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<0> bud-well i guess i meant they should've split cali into at least 2 states instead of one giant state where most of the population is concentrated in 4 cities all within 100 miles of each other (maybe they're not that close). L.A. sacramento san francisco...the really big cities
<1> A hurricane can me weathered on the spot
<1> not so with a tornado or a quake
<2> MrRod, yeah, they were bad, but when you combine quakes, landslides, fires... California to me is far more risky.
<3> CryArvach: Compare the repair costs to the costs for Hurricane Andrew. Andrew was far, far more expensive.
<1> compare the overall infra damage though....
<1> quakes are far more costly
<3> TheTailor: I only have to worry about quakes where I live.
<2> The only risk I have in central Texas is tornados, but those are everywhere.
<4> central texas is apparently one of the safest places from natural disasters. I've heard people argue that's b.s. but apparently it's why so many companies choose the region for data centers etc..
<1> freeways are more expensive to rebuild then some tin shacks
<3> CryArvach: I have. Look it up if you have to.
<0> mrod-well that's because there were a huge number of idiots who built their $50 million properties right on the beach front after being warned 12x not to. that's not nature as much as man's idiocy
<1> Central TX is stable as hell
<1> no EQ faults
<5> bud`: that and the economic incentives of being in TX :)
<1> and mrrod....hurricanes are hell on trailer parks
<3> godfist: Same idiots in Florida. Floridians have come to expect the feds to bail them out after each hurricane.
<5> all you need to worry about is tornados; and you can make a falicity torando safe pretty easy these days.
<1> and with NO.... they had NO real building codes
<3> CryArvach: Have you looked up the costs?
<6> from the plane i couldn't see a view as nice as central usa
<5> facility. even
<1> FL has codes out the arse
<7> AUSTRALIAN troops or police could be on the streets of Dili as early as tomorrow after East Timor invited foreign peacekeepers to end fighting between the nation's military and disgruntled ex-soldiers
<7> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19244622-29277,00.html
<1> good...oz is better able to take care of that mess
<1> actually...Lisbon should be forced to pay
<3> CryArvach: $25 billion for Hurricane Andrew. They're guessing $125 billion for Katrina.
<4> colorado front range is also pretty much immune to major disasters. the rockies kind of shelter the whole area. the severe weather happens up in the mountains or out in the plains, not along the protected front range.
<1> Katrina was hurricane plus flood
<4> had a couple floods tho
<7> Cry: I say...bah, we can give them the money
<1> Charlie was also expensive...
<7> not a big deal
<1> Publius..why in **** should we?
<7> Cry: I mean...not me, aussies
<2> MrRod, you don't factor in the cost of fires and landslides in California.
<0> bud-yea the mountains of western north carolina are like that. hell i live in southern/central buncome county we never get the snow that the northern part of the county gets because they're at a higher elevation in the mountains
<1> and mudslides...
<7> Cry: cause its good neighors and they'll help you for it later
<1> and the nice riots they have there
<1> and the cougar attacks :)
<1> at least in AZ and NV you can shoot them
<7> Personnel from New Zealand and Australia would "disarm renegade troops and police rebelling against the state," Dr Ramos Horta said.
<3> TheTailor: We're doing earthquakes vs. hurricanes. I can only do so much.
<7> "We have officially asked help from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal and Malaysia ... and so far Australia and New Zealand have promised to come immediately," he said. <---Portugal???
<2> oh
<1> except Hurricanes are the only thing we have to really fear here...
<8> East Timor was a Portuguese colony, Publius
<1> and Englewood, due to its angle relating to the G of M, suffers no direct hits
<1> what DD said
<7> ah
<1> Timor was unfortunate...
<0> :P
<1> no natural resources worth a poop....
<8> except oil :)
<3> CryArvach: The Northridge quake was the most expensive earthquake. It's damage estimate is $20 billion, including lost business. That's $5 billion less than Andrew and 1/6th of Katrina's estimate.
<1> and wait until Cali gets their 11.0 richter wakeup call
<0> what state was the northridge quake in?
<7> "on behalf of the people of israel, let me express my deep gratitude for you to invite me to speak here"
<0> oh cali
<7> w00t
<8> cal
<2> MrRod, well Katrina's estimates are way overblown though
<1> yep
<3> CryArvach: Wait for Florida to get a level 7 hurricane!!
<9> Hey MrRod, its not Friday!
