Tag Archives: Disasters Of State

U.S. Sued For Flooding Some Houston Neighborhoods to Save Others

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“The takings clause of the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment forbids the federal government from seizing citizens’ property without paying for it.  Until 2012 the government successfully argued that it wasn’t legally responsible for decisions made in response to temporary flooding. That year the Supreme Court laid out a new multifactor test that could establish government liability in such cases.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-11-16/the-u-s-flooded-one-of-houston-s-richest-neighborhoods-to-save-everyone-else

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Texas Police, Looking for More Military Hardware, Tout Its Use In Harvey Relief

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“With military-grade equipment available for the cost of pick-up, police forces have been stocking up. While some of that equipment appears actually to have been used in post-hurricane relief work, most of it is better suited for SWAT raids, intimidating protesters, and killing people.”

Read more: https://www.mintpressnews.com/texas-police-seek-more-military-gear-touting-use-hurricane-harvey/233923/

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Boycott Israel & you won’t get aid donations, Hurricane Harvey victims told

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“The city of Dickinson, Texas, told individuals and businesses on Monday that they are now accepting applications for ‘grants from the fund generously donated to the Dickinson Harvey Relief Fund’ for storm damage repair.  In order to apply for the grant, however, applicants must agree to a number of clauses, one of which is asserting that they do not boycott Israel.  The clause stems from a Texas law passed in May, which became effective on September 1, that requires all state contractors to verify in writing that they are not participating in boycotts of Israel.”

Read more: https://www.rt.com/usa/407324-hurricane-harvey-boycott-israel/

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“We Can’t Wait for Government”: Pop Star Daddy Yankee Saves Puerto Rico

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“Puerto Rican native and pop star Daddy Yankee delivered what FEMA, and the government of Puerto Rico could not. He gave $100,000 in assistance to feed the people whose homes were destroyed, who were left without power or water after the hurricane struck over a week ago.”

Read more: http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/we-cant-wait-for-government-pop-star-daddy-yankee-saves-puerto-rican-food-bank-and-delivers-aid/

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Chinese official jumps to his death after garbage landslide kills dozens

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“A former official in charge of regulating a massive waste dump that collapsed in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has killed himself, local police said Monday.  The former director of the Urban District Administrative Enforcement Bureau in the city’s Guangming district where the landslide disaster took place December 20, jumped off a residential building Sunday night, the Shenzhen Nanshan District public security bureau said on its official Weibo social media account. Police and state media have not said whether Xu had been directly responsible for authorizing the dump.”

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/asia/china-landslide-suicide/

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China: Sale of canned clean air skyrockets following smog red alert

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“Want a breath of fresh mountain air right in the smog-filled Chinese capital of Beijing? You’ll have to try it out of a can then.  A red alert recently issued due to escalating levels of smog in Beijing has turned into a profitable venture for many in the business of clean air. Sales of pollution masks have skyrocketed with pieces available in different prints and designs. The requirement for clean air recently led one restaurant in the Chinese city of Zhangjiagang to charge a ‘clean air fee’ of one yuan ($0.15, £0.10), according to a report by China’s state-run news agency Xinhua. Local authorities pointed out that the fee was illegal and sent a written notice to the restaurant asking it to stop the charge.”

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-sale-canned-clean-air-skyrockets-following-smog-red-alert-1533559

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Boston commuter train travels 5 miles without operator

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“A Boston area-commuter train carrying about 50 passengers — but no operator — coasted through several stations after power to a third rail was cut off once officials realized no one was at the controls, authorities said Thursday.  The incident, which saw the train go 5 miles, began at 6:08 a.m. at the Braintree station on the MBTA’s Red Line, south of Boston, when the operator apparently stepped off the train to inspect a signal that was experiencing a problem, said Gov. Charlie Baker.  The governor said while he understood ‘the fear, the shock and surprise that … passengers must have experienced,’ commuters should not be afraid to ride the rails.”

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/us/boston-driverless-commuter-train/

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State of Emergency Declared in Michigan City After Lead Found in Children’s Blood

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“Flint River is one of the filthiest rivers in Michigan. Over the years, it has housed raw sewage, tires, old refrigerators — which residents have attempted to sift out — and lead. In spite of this, officials declared it safe to drink in April 2014, when they switched the supply to the tainted river.  The change was widely attributed to the city’s switch from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River under the leadership of the city’s previous mayor, Dayne Walling.  Shortly after the April switch, residents complained the water emitted a foul odor and was cloudy in appearance, but local and state officials insisted the water was safe.”

http://theantimedia.org/state-of-emergency-declared-in-michigan-city-after-lead-found-in-childrens-blood/

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Water rationing, tax and rate hikes add to woes of Puerto Ricans

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“Puerto Ricans are learning to live without water on an island that already was suffering an economic crisis.  Rationing rules that had meant water coming through the pipes only one day out of three will increase the cutoff to one day out of four starting next week, government officials say.  The situation has grown so dire that Puerto Rico’s water and sewer company announced that it would spend about $200,000 to use ‘cloud seeding’ in hopes of creating rain clouds over three of the island’s main reservoirs.  The drought comes as Puerto Rico struggles in a nearly decade-long economic slump that has hit the government’s coffers and led authorities to raise the sales tax, even on bottled water.”

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/08/06/puerto-ricans-face-punishing-drought-amid-economic-slump

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Jade Helm, Terrorist Attacks, Surveillance and Other Fairy Tales

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“It remains to be seen whether Jade Helm 15 proves to be a thinly veiled military plot to take over the country or is merely a ‘routine’ exercise for troops, albeit a blatantly intimidating flexing of the military’s muscles.  The problem arises when you add Jade Helm to the list of other troubling developments that have taken place over the past 30 years or more. Suddenly, the overall picture seems that much more sinister. Clearly, there’s a larger agenda at work here, and it’s one the American people had better clue into before it’s too late to do anything about it. Call me paranoid, but I think we’d better take James Madison’s advice and ‘take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties.'”

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/jade_helm_terrorist_attacks_surveillance_and_other_fairy_tales_for_a_g

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