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yeldarb1983 2 points ago +2 / -0

...hurricane milton comes to mind...

...lemme back up and explain my train of thought...

First you mentioned the turbines slowing the air down, which got me thinking about where the humid air goes, or more tot he point, where it doesn't.

this immediately brought up north carolina in my head, which in turn, then you mentioned how significant it would be, and I started thinking; imagine all that hot, humid air, trapped over the gulf of mexico, getting the energy it would normaly use to move bled off so it can't really go anywhere, until a high enough pressure system comes along, pouring enough cold air that it finally forms a hurricane....

Normally, hurricanes don't come very far inland, because they lose force as they come over land, and just turn into heavy rains and work themselves out, but I see two possible scenarios here, depending on how milton operated (I don't know nearly enough about the exact details of the storm to do more than guess);

    1. the storm had enough energy to stay a tropical storm/hurricane as it made landfall, working its way into areas that normally have heavy rainfall after a hurricane, but never see the wind blow through, ravaging everything in their path.
    1. like normal, the storm settled down to ordinary storm clouds, but because it had so much hot, humid air as it made its way northward, it was able to drop a metric fuckton of rain, creating the floods we see todya, without necessarily flinging somebody's tractor into the next zipcode...

There's other possibilities as well, but those are the ones that initially occurred to me...

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yeldarb1983 3 points ago +3 / -0

unlikely. last I heard, the blades are impossible to recycle, so they bury them in the desert.

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yeldarb1983 2 points ago +2 / -0

still hillary, but I imagine harris' got an eye on the throne.

i don't think she's quite bright enough for the top spot, though...

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yeldarb1983 2 points ago +2 / -0

Pharma reps are a good place to look as well. Look up Hard Sell: the Evolution of a Viagra Salesman by Jaime Reidy. really eye-opening, and an easy read, thankfully.

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yeldarb1983 1 point ago +3 / -2

...I prefer this map, personally...

(sorry for catbox link, I know from first-hand experience it doesn't always play nice with vpns...)

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yeldarb1983 3 points ago +3 / -0

...The Amish should sell Trump quilts, lmao.

or hell, sell hand-made trump flags.

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yeldarb1983 2 points ago +2 / -0

sorry, just wanted to pop back in and point out: we know she's lying about carrying a gun now...

Because, let's face it, as pissed as she was, if she'd had a gun, she'd be our first mass shooter vice president...

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yeldarb1983 5 points ago +5 / -0

I've been calling it outrage addiction... it does seem to be a social contagion spread online...

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yeldarb1983 3 points ago +3 / -0

well, we learned some information today... she forces a smile when she's upset, not that's a surprise, but it would be interesting to see how often that "smile" appears in other appearances (rallies, interviews, press conferences, etc).

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yeldarb1983 1 point ago +1 / -0

yeah, not a problem. like I said, I wasn't crapping on it, I'm just looking at it from an effectiveness perspective.

I'm glad to see Americans doing what we should, namely take care of our own, not because of the government, be in spite of it.

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yeldarb1983 1 point ago +1 / -0

impossible to refute

...almost seems naive, given the cultish nature of the left right now...

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yeldarb1983 2 points ago +2 / -0

I wish they had just filmed him while he helped people. I get the idea, but the flashy, fast editing style of this can be a little off-putting, and can come off as exploitative...

please note: I'm not criticizing Gen. Cody or samaritan's purse. they're clearly doing what they can and helping people, I'm just saying the stylized editing can be counterproductive.

still, happy to see Americans helping Americans! go get em boys!

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yeldarb1983 1 point ago +1 / -0

...Honestly, kamala could have had a long career as a senator if she kept her head down and her mouth shut, but like any good career politician, she wanted to be president.

It's the top rung of the ladder for these types, and they all want it.

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yeldarb1983 3 points ago +3 / -0

shame somebody else had their bumper fucked up because of this idiot, though. hope there's no lasting injuries (even with a low speed collision, whiplash and neck injuries are a thing...)

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yeldarb1983 2 points ago +2 / -0

what I find interesting is that it peaked in or around 1976 (depending on a couple of factors, including how often it was polled for, which seems to be every four years, right alongside presidential elections).

It's a shame we don't have more granular data, or else we might be able to see what factor/factors led to the decline. It's too early to be the internet, and too late to be vietnam or JFK (although it could be a delayed effect).

my best guess is it may have had something to do with watergate/nixon.

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yeldarb1983 1 point ago +1 / -0

Depending on what the lawyers advise, I'd say take it to court, drive it up to SCOTUS if you have to. they'll pivot to other excuses, obviously, but forcing it into the light is necessary, and the transparent nature of it might even force them to back-pedal.

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yeldarb1983 3 points ago +3 / -0

just so we're clear, I'm not a vet (animal or military).

don't want stolen valor, but I gotta admit, the old jungle camo looks a lot nicer.

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yeldarb1983 4 points ago +4 / -0

forest camo

...shame the army uses that shitty digicam nonsense now, but kudos to the madlad (lady? lass?) who came up with this all the same, lol.

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