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K “The great philosopher Michael Tyson observed that ‘Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.’”
J “Harvey packed that punch. A right and a left right to the boca. And no one ever really had a plan.”
K “In Houston, ‘urban planning’ has always been an oxymoron and a national joke.”
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K “The four most populous cities in America emerged at the cardinal points of a compass and are the Mega-Metropolitan capitals of the four geographic regions. Three of them, the (North)Eastern, Southern and Western anchor cities, are on salt water. The polis up North in the heart of the Midwest is on fresh water. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are as vulnerable.”
J “From sea to warming sea, the storms are accentuated and accelerated by the warmer seas and the warmer air temperatures.”
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K “The formula is formidable and forbidding. Unchecked Growth + Global Climate Change = Bad News.”
J “And the news is bad. Floodplains are so described because they are plains that are prone to flooding. That should be a clue.”
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K “The area is now pickled with effluents and other toxins that are escaping from and perhaps being released by the chemical plants and heavy industry refineries.”
J “All of the electrical connections are corroding in every house and substation. All of the houses and buildings are developing mold and mildew. All of the area may need to bulldozed. They need to start over. Elsewhere.”
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K “Mother Nature does not seem happy with an area that is developing and overseeing the development of fossil fuels and other threats to her.”
J “Many of Momma N’s kids who are otherwise merely trying to survive another day are experiencing a horror show worse than anything they have ever witnessed at the Saturday night flicks.”
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[See “Harvey Is a Major Still-Unfolding Disaster” in “Peak Prosperity” by Chris Martenson on August 28, 2017.]
[See the e-commentary at “Beans and Bullets (April 6, 2009)”, “We Ain’t Ants; We Are Grasshoppers (April 9, 2012)”, “On Community (June 3, 2013)”, “On Roiling And Rolling Collapse (March 9, 2015)”, “Lights Out: Renegade Nuclear Plants (September 21, 2015)” and “Prepping: Public and Private Perspectives (April 27, 2015)”.]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Planet Earth, we have a problem
Why not plan? Why not prepare?
There is no PLANet B.
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