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maptap22

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6. It doesn't even have to be a hurricane...

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 06:51 AM

Jul 2

We get wild storms down here in FL like mini-hurricanes and I believe the state has the highest lightening strikes in the country. With all those metal cages? Seems like they built a lightening rod out of tents in the swamp.

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So what will happen if Alligator Alcatraz gets a direct hit [View all] Norbert Jul 2 OP

Trump devised a clever and cheap way to kill people, let Mother Nature do it. Irish_Dem Jul 2 #1

I woke up wondering the same thing. rzemanfl Jul 2 #2

"They'll get over it. They're all gonna die. Anyway. Smirk." - KGOP, inc. BoRaGard Jul 2 #3

It will be said that they died of "natural causes". no_hypocrisy Jul 2 #4

Here's what happened in 1928 taxi Jul 2 #5

It doesn't even have to be a hurricane... maptap22 Jul 2 #6

And the rest of the structures are tents, right? TommyT139 Jul 2 #10

The Rumpers will grin at the photo op Onthefly Jul 2 #7

The Repugs Have Abandoned Their Symbolic Elephant For An Alligator...... global1 Jul 2 #8

"They got what was coming to them" jmowreader Jul 2 #9

Well just imagine the staff receive the warning a few days before the malaise Jul 2 #11

Nope!!!...nt mitch96 Jul 2 #14

And since the cuts to NOAA, they won't be prepared Walleye Jul 2 #12

I haven't read anywhere how strong this tent structure is against hurricane winds. FloridaBlues Jul 2 #13

"hundreds of detainees die" ..that's a potential feature, not an oversight. LeftinOH Jul 2 #15

This concentration camp is already flooding LetMyPeopleVote Jul 4 #16

They just won't say anything. NutmegYankee Jul 4 #17