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In reply to the discussion: Chris Hedges: Katrina, All Over Again [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)31. What is an example of a better response to a disaster like that?
They all seem pretty messed up.
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Is there anyway we (the 98%) can revolt against the media and drown out their propaganda for the RW?
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#16
I read it as "it would have crumbled under minimal stress, Sandy came and worse is to come." n/t
Junkdrawer
Dec 2012
#5
I read it the way you did. Sandy, by the record 940 barometric pressure alone, was a Cat 3 storm...
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#8
As we keep chasing growth with Drill Baby Drill, Nature keeps erasing our "gains"...
Junkdrawer
Dec 2012
#15
"Many of the 305,000 houses in New York destroyed by Sandy will never be rebuilt."
dixiegrrrrl
Dec 2012
#36