To All Cuffers in the South

[Moliere]

Georgetown is really nice. I don't see Odessa on the list.

Odessa isn’t exactly growing a lot.

[frank ryan]

Please tell your liberal friends to move back from Texas…

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Georgetown is really nice. I don't see Odessa on the list.

[Uncle Ted]

The only thing God hates about my county is that it is the second reddest in the state and that it is a MAGA stronghold at all levels of local government. Prior to 2016, it was a delightful place to live.

Please tell your liberal friends to move back from Texas…

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[Moliere]

You have power, others don't, time for a pool party!

I would but I need to clean the filters. I’ll do that tomorrow and then get in.

[bluegoose]

Maybe stop living in places that God hates.

The only thing God hates about my county is that it is the second reddest in the state and that it is a MAGA stronghold at all levels of local government. Prior to 2016, it was a delightful place to live.

[falafel]

You have power, others don't, time for a pool party!

Classic molieddie.

[falafel]

We had our home and auto non-renewed this spring, thanks in large part to all of the massive fires that we've had in recent years in California. Our previous company pulled completely out of the state. Trying to get it replaced was a bit of scramble, as a number of the first quotes that I received were 4x what we have been paying.

Maybe stop living in places that God hates.

[Bo Diddley]

You have power, others don't, time for a pool party!

[myboynoah]

We never lost power and had no damage. We were lucky though since there’s a lot of people without power. The wind from that storm was the worst I’ve seen, including any hurricane that has come through.

You have power, others don't, time for a pool party!

[BigFatMeanie]

NOAA is the source of the "billion dollar disaster" statistic that the media is fond of citing: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/

Their methodology has been heavily criticized. See for example: https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1...069-013-0566-5

With narrative/commentary here for those that don't have access to the publishing journals: https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p...are-a-national

[bluegoose]

Pretty interesting NYT podcast a day or two ago about how insurance companies are going broke with all these natural disasters and they are starting to cancel policies in certain states/areas and/or jacking premiums up through the roof.

We had our home and auto non-renewed this spring, thanks in large part to all of the massive fires that we've had in recent years in California. Our previous company pulled completely out of the state. Trying to get it replaced was a bit of scramble, as a number of the first quotes that I received were 4x what we have been paying.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Pretty interesting NYT podcast a day or two ago about how insurance companies are going broke with all these natural disasters and they are starting to cancel policies in certain states/areas and/or jacking premiums up through the roof.

[Moliere]

We never lost power and had no damage. We were lucky though since there’s a lot of people without power. The wind from that storm was the worst I’ve seen, including any hurricane that has come through.

[Bo Diddley]

Hope our friends in the Houston area are ok this morning.

[wuapinmon]

It's muggier outside than NYC in 1991. But, Sunday will be stew weather!