<1> and it does not take into acoount other factors
<3> Fr33Trade: I know.
<2> MrRod, if it was just cost to rebuild the crap they had there it would be 5 billion
<9> Watching Olmert give a speech to congress.
<1> MrRod...surevy said.....Cali will get mother quake first
<3> Fr33Trade: I have to get out of here, unlike the slackers left on #politics.
<9> Prime Minister Olhmert
<7> FreeTrade: Me TOO
<1> Charlie was a 5
<9> hehe I cant stay long myself.
<1> slackers?
<3> CryArvach: They're predicting a big hurrican season. Get your slickers ready.
<7> FreeTrade: is Blair going to speak to congress?
<1> we need the rain
<9> Publius no, why would he ?
<9> Olhmert is in DC Not Blair.
<8> comparing state's for natural disasters...sort of like two old geezers comparing their last operations
<7> I know
<7> FreeTrade: he is supposed to be here today
<3> CryArvach: Either way, it beats living in Texas.
<7> Blair
<7> or next wednesday
<7> lol
<1> MrRod..I lived in TX for 4 years :)
<2> Fr33Trade, who is Olmert now?
<3> CryArvach: You have my sympathy.
<10> morning
<10> lol\
<8> "ya wanna see a scar?? HERE...now THATS a scar!!"
<2> CryArvach, where in Texas?
<9> Oh well, i dont know, This is an introduction of a new PM to the Congress, Blair is known much better than Olhmert.
<1> tornado country
<10> publius, you are here all day, don't you work? :)
<1> TT Austin and Dallas
<2> yuck, cities
<7> FreeTrade: I know!! I was just asking if you new if Blair was speaking later
<1> urban pestholes....aye
<1> no real choice when yer broke
<3> Fr33Trade: Now you should get to work! It's not Saturday, you know.
<9> I doubt it, I dont think he is speaking to congress.
<10> bush is speaking later too
<1> bbiab...chores to do
<10> trying to get off of "big oil"
<10> lol
<9> I see no reason why he would if he didnt have something directly to address congress about.
<3> My God. I've got to pee like a race horse.
<9> MrRod, get to racing ;)
<7> President Bush will welcome British Prime Minister Tony Blair back to the White House on May 25, 2006. <---seeee
<10> maybe we will be lucky and you will break a leg
<7> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060523.html
<10> and they will have to put you down :)
<2> Fr33Trade, MrRod is is ignoring his painting.
<9> Thats tommorrow or my computer is off.
<7> FreeTrade: he is on a 3 part global politics speech. i think he is making it today
<7> why else be here
<10> it is tomorrow
<7> FreeTrade: LOLOL
<7> FreeTrade; just smack me next time
<7> lol
<9> Closure vote in the Senate, all but 25 Republicans voted in favor, which I think if I count right that means 28 Republicans for.
<2> Cloture on what?
<4> blair should bring gifts of marmite over with him, just to see all the peoples faces when they take a smell
<9> I Remeber in National Review years ago debating how we (Republicans) lost the black vote from not hostility but neglect. I think we are risking the future of our party. But thats just my opinion..
<9> Even though the president will get credit, the ones remembered as the hardliners will be the GOP even though its about 50% of the gop. 30 years ago the vote would be opposite.
<9> Of course Unions are dead now. So they dont have much influence anymore in the Dem Party.
<2> That and thye can't buy votes with welfare dole.
<11> I need the federal government to subsidize my telco, its dying.
<9> Well It seems like the only benefiting from congress is Farmers and Autoworkers when it comes to subsidies. At least the majority of it.
<9> I guess some would argue the military industrial complex has in the past but if thats true or not, not really anymore...
<11> Well, it just has to be packaged right, I am sure that if I use illegal immigration I can get it rammed through
<9> Illegal immigration has nothing to do with subsidies..
<11> ah yes, but it is the one reason of the death of my Telco.
<11> so its all relative.
<9> How does it effect your telco ?
<9> Its no different that 2 years ago or 5 years ago ? How does it make a difference now ?
<11> Easy, Mexicans like to call home, and they and I were on a great relationship, since they had to use PrePaid calling cards, it worked well for everyone, but the telco's changed their dialing rules, and now, well, its all fruad, all the time
<11> fraud.
<9> Well It sounds like the enemy is government regulation of telcos.
<11> not freud
<9> The ones I know by telco cards because they are cheaper, has the government cracked down on phone cards ?
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