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imanamerican63

(15,999 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 06:51 AM Yesterday

Just watch the scenes foldout from the massive grass fires burning along the Oklahoma-Kansas borders.

I have traveled that area several times over past several years and there is nothing to prevent or protect the people in these areas.

Hopefully no loss of life comes from the fires.

It’s not good there, but the wind is die down and weather to improve drastically in the coming days.

It’s been a crazy couple of years of devastating weather, fires and floods. California is seeing their second big storm of the year with feet of snow in the Sierras and flooding rains in other parts of the state. Temperatures in the Midwest were hitting record highs this past week after a devastating cold snap throughout the Midwest and east coast which reach the southern tip of Florida.

One question that remains? “Where is FEMA/DHS Secretary Noem”? Is she still looking for her blankie?

One disaster after another and they are sending tyrant wannabe cops into cities to arrest citizens while we watch the country deal with severe weather and fires. It’s not just Noem either! Other high ranking officials and politicians have neglected to address the issues that we are experiencing right now.

It’s time, we put the people who know what they’re doing and how to handle these issues.




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Just watch the scenes foldout from the massive grass fires burning along the Oklahoma-Kansas borders. (Original Post) imanamerican63 Yesterday OP
It's time to hold our gov't accountable... Kira_Thomsen-Cheek Yesterday #1
Welcome to DU. hay rick Yesterday #2
Agreed 100 percent. Kira_Thomsen-Cheek Yesterday #7
With this crew, any clean-up, housing, or assistance will be funneled through lackeys who'll siphon off the money and NBachers Yesterday #3
Sigh... you are not wrong. Kira_Thomsen-Cheek Yesterday #5
What is wild though BumRushDaShow Yesterday #4
Yes. This adminstration administrates NOTHING some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #6
1. It's time to hold our gov't accountable...
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:11 AM
Yesterday

for a lot of things. (And it's high time to take out the trash, like Noem.)

And IMHO it is past time to get our government "leaders" to acknowledge that the climate has changed, things are only going to get worse, and systems need to be put in place to take care of people. To move folks to safety. To provide assistance to people who want to relocate when they are living in a severely high climate risk zone. (Check out your risk here: https://climatecheck.com/ ) To do more than piecemeal panicked clean-up. We need deliberate, forward planning. We need resources.

Yet we're getting concentration camps. It is mind-boggling.

hay rick

(9,500 posts)
2. Welcome to DU.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:09 AM
Yesterday

Climate denialism isn't just an extreme partisan position, it's a crime against humanity.

NBachers

(19,320 posts)
3. With this crew, any clean-up, housing, or assistance will be funneled through lackeys who'll siphon off the money and
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:36 AM
Yesterday

provide minimal relief.

5. Sigh... you are not wrong.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:53 AM
Yesterday

Maybe the next "crew" will be a little better. I mean honestly - they cannot be any worse, amirite?

BumRushDaShow

(167,731 posts)
4. What is wild though
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:46 AM
Yesterday

is that Stitt has been mostly operating "under the radar" except for the impact on the poor (D) locals. Yet suddenly, I have been hearing his name more and more in the national news (including this morning regarding those wildfires).

The question now will be whether he will be "blamed" when he leaves the state later this week to attend the National Governors Association Conference (the one that was recently in the news regarding 45's TACO snubs for WH meetings and dinners) or will he be given a pass.

They pretty much dismantled FEMA to have them do "immigration" instead. So as we go into wildfire and tornado season, states will more and more be SOL.

some_of_us_are_sane

(2,968 posts)
6. Yes. This adminstration administrates NOTHING
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:06 AM
Yesterday

but cruelty and REVENGE for the FAT ORANGE KING. We kicked out royalty in 1776 and yet we've "enthroned" a vicious MORON.

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