Yeah they're def loaded af. What I was getting at there was that Albon is also Thai, so they might see considerable marketing value in reacquiring him and marketing accordingly. But maybe not, as that market is probably not a huge concern for them.
Doggett responds to Hot Wheels' idiotic comments comparing the flood response to a football game ...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/video/lloyd-doggett-repsonds-greg-abbott-texas-flood-football-digvid
My view of George is that he's quick, and that's about it. His racecraft is a running joke, even in the F1 movie. You gotta be quick, but ya gotta be a lot more than that. He's not even top 6 in the current field imho.
Having talked to numerous small-town or county dispatchers calling us to request assistance in the middle of the night, my bet is that understaffing is the answer to that reporter's question. Numerous times I've been on the phone with these dispatchers when shit was blowing up on their end, and they were the only ones there, or maybe there were two of them. And sometimes the only person there is brand new to the job.
Who/what is Ryan Hall?
That's the thing. It doesn't appear to have been executed at all, except by the counselors who weren't given, well, any lead time at all.
Exactly.
I think the important lesson from the Station fire and Mystic having a plan approved just 2 days before this disaster (among others) is this:
Having a 'plan' on paper to show an inspector is very different from actually practicing a plan so that it can be effectively implemented when the shit hits the fan, and having supervisors monitor situations closely enough to know when the plan should be executed.
Yep.
Also, re: this bit from theUSA Today article:
I don't know why that figure surprises anyone. I said from the beginning that they would soon find out that there were a large number of people missing that they didn't even know were missing yet. With so many people being there for July 4 and the water coming in the middle of the night, it was always going to be in the hundreds. Worst case scenario.
That little motherfucker seems to have missed the fact that we got the everloving shit kicked out of us. We fucking LOST. BADLY. And he's acting like we were a good team and won the fucking game.
"We got this"? No, we don't fucking 'got' anything, you stupid idiotic little shitstain.
I'm sure there are many more posts that I could quote on this topic. And yeah, even as a member of that union local and a retired Austin ff, I don't understand the accusation ... but tbf, I stopped keeping up with AFD shit the second I walked out the CTECC doors after my retirement party 3 years ago. Never looked back. DGAF. And yeah, the writer of that posting (yes, I know them, and no, I'm not naming names) writes some pretty cringy shit.
My uninformed guess based on past experience is that this is probably based on previous relations with said chief. Emergency resource management is not quite as simple as "They need it, so let's send it. Right now!", and they know that.
ETA: Maybe something good will come from the mention that the State knew ahead of time and was mobilizing well in advance of the storm. Maybe there's some method to the author's madness after all.
Exhibit #eleventy bazillion and 89 of why I completely disassociated myself from the Republican party.
I can only extend my deepest apologies for my past voting record. Please forgive me.