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JeffH

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« Reply #6030 on: August 15, 2021, 10:56:09 am »
The length of the island is not too much different than the distance between LA and SF.
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Deeg

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« Reply #6031 on: August 15, 2021, 06:16:20 pm »
Quote from: JeffH on August 15, 2021, 10:56:09 am
The length of the island is not too much different than the distance between LA and SF.

Having lived in SF during LA earthquakes and SoCal during SF earthquakes, I can tell you that distance makes a pretty big difference.


That said, I don't know offhand how far it is from one side to the other but Hispaniola is only about 20% the size of CA (or Japan) in terms of square KM. 
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CurtOne

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« Reply #6032 on: August 15, 2021, 06:32:36 pm »
A recent article explained that the fault line runs through the Haiti half of the island.
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CUBluejays

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« Reply #6033 on: August 15, 2021, 10:02:52 pm »
Hati also has a bunch of concrete buildings that can’t withstand earthquakes.
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CurtOne

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« Reply #6034 on: August 29, 2021, 12:01:50 pm »
MESSAGE TO ALL TRUMPERS IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA:  Ida is a democrat hoax.  Stay put.
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Bennett

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« Reply #6035 on: August 29, 2021, 01:03:08 pm »
We have a fairly regular poster who is in NOLA.  He has not been active since early Saturday afternoon.
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Robb

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« Reply #6036 on: August 29, 2021, 02:55:40 pm »
Quote from: CurtOne on August 29, 2021, 12:01:50 pm
MESSAGE TO ALL TRUMPERS IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA:  Ida is a democrat hoax.  Stay put.
Considering the number of people who are likely about to lose their lives and the hundreds or thousands of others about to lose everything, I guess this was funny. 
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wmljohn

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« Reply #6037 on: August 29, 2021, 04:07:04 pm »
To wish death upon someone because they disagree with you politically is truly disturbing.
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CurtOne

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« Reply #6038 on: August 29, 2021, 04:19:32 pm »
I suppose my jest was "too soon" like, other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?   I've had my fill lately of people at school board meetings claiming that COVID wasn't real, that vaccines aren't real, etc. etc. etc.  Talk about risking people's lives.

 
Quote from: wmljohn on August 29, 2021, 04:07:04 pm
To wish death upon someone because they disagree with you politically is truly disturbing.
I agree, Bill.  Like those guys on January 6 marching through Congress chanting for Pence and Pelosi's death.  Gotcha.  I agree.
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Robb

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« Reply #6039 on: August 29, 2021, 05:38:28 pm »
Like anyone Curt. 75 million people voted for Trump. Should they all congregate in New Orleans to be removed from existence because you disagree with their politics or even their stance on vaccination? I don't care one way or the other who is vaccinated. It is a personal, medical decision in a free country. 

Freedom is truly put to the test when you disagree with those who exercise it. Either you believe in it or you don't. The totalitarian regime shouting down anyone who dares disagree is the real virus in this country. If we lose our freedom to disagree over all this, we will not recognize the country that emerges. In fact many of us don't recognize it now.
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CurtOne

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« Reply #6040 on: August 29, 2021, 08:00:13 pm »
Holy crap.  You deduced that from my joke?  Robb, get help.
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Jack Birdbath

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« Reply #6041 on: August 29, 2021, 08:10:06 pm »
Quote from: Robb on August 29, 2021, 05:38:28 pm
75 million people voted for Trump. Should they all congregate in New Orleans to be removed from existence

Ive heard worse ideas.
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« Reply #6042 on: August 29, 2021, 10:48:39 pm »
It is a personal, medical decision in a free country.

Yes. And if your decision is to spread disease due to preferencing a set of risks that are objectively *much* worse (aka there are millions of COVID-dead, and so many survivors suffering significant long-term disability; the same cannot be said of the COVID vaccines, not in the least) then do not be surprised if the rest of society creates legal boundaries around your deadly choice in order to protect the common good.

There is no right to perpetrate harm.
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CUBluejays

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« Reply #6043 on: August 30, 2021, 06:47:24 pm »
The Republican Party is literally turning into a death cult, they don’t need to congregate in New Orleans.

Vaccine mandates in the USA started with George Washington during the Revolutionary War.  Founding Fathers like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison have all played roles in a small pox vaccine mandate. The Supreme Court has upheld vaccine mandates. 

People’s medical “choice” is clogging hospitals and canceling “elective” surgeries. Elective surgeries are literally anything that won’t kill you immediately. Sorry Mr. X we can’t remove your colon cancer yet, maybe next week. We literally have laws like seatbelts, speed limits, stop signs that impede personal freedom for the common good.

I just can’t with people anymore. Maybe it is because the Republican governors of Iowa and Nebraska are making my job so much harder. Maybe it is right wing nut jobs trying to prevent school boards from protecting my kids. Maybe it is me having to still swab people outside after 18 months because of FREEDUMB.

Speaking of which here is a great T Shirt.

https://www.raygunsite.com/products/sorry-about-the-ricketts-family
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« Reply #6044 on: August 30, 2021, 08:06:05 pm »
The Republican Party should adopt the New Hampshire state motto.
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