The wind is wild. I'm in NorCal, but in the valley so I don't have to worry about snow. I can't believe how long it's been so windy. It feels like a Midwest storm, but it's too cold to worry about tornados. I'm curious to see how many trees/branches are on the ground tomorrow.
Not who you asked, but this was so well documented in so many news articles that I thought it was basic knowledge. I googled it for you.
Eight Venezuelan migrants were flown last week from Texas to Sacramento with little cash — some without shoes — and the men have no idea why they were sent or who paid for the flights, an advocacy group said.
The men, who crossed the border in Laredo, Texas, had intentions to travel to New York, Florida or Utah and said they were confused as to why they were sent to California, where none of them had contacts or prospects.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/15/greg-abbott-texas-kamala-harris-migrant-bus/
Migrants landing in Martha’s Vineyard told reporters that they didn’t know where they were, that they thought they were going to different destinations or that they were lured on to the planes with the promise of being able to get work papers. Local officials said they were given no advanced warning about the migrants but would be providing resources to support them.
https://www.cnn.com/cnn/2023/12/30/us/asylum-seekers-texas-city-mayors/index.html
“Border Patrol will tell people that they can only wear one piece of clothing, so they strip themselves of their jackets and their warm clothing,” he said. “And that’s how from the point of contact with Border Patrol, to the point of being released in Chicago, or New York, or wherever it might be, that’s how they are traveling, oftentimes without shoelaces, because they’re told that they have to remove them.”
“He (Abbott) is now sending buses outside of the City of Chicago, in some instances, a hundred miles away where people are being dropped off … they’re being told they are in the City of Chicago, literally dropped off in the middle of nowhere,” Johnson said on “CNN This Morning” Friday. “I find that to be inhumane and unconscionable.”
City officials are working to ensure all of the migrants have a healthy and dignified place to live, and blamed Abbott for creating the conditions that led to the boy’s still-unexplained death, Johnson said. Many migrants arrive in Chicago sick and traumatized, he added.
I really think this is one of the secrets to successfully keeping up with household chores as an adult. After I started focusing on cleaning up when I could while cooking and saw how much easier it made my life later, I started noticing stuff that's quick and easy to put away/clean while just walking through the house on my way to do something else. Doing little things all the time instead of saying "Oh I'll clean that up later" and leaving everything as a big project was a switch in mindset that's helped me a lot.
YES. I'm also having backspace problems.
Same. It also kinda reminds me of those reductive reddit comments. After 10 years of being on there, I felt like I could easily predict the top 5 comments on the vast majority of posts. It's like a call & response, but without any of the fun parts.
You can't really call Harvey a small town. It's part of the Chicago (sub)urban sprawl, and a pretty bad area.
This is what I want the article to actually be about.