Via Tim Burke elsewhere, here are the representatives and senators from states badly affected by Helene who voted to de-fund FEMA *the day prior* to landfall.
Americans Abroad are the difference in close #election races - just ask Nikki Fried from #Florida, who won her statewide election to be Agriculture Commissioner by such a margin.
YOU can make the difference in your home state too, where critical races and issues are at stake in #election2024
What I said last year about #FL, and also about #TX (#GOPHandmaidsTale) still holds true: if you have female family members, you'd better leave / have left...once the #Elections2024 results are known at the latest.
I agree. Hate to admit it, but some states might be lost to the #RepublicOfGilead.
@clacke Are you watching a movie or the "Arrow" TV series? #sonTwo used to watch Arrow (so much that he streamed it when he visited #SoCal from his then-current home in #FL).
I don't think that's the show that the dog got its name from though. I think that was some other series.
#Fahrenheit451 in #Fl: "All the shelves were covered in black paper. There were no books. There was nobody reading. There was nobody checking things out. It wasn’t a library. It was just a room. Initially, I was confused. Then I got angry. I found out why the books were covered up. It’s because of all these new laws and school rules that happened because some people were really upset the library had books about LGBTQ people — books about people like me."
#FL is known for bizarre behavior, so IMO this isn't out of the ordinary. What's weird is the department saying people are safe after this officer put people's lives in danger for no apparent reason.
She also told me that there have recently been severe thunderstorms from #TX to #FL. Those #t-storms have produced some #tornadoes, too. I knew there had been an alert in #MS because I saw someone there discussing it.
During tonight’s #videochat, #GS3 told me more about Tropical Cyclone Mocha and especially about Tropical Storm Arlene. He knows that Arlene was near #FL, where his other grandparents live. He had not seen that Arlene broke apart, so he was concerned about them.
#GS4 didn’t say a lot. He told me that some of his berries yesterday were “greenberries”, not blueberries.
#GS5 looked grumpy. Then he quickly smiled twice at me, then returned to his grumpy look.
I don’t have budget for it right now, but the kids need hats with big floppy brims, sunglasses, and sunscreen.