Utopia Talk / Politics / Wild fire in Texas

patom Member	Fri Mar 01 06:13:58 If them Texans would just rake up all that loose brush on the panhandle, maybe they could drop a nuclear bomb on it. Oh well, here goes another couple of billion dollars to Texas. FEMA will be there to help again. Biden has already dispatched another 500 fire fighters. Stupid old man. Doesn't he realize that Texas wants to quit the Union? Just imagine of Trump were POTUS. Your hero would show them the error of their ways.
Dukhat Member	Fri Mar 01 08:27:34 Remember when Trump tried to decrease funding to blue states during emergencies because he wanted revenge for them not liking him? Probably not because he was doing so many terrible things it's hard to list them all or you were on the other side and only reading about how caravans of women and children along with some men were going to invade you.
williamthebastard Member	Sat Mar 02 07:19:21 Trump could solve this in seconds by tossing paper rolls like a rock guitarist tossing plectrums to the audience
murder Member	Sat Mar 02 08:20:45 The problem in Texas is that they just don't have enough volunteer firefighters.
murder Member	Sat Mar 02 08:25:59 btw am I the only one surprised that there is anything to burn in that area of Texas? What is there in that area other than Amarillo, brush, tumbleweed, and dirt?
patom Member	Sat Mar 02 13:12:09 The big problem in the panhandle is the wind is almost constant and strong. Western Oklahoma is the same. Back in the 70s when I was driving truck coast to coast, most rigs were cabovers with a blunt nose. 350 hp cummings power was common. When you left Arkansas it was all you could do (going west) to get your truck to maintain 55 mph. The further west you went, it got worse driving into the headwinds. Didn't ease up until you were near Albuquerque NM. With that kind of wind the fuel doesn't have to be dense. There's lots of grassland there. If you watched Yellowstone the 6666 cattle ranch is in that part of Texas. It takes a lot of acreage to raise beef cattle there. murder, you live in Florida. Did you know that your state produces more beef cattle than Texas? Texas calculates how many acres to raise 1 head of cattle. Florida calculates how many head per acre.
Dukhat Member	Sat Mar 02 14:53:53 This is going to be the new norm. Weather events are getting more extreme. It will take smart forest management and controlled burns to deal with the new reality that water is becoming more scarce and less reliable. Of course Republicans will defund services and then when these events are calamitous spend all day blaming democrats for it. Dem management isn't great either as California shows. Lots of NIMBY'ism but at least you can have a discussion about solutions. Our world is so fucked on so many issues.
kargen Member	Sat Mar 02 16:35:57 "What is there in that area other than Amarillo, brush, tumbleweed, and dirt?" Ranches. Some ranchers lost over 90% of their herd. You think beef prices are high now they are getting ready to be much higher really soon. Weather events aren't getting more extreme. Normal events are getting extreme national coverage. There are journals from the early 1800s where outfitters talk about making sure to get across the plains before fire season starts and they describe smoke so thick you can barely see the wagon in front of you. In 2023 Texas produced 4.3 million head of cattle. Florida produced only 888K head of cattle. That is the number of calves not counting dairy. Total numbers are Texas over 12 million head and Florida 1.5 million.
Forwyn Member	Sat Mar 02 17:12:44 "water is becoming more scarce and less reliable." Bro what the fuck? West Texas has always been dry lmao Go back to your yacht threesome retard
murder Member	Sat Mar 02 17:27:07 "murder, you live in Florida. Did you know that your state produces more beef cattle than Texas?" That didn't sound right, so I Googled it. It's not. But from the look of the search results a lot of people believe its true. Probably someone got cute with the numbers and started a lie that won't die.
kargen Member	Sat Mar 02 18:31:10 might be a per acre thing? I am guessing Florida grassland can handle more head per 100 acres than Texas grassland. Kind of like when the idiot governor in California tries to use per capita numbers and compare to really small populations when trying to say crime in California isn't bad at all.
williamthebastard Member	Sun Mar 03 06:39:51 Raging storm since a couple of days back. Lightning and thunder was so furious last night that it set off car alarms down the street. Never experienced that before. Cat never cares about thunder storms but this crash which broke almost simultaneously as the lightning sent my cat fleeing. Divide 0.2 seconds by 5 means it probably hit cars just 20-30 yards from here
murder Member	Sun Mar 03 12:57:11 "Raging storm since a couple of days back. Lightning and thunder was so furious last night that it set off car alarms down the street. Never experienced that before. Cat never cares about thunder storms but this crash which broke almost simultaneously as the lightning sent my cat fleeing. Divide 0.2 seconds by 5 means it probably hit cars just 20-30 yards from here" Move to South Florida. You and your cat will have tons of fun.
williamthebastard Member	Sun Mar 03 13:06:40 Couple of old friends own a restaurant in Safety Harbor called Parts of Paris. I've told them I'll never set foot in Florida since it became Trumpland
murder Member	Sun Mar 03 13:11:26 The only first that Florida is associated with as far as I can find is that cattle were first brought to North America (here in Florida) by Ponce de Leon in 1521. http://ccm...ownload/17161/file/P-00044.pdf
Forwyn Member	Mon Mar 04 02:43:20 Pigs, too. The entire southeast has him to thank for wild boars lol
murder Member	Mon Mar 04 08:08:52 I always suspected that Ponce de Leon was a cop. :o)
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