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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Climate Warming Were An Approaching Tsunami The GOP Would Stop People From Escaping.
The GOP would still stop all action even if there was absolute certainty about calamity the next day. And they would stop people from protecting themselves. These bastards are determined suicidal maniacs. They are like an insane person driving the bus.
Even with all the recent warnings and data available they are determined to stop any and all action to mitigate warming. I have been following Anchorage temps this winter. I do not believe they have been below zero yet this winter. And even Fairbanks looks warmer than usual.
on point
(2,506 posts)Sarcasm alert
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)hatrack
(59,587 posts)Living near the volcano became increasingly stressful, leading many to consider leaving St. Pierre for Martinique's second city, Fort-de-France. On the day of the lahar, however, Governor Louis Mouttet received a report from a committee of civic leaders who climbed the volcano to assess the danger. The only scientist in the group was a local high school teacher. The report stated that "there is nothing in the activity of Mt. Pelée that warrants a departure from St. Pierre." It concluded that "the safety of St. Pierre is completely assured."
The report eased the public's fears, and gave hope to city officials who were particularly anxious that voters remain in the city to cast their ballots for an election that was to be held on May 11. The only people with enough money to leave the island were the wealthy, nearly all of which belonged to the Progressive Party of Governor Mouttet.
Mouttet convinced the conservative editor of the daily newspaper Les Colonies to downplay the danger of the volcano, and to lead the effort to encourage people to remain. Still, some residents left the city for Fort-de-France. This prompted Governor Mouttet to send in troops to patrol the road to Fort-de-France, with orders to turn back refugees who were trying to leave. Based on the soothing articles that appeared in Les Colonies, many people in the countryside flocked to St. Pierre thinking that it was the safest place to be. The population ballooned to about 28,000, nearly all of which would perish in the cataclysmic eruption of May 8.
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http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Pelee.html
FYI, there were two known survivors out of 28,000+ in the town.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)world wide wally
(21,744 posts)at sea level.
Besides, this is what people said they wanted when they voted. At least none of the victims will be having an abortion!