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The funny part is that area of NC is hippie town and they were sooooo ill prepared.

Is the civil war on? Is this the Duke Ferdinand moment?

Yesterday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted about a massive, new, fast-tracked aid package for surging essential aid to the unfortunate displaced residents of Lebanon. Not Lebanon, North Carolina. Lebanon, the war-torn country in the Middle East:

@SecBlinken • 13h
The U.S. is at the forefront of humanitarian response to the growing crisis in
Lebanon, announcing nearly $157 million in assistance today. We are
committed to supporting those in need and delivering essential aid to
displaced civilians, refugees and the communities hosting them.

As Blinkey’s tweet ratio suggests, the comments were lit. I would add only that Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, which is what has displaced Lebanese civilians in the first place, began on Monday — after Hurricane Helene tore through American states. So … they can rapidly surge hundreds of millions in aid to unfortunate, displaced citizens in Lebanon, but struggle to find a few dollars for unfortunate Americans displaced by the storm.

But in just the 3 decades since the Cold War ended, we have $37T in debt, can't make a TV or Toaster Oven domestically, imported tens of millions of unneeded mostly turd worlders, and can't provide emergency aid to a section of the country located less than half a day's drive from the Capitol and other major metropolitan areas. Yet in that time we had the fax machine, microcomputer, internet, cell phone, smart phone, and that's just the communications and data tools, not counting the explosion of medical, manfuacturing, etc. technology.

My sumps will do 3,600 gallons per hour and roof collection of up to 6k gallons in underground containers. Sumps dump into the storm sewer.

WookieMan says

My sumps will do 3,600 gallons per hour and roof collection of up to 6k gallons in underground containers. Sumps dump into the storm sewer.

Two issues here. 3,600 gallons is a pittance, about half a medium sized tanker truck. A wall of water like what hit in Carolina would fill a hundred tanker trucks a minute. Also, despite being illegal to drain sump pumps into the storm drain, in a situation like Carolina that storm drain would be like a geyser spewing even more water on to your land.