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It's amazing that people in Tornado alley, low lying swamplands, and Coastal hurricanes routes can complain... LakeArenal 23 hrs ago #1
As one that lives in a tornado prone area, NO, we don't complain about others suffering from disasters. SWBTATTReg 23 hrs ago #2
Indeed. Swede 23 hrs ago #3
Actually MLWR 23 hrs ago #4
Welcome to DU ! KS Toronado 23 hrs ago #6
Damn straight PJMcK 22 hrs ago #8
Wish the Meme started with "Hey Mr tRump if you think...." KS Toronado 23 hrs ago #5
Exactly what drove me to find DU in 2006, txwhitedove 22 hrs ago #7

LakeArenal

(29,887 posts)
1. It's amazing that people in Tornado alley, low lying swamplands, and Coastal hurricanes routes can complain...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:25 PM
23 hrs ago

….about anyone burned out by raging winds and dry land fires.

SWBTATTReg

(24,482 posts)
2. As one that lives in a tornado prone area, NO, we don't complain about others suffering from disasters.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:45 PM
23 hrs ago

Don't 100% tag all of us w/ statements like this.

One point, tornado alley is usually in large grasslands, which are very prone to large grass fires too. Disasters which if your home is in the path of one of these grassfires, you're often out of luck, the rural volunteer fire departments are often overwhelmed, and homes are lost. These grassfires are often large, whipped up by winds too like in Calif., and happen every year it seems.

1 Siberian Taiga Fires 2003 55,000,000 acres Russia
2 Australian Bushfires 2019/2020 42,000,000 acres Australia
5 Black Dragon Fire 1987 2,500,000 acres China and Russia
10 Taylor Complex Fire 2004 1,305,592 acres Alaska
-- Texas wildfires in 2024, 1.1 million acres

There are tons of other fires I didn't list here. Too many to list.

txwhitedove

(4,028 posts)
7. Exactly what drove me to find DU in 2006,
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:28 PM
22 hrs ago

the shit talk and blame after Hurricane Katrina. I had to move back to Houston from a smashed and drowned Bay St. Louis, MS.


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