Geologists race to collect perishable data as Kentucky residents ‘scared to death’ over floods amid Trump cuts …

“It doesn’t matter if people don’t believe in climate change; it’s going to wallop them anyway … This is a new world of extremes and cascading hazards”

— Ryan Thigpen, geologist

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  • killingspark@feddit.org
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    8 months ago

    Bonnie, 74, is on the brink of giving up on the dance classes that she has taught since sophomore year, but not on Trump. “I have total confidence in President Trump. The [federal] cuts will be tough for a little while but there’s a lot of waste, so it will level out,” said Bonnie, who is angry about not qualifying for Fema assistance.

    “We used all our life savings fixing the studio. But I cannot shovel any more mud, not even for the kids. I am done. I have PTSD, we are scared to death,” she said breaking down in tears several times.

    This is just sad. This woman is clearly broken and just cannot fathom that trump might actually just not care about what’s happening to here. It almost seems like she deified him to a god-like “he always has a plan” level.

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      8 months ago

      Much worse is going to happen to many people because of her leader. I have zero sympathy.