re: #107 Talking Point Detective

Speaking of people who choose to exploit death and destruction to score cheap points in their unending hatred of anything federal:

[Link: news.yahoo.com…]

One question for these “libertarian” idiots.

How many people would have likely died if there was no federal infrastructure (NOAA, FEMA, ACoE, among other fed agencies) in place to warn and coordinate evacuation, and reduce damage levels of high-risk areas? Even though this storm wasn’t as bad as it could have been due to a couple lucky breaks (brush with NC coastline and cold front arriving right at NY/NJ landfall point), it was strong enough to have caused significant loss of life.