tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post65774777819744157..comments2024-03-18T03:27:18.777-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: The Tornados of TomorrowEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-24052872316650257272013-05-22T20:34:45.891-04:002013-05-22T20:34:45.891-04:00My suggestions:
(1) cut the operating budgets of ...My suggestions: <br />(1) cut the operating budgets of the Oklahoma delegation of the US Senate and US House. [This won't be large enough to pay for the disaster relief] <br />(2) zero out farm subsidies and agricultural price supports to Oklahoma farmers <br />(3) zero out the budget of the US occupation of Iraq and of Afghanistan, currently running at $2B/week.<br />Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575837647825433144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-78362934113428290922013-05-22T15:58:59.137-04:002013-05-22T15:58:59.137-04:00I'm surprised that few people have called out ...I'm surprised that few people have called out Coburn and Inhofe for their attempted off-loading of their problems onto the backs of others. If cuts are made in response to Oklahoma's requirements, then it stands to reason something else needful is going to go begging.<br /><br />The question for both should be along the lines of "Fine, offset disaster relief. What federal spending --in Oklahoma-- are you suggesting you cut?"dbostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885863615343906724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-76392726662279097572013-05-22T12:06:39.757-04:002013-05-22T12:06:39.757-04:00Gianni: the past cannot be used as a guide to the ...Gianni: the past cannot be used as a guide to the future if conditions change.Turboblockenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-36143549268307829272013-05-22T10:39:39.337-04:002013-05-22T10:39:39.337-04:00Fair, Gianni. Slight decrease or no trend indeed: ...Fair, Gianni. Slight decrease or no trend indeed: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/tornadoes.html<br />Scroll down for graph on trends to find http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/images/tornado/clim/EF3-EF5.png .<br /><br />cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-860314171526917102013-05-22T08:30:28.977-04:002013-05-22T08:30:28.977-04:00Global climate change will cause more storms and s...<i>Global climate change will cause more storms and stronger storms in the future, including tornadoes.</i><br /><br />How do rabetts rectify this unsubstantiated claim with the observed <b>decrease</b> in strong tornadoes over the last half century?<br /><br />GianniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-7776347292131605142013-05-22T04:18:55.257-04:002013-05-22T04:18:55.257-04:00Many people can't think with their brains, esp...Many people can't think with their brains, especially when it's clogged by their ideology. However there more often seems to be a clear comprehension when their <i>wallets and purses</i> are suffering...<br /><br />Perhaps someone needs to construct a widget where the average Joe or Jane can enter his or her annual salary/wage/taxes, and be told how much of their taxes went/go to pay for the damage caused directly by climate-related events.<br /><br />Even better would be an accompanying output that shows what future chunk of said wages/salary will go to pay for climate damage that will manifest over the coming decades, and how action <i>now</i> would reduce this amount. For extra spice it would be instructive to see another output indicating how action <i>yesterday</i> would otherwise have reduced this amount.<br /><br />And to be gold-plated, such a widget might show people's relative risk of experiencing particular climate-related disasters, based on basic demographic data.<br /><br />If a cost/risk demonstration/comparison is made <b>personal and specific</b> in response to any and/or all selectable climate change impacts, people might start taking notice.<br /><br />At least, one could hope...<br /><br /><br />Bernard J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-43458681126119940122013-05-21T21:52:14.934-04:002013-05-21T21:52:14.934-04:00A definition of small government:
when *your* stat...A definition of small government:<br />when *your* state is in trouble from disaster, Federal help would be wasteful, but when it's my state, it's different.<br /><br />May we should do this differently.<br />1) States can either opt in or out of Federal or regional disaster aid, and if opt in, pay for it, i.e., to spread the risk. This might be akin to local fire departments cooperating, or towns getting service from someone else.<br /><br />2) Any state ought to have a standard 501(c)(3) through which people can donate when there's a disaster.<br /><br />3) But if you opted out of Federal help, don't ask.<br /><br />4) Note that states are taking on risk, with an implicit or explicit assumption that the Federal government will bail them out.<br /><br />a) Florida drove out the insurance companies, spread coastal risk across the state, setup an actuarily unsound backup.<br /><br />b) NC and VA don't seem to believe in sea level rise. Many states subsidize VA especially.<br /><br />c) OK and TX elect folks who don't recognize climate change. Rick Perry downsizes training for firefighters, then borrows many from other states.<br /><br />d) How much will it cost the rest of the country to keep New Orleans in existence?<br /><br />It pay to start thinking about forthcoming problems before they are here. I.e., if Congressman are going to vote down disaster aid after the fact, maybe it's time to regionalize it or reorganize it so people can pay for the level of insurance they want, and then live with it.<br />It is of course more efficient to have shared resources large enough to deploy when needed, but some people don't want FEMA or anything like that ... in which case we should figure out how to handle them fairly.<br />John Masheynoreply@blogger.com