XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics.usa   
   From: NoOne@private.corp   
      
   On 10/6/2024 7:43 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:   
   > I have family in Asheville.  Some homes got destroyed, others untouched.  But   
   > all the amenities are cut off.  My 58yrs hometown of Whitestone NY got hit   
   > pretty bad in September 2021.  Like a year's water in an hour. We had an inch   
   > of water in the basement like that every ten years or so as far as I   
   > remember. But the worst was 1975 and 2021 because of too rapid development.   
   > In those days it was my little ass which closed the beaches and clogged the   
   > drains, because our house was built after the World Fair. A lot of land was   
   > cleared for World Fair parking and then got developed.  Mind you, they   
   > finally just did a massive redrain of Whitestone which should last fifty   
   > years. And the beaches which closed in my teens reopened in my thirties when   
   > they build a super treatment plant. So if you want development, do it right,   
   > do the infrastructure. Blaming outside forces is just an excuse for not doing   
   > your job.   
   >   
      
   I'm sorry about the damage suffered by your family and others, while   
   glad to see your responsible message. It sickens me to see Trump using   
   people's misery as a political tool.   
      
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