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patphil

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4. The largest, most expensive and destructive, natural disasters usually cover several states.
Sun May 10, 2026, 11:58 AM
16 hrs ago

And, the same states get hit again and again. There's no way these states can effectively deal with this on their own.
When they fail, and they will fail, what's going to happen?
Chaos, that's what will happen.
Imagine 3 major hurricanes hitting the gulf states the same year, causing tens of millions of damage each. The biggest storms can cause $100 billion in damage. What state can cope with that?
The ironic thing is that red states are perhaps more susceptible to major disasters than blue states.
But they've been sold the false idea that FEMA isn't capable of doing a good job of disaster relief, and should be dumped, or at least drastically reduced.
This in itself is a disaster waiting to happen, and it will...over and over again.
The government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich will see to that.

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