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Environment & Energy

GiqueCee

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3. I remember...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 11:55 AM

4 hrs ago

... back in the day, hay used to be baled for livestock to eat in the winter. Occasionally, a hayloft would catch fire from spontaneous combustion when bales at the bottom were subjected to pressure from the weight of the bales above them.
We working folks are akin to the bales at the bottom of the hayloft. Given the excess pressure to which we are subjected from the bales at the top, let us speculate on the inevitable result of that scenario...

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"It Is Time To Close The Chapter On FEMA" - Trump Committee Plans To Deliberately Destroy Federal Emergency Response [View all] hatrack 5 hrs ago OP

I had to laugh when I read the part about Hey Joe 5 hrs ago #1

Putin's advising him to destroy everything that doesn't empower and advantage the rich. lark 5 hrs ago #2

I remember... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #3

The largest, most expensive and destructive, natural disasters usually cover several states. patphil 4 hrs ago #4

Exactly just look at the damage the tornado did in Mississippi kimbutgar 4 hrs ago #5

Imagine a Category 6 hurricane (and they'll get here eventually) going up the Houston Ship Channel . . . hatrack 3 hrs ago #6

Yeah, and I think Texas is better prepared than most states, but no state could absorb that kind of disaster. patphil 2 hrs ago #7