Lake Travis near full. Wackadoo shit is afoot.
  8. Grok will be bragging about how it does this best within a week.
  9. So…yall know that over 100 people died in Kerr county, not just the 27 people at Mystic, right? Take Mystic out of the mix, because it’s drawing everyone offsides. Over 3X as many people died mostly DOWNSTREAM from Mystic. So, consider the planning/warning (or lack thereof) as to the people downstream, who were within the jurisdiction of Kerr County officials, no camp directors involved.
  10. Friend, we don’t kink shame around here.
  11. Brisketexan

    Austin FC

    Tom Brady got a hold of the ball?
  12. …some of which is harvested by prison labor at Angola. Allowed by the single exception to the 13th amendment’s prohibition on forced/slave labor. So…this 100% tracks for this timeline.
  13. Too late. Order placed.
  14. 1 mile gives several minutes warning, which is better than NO warning. So, it’s still a likely improvement even that close. Several miles gives 30 mins or more warning. People died all along 1340 and 39. Your hyper-focus on the relatively small percentage of locations that are right at the headwaters is nonsensical. The fact that we are arguing about whether the concept of flood warning sirens is good….when there are literally hundreds/thousands of such systems in place all over the world, BECAUSE THEY WORK, Is insane.
  15. Happens sometimes when I eat too much cheese.
  16. Huh? I wasn’t aware of him having any “alignment” other than 1) batshit (a bunch of weird physics takes/theories) and 2) creepy banger of underaged Filipinas.
  17. He just wants to reach an outcome that exonerates his team and relieves them of all culpability. A “nothing at all could have helped at all” conclusion is really the only thing that does that, so he’s all-in on it. This isn’t complicated.
  18. Sure, nothing is risk-free. But the protocol is “get to higher ground,” not “drive down 1340 over 5 low water crossings.” And again, people died all along 39, which has a shitload of higher ground available. You are focused on Mystic and the far upper reaches of the river only. Stop.
  19. Correct. The farther downstream from the initiating floodwave, the more time people have to get out of the way. It’s hard to save the people at the start point, it gets easier with each increment of distance downstream. BTW, I have personally turned around and avoided a developing flood, at night, in this exact location. I was still close to Ingram when I turned around. A Hunt school board member died on 39 that night. I was far enough downstream to realize what was developing and GTFO. People died two weeks ago right near where I turned around.
  20. Not sure of the exact sensor location on the Perd. Sufficiently upstream of the state park. Not sure how far upstream on the Guad, would expect sensors should be at multiple places, as the rover could rise based on multiple sources/areas. The fact that there was already a plan for sirens and sensors (rejected for…reasons), I’d expect locations were already selected. And yes, warnings give you more time the further downstream you are. You DO know that dozens of people died well downstream from Mystic, right? They are not the only relevant location.
  21. Yep. The water rise downstream was incredibly fast. Which is why warnings based on sensors upstream are important. See the Pedernales: the warning sirens are triggered by water levels well upstream, to provide a meaningful warning window of time.
  22. Dude. You didn’t get the memo for this current era. Leaders only get credit, but they aren’t responsible for shit. It’s to a level of absoluteness that’s batshit.
  23. The old man really made her Geiger counter click, if ya know what I’m sayin’.
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