Apparently, it's more like 36.5 million from Walmart and the Waltons: [link] Not to mention, they sent out three trucks of water early on (which FEMA refused, naturally).
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
me, not giving stuff away, but I am offering housing.
Not to mention, they sent out three trucks of water early on (which FEMA refused, naturally).
continues to boggle.
Yay for the good news, Dana!
But oh, they're going to find their associates spots with other Wal-Marts in the region. Whatever. It's more like "We'll give you a $7/hour job in west Texas, take it or leave it."
Well, not having to job hunt isn't nothing. Not extending benefits is shitty though Jeeze. It's not like they can really cover their COBRA at the moment.
Not to mention, they sent out three trucks of water early on (which FEMA refused, naturally).
FEMA. I understand (but don't excuse) how the top management can be so screwed up by political appointees, but I don't understand all the stories about FEMA officials who were in the city turning away help and supplies. Is it misguided idealism to think that career emergency management people might think and act on their own based on the conditions around them?
Oh dear, shirtless Harry Connick Jr. evacuating an elderly neighbor should NOT be making me tingly. I'm evil. Evil. But Godalmignty is he pumped.
Then there was the story of FEMA disconnecting communications cables....
I swear, FEMA must be run by Cylons.
me, not giving stuff away, but I am offering housing.
Seriously? That's weird. Someone in your neighborhood had posted both sewing stuff and some merch from a place you used to work.
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