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Post by stellarfeller on May 19, 2020 22:08:42 GMT -5
The governor has declared a state of emergency in Midland and called in the National Guard. Evacuations are under way.
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on May 19, 2020 22:16:42 GMT -5
My friend had to evacuate his whole farm. His office is in Saginaw but he lives on a horse ranch in midland. They got the horses and goats and donkey and ducks to a shelter place. He said they had to wade across the water to get out. 😞
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Post by justthinking on May 19, 2020 22:16:48 GMT -5
Dang. How the heck does one flee a flood and social distance at the same time?
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Post by alicechalmers on May 19, 2020 22:57:14 GMT -5
Well shit.
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Post by jen on May 20, 2020 5:33:21 GMT -5
What the hell?!
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Post by mare on May 20, 2020 5:36:19 GMT -5
Awful
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Post by Peanut on May 20, 2020 6:14:01 GMT -5
Infrastructure. Our country should be looking into much of our aging infrastructure. In many cases (including this one), proper maintenance and care has fallen by the wayside. LinkAccording to wikipedia, the Four Lakes Task Force purchased the Edenville Dam and its reservoir, Lake Wixom, as well as three other dams, in 2019 for $9.5 million. Boyce Hydro, however, remained in charge of engineering/repair plans as of the end of April of this year.The two failing dams were built in 1924 and 1925. |
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Post by maurinsky on May 20, 2020 7:18:46 GMT -5
Peanut is right! Unfortunately, our general anti-tax stance is going to kick us in the ass in so many ways.
Everything feels so apocalyptic right now!
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Post by shaena on May 20, 2020 9:50:09 GMT -5
And our president is threatening to withhold any relief to Michigan over a absentee ballots.... .
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Post by stellarfeller on May 20, 2020 10:19:54 GMT -5
And our president is threatening to withhold any relief to Michigan over a absentee ballots.... . And they’re not even ballots - they’re applications for absentee ballots. Which, oddly, he didn’t have a problem with when Republican states did it 🙄 |
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Post by justthinking on May 20, 2020 10:20:57 GMT -5
And our president is threatening to withhold any relief to Michigan over a absentee ballots.... . ...because he's an @ss |
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on May 20, 2020 10:32:08 GMT -5
My friends and some volunteers evacuating their horses 😞  |
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