Posted on 10/01/2022 2:35:10 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
My late great aunt was a Fort Myers snowbird from upstate NY. She and her husband had a mobile home there for many years. After fixing damage from Charley (2004) and Wilma (2005), and being widowed, she sold the mobile home. She moved to a retirement community which was also exposed but of stronger construction.
My aunt has been gone for 10 years now, but I looked up the places she lived. The mobile home park (Sunshine Mobile Village) is heavily damaged and flooded. Her ground floor unit at Shell Point probably has water damage but she would likely have survived in the community's storm shelter. Repairs would not have been her responsibility anymore. Hurricanes are part of coastal life. I suspect some of the recent transplants into Florida will decide it's not worth the cost.
I’ve lived in Florida my entire life, hurricanes are a part of living here, if you want to live near or on the coast you will have to deal with a storm, I’ve always lived in the center of the state and have lived thru numerous storms but never suffered from serious damage, a generator is something to consider being without electricity for a couple of weeks is not fun when it’s hot and humid
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/Steve%20Newman%20Delta%20Star-A1.pdf
from link:
The challenges to domestic transformer manufacturers are extensive and include the following:
Limited, to non-existence, incentive for domestic sourcing of power transformers and other critical
grid components from domestic companies by the Utilities. Unlike other nations, there is simply
no national priority in supporting American manufacturers of power transformers. This has led to a
disincentive for domestic power transformer manufacturers to expand domestically and/or source
domestic components, which ultimately has led to the increases in supply chain costs to
manufacture quality transformers, further putting the domestic transformer manufacturing industry
at a disadvantage compared to foreign competition.
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We are sooooo short sighted..
For some reason (/s) I see this as part of the plan.
Nobody is collectively that stoopid.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The United States needs resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure our economic prosperity and national security. Pandemics and other biological threats, cyber-attacks, climate shocks and extreme weather events, terrorist attacks, geopolitical and economic competition, and other conditions can reduce critical manufacturing capacity and the availability and integrity of critical goods, products, and services. Resilient American supply chains will revitalize and rebuild domestic manufacturing capacity, maintain America’s competitive edge in research and development, and create well-paying jobs. They will also support small businesses, promote prosperity, advance the fight against climate change, and encourage economic growth in communities of color and economically distressed areas.
... (iv) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the heads of appropriate agencies, shall submit a report identifying risks in the supply chain for pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients and policy recommendations to address these risks. The report shall complement the ongoing work to secure the supply chains of critical items needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, including personal protective equipment, conducted pursuant to Executive Order 14001 of January 21, 2021 (A Sustainable Public Health Supply Chain). The report shall include the items described in section 4(c) of this order.
... (ii) The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the heads of appropriate agencies, shall submit a report identifying risks in the supply chain for high-capacity batteries, including electric-vehicle batteries, and policy recommendations to address these risks. The report shall include the items described in section 4(c) of this order.
...(v) the resilience and capacity of American manufacturing supply chains and the industrial and agricultural base — whether civilian or defense — of the United States to support national and economic security, emergency preparedness, and the policy identified in section 1 of this order, in the event any of the contingencies identified in subsection (c)(iv) of this section occurs, including an assessment of: (A) the manufacturing or other needed capacities of the United States, including the ability to modernize to meet future needs;
(B) gaps in domestic manufacturing capabilities, including nonexistent, extinct, threatened, or single-point-of-failure capabilities;
(C) supply chains with a single point of failure, single or dual suppliers, or limited resilience, especially for subcontractors, as defined by section 44.101 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (Federal Acquisition Regulation);
(D) the location of key manufacturing and production assets, with any significant risks identified in subsection (c)(iv) of this section posed by the assets’ physical location;
(E) exclusive or dominant supply of critical goods and materials and other essential goods and materials, as identified in subsections (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of this section, by or through nations that are, or are likely to become, unfriendly or unstable...
etc etc etcetra
“Nobody is collectively that stoopid.”
Democrats are that stupid. That’s why they always vote for a big government nanny state to always be there to hand them their binkey to suck on. They all have the maturity of a toddler.
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