obviously well deserved - I just saw how they had folks as far as Canada so I have to imagine the money is good
Same thing with wildland firefighters. They have crews on standby that they move all around the country.
Heck, I was staying in a hotel in fort Stockton Texas and there were no less than 10 brush fire trucks in the lot. At breakfast I asked a group of the firefighters if there were active fires in the area or what. They said no, they are just staged there just in case. Some were from Austin, some from new mexico, one truck was from California
My friend that's a lineman left like Sept 18th or 19th and staged in Alabama. Hasn't been home yet. The pay is good, but his wife is back here getting her ass kicked with 3 kids in two different schools, football and soccer schedules, etc all by herself and she works at the hospital.
Please FAFO this shits gone too far. Show these dumb mother fuckers what’s it like to be bombed by a god damn drone showing the others they have no chance
Been getting texts from fema today saying I qualify for help if needed. Qualify for lodging if needed. Also my neighbor is a linesman and he gets excited for hurricanes. He will be gone for a month and make like $70k. Pure OT 24/7 from the moment he leaves.
What’s Nadine doing out there in the Atlantic? Going to St. Croix on Saturday with the fam. This thing gunna smack us?
way too early to know anything outside of the weather not being great. Could be anything from a lot of rain to a minor wind event.
State Troopers secured and executed a felony arrest warrant yesterday on Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, of Ruskin, Florida, for aggravated animal cruelty. Our agency is grateful for the unprecedented support of State Attorney Suzy Lopez and her prosecutors, particularly during a state of emergency. The criminal investigation is active and ongoing and additional information is unavailable at this time.” -Dave Kerner, Executive Director
I like to imagine the owner seeing the news when the dog was found and immediately knowing he was fucked.
One thing I've learned about society post-hurricane is nobody knows what to do at a flashing yellow traffic light.
When the power has gone out here for storms you'll get flashing red which I've always been taught that treat it like a 4 way stop. You'll have people sitting there while multiple cars go just waiting. You'll have people 2 or 3 back in line that just go with the car in front of them. It's great.
Oh god, I remember these. So fucking bad. this, then add florida drivers and its a half dozen or more cars just following the car in front of them.
There were some tense moments on Saturday when volunteers say they witnessed an armed group of people on side-by-sides confronting and threatening FEMA workers in the Elk Mills community of Carter County. Tracy Elder is president and founder of the International Alliance of Community Chaplains. Her group has been working in disaster relief for more than 20 years. They are in Carter County at the request of the Elk Mills Volunteer Fire Department to help run the command center there, providing supplies and resources for those in need. Elder told News Channel 11 that she found herself between FEMA workers and a group of armed citizens criticizing the work of the government agency. Elder was able to diffuse the situation. “They were all armed, open carry not guns drawn, but they had surrounded them and there was a lady there that was yelling and threatening them,” Elder said. She explained that she listened to their grievances about FEMA but explained that her organization was not associated with the federal agency. Elder said she felt the group was frustrated and she was able to hear them out but was firm in that the behavior wasn’t appropriate. “People just need to be heard, and then some of that does take a skill that doesn’t take a confrontation,” Elder said. “I said, ‘hey I hear you. You can say there’s no volunteers but I’m standing right in front of you honey and I’m here and we’re helping.'” Elder said once the group realized that FEMA wasn’t taking those donations and that the command center was run by volunteers, they left and surprisingly returned later with supplies to donate. During the confrontation Elder did call 911 because she said they weren’t being rational. “I don’t care what their beef is with the FEMA, that’s not my job. My job on this ground is to take care of the folks here,” Elder told News Channel 11. Because of the bridges washed out in the community, the area is now a now a much longer drive from the sheriff’s department in Elizabethton, accessible only through Johnson County, or North Carolina. That doesn’t sit well with Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley and that’s why he’s working to get a sub-station up and running at the site of the now, washed-away fire department. There two deputies will be stationed 24 hours a day where they’ll work and sleep. Fraley says he suspected the group is from North Carolina and according to other sheriffs he’s spoken to, they’ve been causing these problems on both sides of the state line and it’s unacceptable. “Those FEMA workers they’re here to help and if you don’t want FEMA’s help, politely tell them so but they’re human beings just like we are,” Fraley said. Despite the confrontation, a FEMA representative told news channel 11 that FEMA will still be in the region working with those impacted by the flooding as they begin the recovery process.
Should FEMA agents distributing supplies in a hurricane ravaged town be hunted by militias? We went to a separatist compound in Idaho to ask real americans what should be done
There's a cold front taking everything away from the gulf right now. But that doesn't mean the season is over. Tropical Storm Eta formed in Early November 2020.
At your office open house do you show off the Xbox controller that you use to steer tornadoes around?