{"id":14099,"date":"2017-02-13T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=14099"},"modified":"2017-02-13T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T20:06:27","slug":"california-democrat-wants-trump-to-send-fema-to-help-with-the-oroville-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/13\/california-democrat-wants-trump-to-send-fema-to-help-with-the-oroville-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrat wants Trump to send FEMA to help with the Oroville Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Bay Area friend who campaigned for Bernie in the primary and then flew to Ohio as a volunteer for Hillary before the general election just called. He is concerned that Donald Trump won&#8217;t send FEMA to help out with any issues that arise from the failure of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oroville_Dam\">the Oroville Dam<\/a>. He had previously advocated for California to secede and thus place itself beyond the reach of the Trump Dictatorship (TM).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oroville_Dam\">Wikipedia page on the dam<\/a> says<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Built by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Oroville Dam is one of the key features of the California State Water Project (SWP), one of two major projects passed that set up California&#8217;s statewide water system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If the state could build the dam to begin with and now has a population of 39 million people and a state government budget of over $211 billion (<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/California_state_budget_and_finances\">2015 data<\/a>; it grew 16.5 percent over 2014), why do they need the Great Father in Washington to come to their rescue? And if in fact they can&#8217;t handle this problem, how would the pro-secession folks propose that the 39 million Californians handle more serious problems going forward?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bay Area friend who campaigned for Bernie in the primary and then flew to Ohio as a volunteer for Hillary before the general election just called. 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