We also need to talk about public transit infrastructure when this is over, because you cannot evacuate 13 million people from a peninsula using cars.

A CAT 5 hurricane with 180 mph winds is aiming for Tampa Bay, FL. Speaker of the House knows FEMA is out of money, and won't convene for additional funding until "after the election" because the GOP thinks their optics are better this way. That tells us all we need to know. -- Evil is what evil DO.

I realize it’s impossible to evacuate that many people, period. But we can do a damn sight better than cars on an interstate.

There used to be an Amtrak line that ran between New Orleans and Jacksonville. It stopped in Tallahassee. The line was discontinued for passengers after it was damaged in a hurricane. 🙃