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California preps for El Niño chaos as Trump admin signals it won’t offer disaster relief (www.salon.com)
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Earlier this month, the California coast was hit by a Kelvin wave, a deep ocean wave that can raise sea levels, but to most people, it wasn’t immediately visible. Named after Lord Kelvin, the mathematician who discovered them in the late 19th century, these waves don’t roll and crash along the shore like a tsunami or hurricane. They are slow-moving, mostly flat, waves of warm water that can stretch thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean.

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[–] 43 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Californians paid $766,500,000,000 in federal taxes.

At some point Californians should ask themselves, “what was that for?”

It’s not trump’s money, it’s ours.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Make California Cascadia imo

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    • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Now that trump has depleted the war making cache of weapons, now would be a pretty good time to secede from the union. All willing california people could stop paying federal taxes. The usa would go bankrupt in a few weeks as foreigners would stop buying us federal debt.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Put high-speed rail through to Kelowna and you would have a great new trading group, then maybe see how Hawaii Puerto Rico and Alaska think about the left over union?

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