looks like California is going to be requesting help from Trump

[5.56'aholic]

Officials order evacuations of areas near damaged California dam | Fox News

I hope everyone heeds the warnings. This could get ugly.

 

[Twangbanger]

@CommanderInChief:

"Drought is Over! Mission accomplished...#You'reWelcome...#ResistThis."

 

[jbombelli]

If they weren't spending so much on other things, like benefits for illegal immigrants, maybe they'd have the money to fix their own ****.

 

[hoosierdoc]

certainly could get ugly. Hope the dam doesn't burst, so to speak

About 150 miles northeast of San Francisco, Lake Oroville is one of California's largest man-made lakes, and the 770-foot-tall Oroville Dam is the nation's tallest. The lake is a central piece of California's government-run water delivery network, supplying water for agriculture in the Central Valley and residents and businesses in Southern California.

 

[hoosierdoc]

The Latest: Evacuating residents stuck in gridlock traffic - ABC News

traffic gridlocked with people evacuating. A 770' dam failure would be absolutely catastrophic

 

[bwframe]

Oops, apparently my search-fu sucks. https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ousands-evacuated-amid-dam-spillway-fail.html

 

[hoosierdoc]

Water is no longer cresting the spillway. That is good news.

 

[croy]

I would hope regardless of the politics the federal government would help. After all this is Northern California which isn't as big of an issue.

 

[Birds Away]

I saw some posts on FB with people saying to "let them drown". That's pretty disgusting to me.

 

[lonehoosier]

 

[Nazgul]

Lived in Sacramento for 9 years, worked in the Oroville area occasionally. Beautiful country, hope they get it fixed.

Some areas were very conservative, most of the state is the way you would expect of liberals.

Don

 

[cobber]

Nevertheless, this should have a sobering effect on Californians who prize illegal immigrants over federal law, or who want to #CalExit...

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

As a native of NorCal, I believe that Nazgul's got it right. Unfortunately most of the affected area is fairly conservative. And as others have said, if that dam were to let go entirely... the results WILL be crazy bad.

 

[KittySlayer]

"Those backpacks in the closet are in my way and taking up too much space."

"You'll appreciate them some day when I throw them in the car and you have the things you need."

One more example for preppers with reluctant/ridiculing family members. Also another example how fragile our infrastructure is and how many easy targets exist for terrorist.

Hope the dam doesn't burst, would be a modern day disaster.

 

[Trigger Time]

California what's to leave the union. They are broke. But now they want the federal government to step in and pay to save their damn.
Hmmm.

 

[Vigilant]

California what's to leave the union. They are broke. But now they want the federal government to step in and pay to save their damn.
Hmmm.

It's part of the plan, secede, become a failed nation-state, and receive BILLIONS in US Aid dollars! It's a brilliant plan, and entitles them to more money than they would get as a mere "United" State! Brilliant! We'll now have to send troops to disperse the aid, which will be required to spend $$'s on the "local" economy, hire "foreign nationals" to guard the bases, and do the menial tasks, pay "tribute" to the local Juntas in order to get things done...Whoever though of this is a pure genius!!!!

 

[hoosierdoc]

Any idea what California's federal income tax payment is?

can you imagine how much more solvent SS and Medicare would become if 30 million people were no longer on it?

that's an issue I see, do those people lose citizenship and the benefits that come with it?

 

[ghuns]

Nobody is asking the important question, how does this affect the precious delta smelt?

 

[jamil]

Any idea what California's federal income tax payment is?

can you imagine how much more solvent SS and Medicare would become if 30 million people were no longer on it?

that's an issue I see, do those people lose citizenship and the benefits that come with it?

California isn't going to succeed any more than Texas was. They're just a bunch of lefties who are pissed because their side doesn't control the stick anymore. But if we're going to talk about givers and takers, California's GDP ranks 7th in the world. Among the states, they rank 5th in givers to takers in the nation. In other words, their net contributions to the federal till rank 5th compared to how much they take, overall. In comparison, Missippi ranks dead last.

That seams rather antithetical to our favorite moniker, "Kommiefornia". And it's not that I think "Kommiefornia" isn't earned. It is. But they have a YUGE tech industry and workforce there, with high paying jobs and big tax payments. Their YUGE population is largely responsible for that. Industries that require a highly educated workforce like to center in mega population centers that attract the best talent. Compare that with the worst-ranked state, Missippi, and it's easy to see why. Missippi has a much lower population, their industries are mostly agg and light manufacturing, which don't pay like tech companies pay.

Anyway, point is, it would be a net loss of federal income to have Kommiefornia succeed.

 

[5.56'aholic]

Of course, that is assuming those tech companies don't bail and head over to Arizona, or Texas as several have already done (i.e. Toyota)