# GOP Wants to Cut Tsunami Warning Center **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421 "2011-03-12T16:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/1 "2011-03-12T16:32:34Z")
I love seeing Second Amendment Remedies being applied to one’s foot. Link [here](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42033145/ns/politics-capitol_hill/). Best comment: Great idea GOP tsunamis are rare so much so I do not think there is a word for them in Japanese ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/2 "2011-03-12T16:39:03Z")
> [@sh1bu1](#): > > I love seeing Second Amendment Remedies being applied to one’s foot. Link [here](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42033145/ns/politics-capitol_hill/). > > Best comment: Great idea GOP tsunamis are rare so much so I do not think there is a word for them in Japanese Real Americans aren’t affected by tsunamis. They live in the heartland of America, just like Jesus did. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/3 "2011-03-12T16:44:40Z")
Oh, _please_ post that in the Comments! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/4 "2011-03-12T18:42:41Z")
Even _with_ the warning, several southern Oregon communities and Crescent City, CA took millions of dollars of damage to watercraft and piers. It would have been much worse had many of the commercial boats not taken to sea to ride it out. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/5 "2011-03-12T18:47:07Z")
Meh. How much would the budget be reduced? How would this affect any warning system? The link basically gives no information. Just because something should exist doesn’t mean that they need 100% of the money that they’ve been getting or that that money wouldn’t be better spent elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/6 "2011-03-12T19:16:11Z")
Let the free market work. If people want to live a tsunami zone, they can pay to have their own warning system. We don’t need tax payers subsidizing their lifestyle choice. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/7 "2011-03-12T19:18:58Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Let the free market work. If people want to live a tsunami zone, they can pay to have their own warning system. We don’t need tax payers subsidizing their lifestyle choice. That goes for those fuckers living near rivers, fault lines, forest fire areas, slide areas, tornado zones and hurricane zones, too. Right? ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/8 "2011-03-12T20:03:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > That goes for those fuckers living near rivers, fault lines, forest fire areas, slide areas, tornado zones and hurricane zones, too. Right? Drought areas, flood plains, volcanoes, blizzard areas, any area that has any other type of storm, the list goes on… ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/9 "2011-03-12T21:24:19Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > That goes for those fuckers living near rivers, fault lines, forest fire areas, slide areas, tornado zones and hurricane zones, too. Right? > [@TravisFromOR](#): > > Drought areas, flood plains, volcanoes, blizzard areas, any area that has any other type of storm, the list goes on… Exactly, it’s obvious the government can’t save us. Every man for himself. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/10 "2011-03-12T21:33:25Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Meh. > > How much would the budget be reduced? How would this affect any warning system? > > The link basically gives no information. Just because something should exist doesn’t mean that they need 100% of the money that they’ve been getting or that that money wouldn’t be better spent elsewhere. Yeah, I like how the article says “cut funding” but the OP twists the title to ‘cut warning center’. Apparently the reality of the situation isn’t good enough to provoke enough outrage. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/11 "2011-03-12T22:04:40Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Yeah, I like how the article says “cut funding” but the OP twists the title to ‘cut warning center’. Apparently the reality of the situation isn’t good enough to provoke enough outrage. :rolleyes: Did you miss the part about “deep cuts” and “furloughs and rolling closures”? :rolleyes: back at you. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/12 "2011-03-12T22:09:34Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Did you miss the part about “deep cuts” and “furloughs and rolling closures”? :rolleyes: back at you. No, those would be part of cutting funding. Nothing in article there states that the center won’t still be there. Hey, I’m sure the ends are worth the means. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/13 "2011-03-12T22:14:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Did you miss the part about “deep cuts” and “furloughs and rolling closures”? :rolleyes: back at you. Did you missed the part about “could result in furloughs and rolling closures”, quoting a union rep? ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/14 "2011-03-12T22:39:37Z")
I’m pretty sure most people who’ve managed or worked for large companies have experienced budget cuts. Everybody knows what it means, and it never includes increased level of service and the reasonable expectation is always that capacity will be reduced. In the case of manufacturing or sales businesses, you’re just matching the decrease in sales & bookings. In the case of services and utilities not tied to consumer volume, you’re inevitably reducing the volume and/or quality of what you provide. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/15 "2011-03-12T22:59:01Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > I’m pretty sure most people who’ve managed or worked for large companies have experienced budget cuts. Everybody knows what it means, and it never includes increased level of service and the reasonable expectation is always that capacity will be reduced. > > In the case of manufacturing or sales businesses, you’re just matching the decrease in sales & bookings. In the case of services and utilities not tied to consumer volume, you’re inevitably reducing the volume and/or quality of what you provide. Yeah, I think the funding cuts are pretty shitty, but when management says that some people might be laid off, screaming that the factory is going to close isn’t helping. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/16 "2011-03-12T23:10:32Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > In the case of manufacturing or sales businesses, you’re just matching the decrease in sales & bookings. In the case of services and utilities not tied to consumer volume, you’re inevitably reducing the volume and/or quality of what you provide. And in the case of tsunamis, you’re adjusting for the future decrease in tsunamis due there already having been so many that there can’t be any left. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/17 "2011-03-12T23:13:28Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > And in the case of tsunamis, you’re adjusting for the future decrease in tsunamis due there already having been so many that there can’t be any left. Not quite. China is producing knock-off tsunamis for half the price. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/18 "2011-03-12T23:18:18Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > And in the case of tsunamis, you’re adjusting for the future decrease in tsunamis due there already having been so many that there can’t be any left. Ah, the law of conservation of natural disasters! Well now it makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/19 "2011-03-12T23:28:06Z")
It’s generally thought to be due the global warmings. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421/20 "2011-03-12T23:56:01Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s generally thought to be due the global warmings. But our winter was so cold! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-wants-to-cut-tsunami-warning-center/574421.md?page=2)