Posted on 08/17/2022 11:25:03 PM PDT by DallasBiff
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Phillip Perry called a flood control tunnel home for three years. While helping some other homeless people at a wash at Boulder Highway this week, he told FOX5 about some close calls of when he got caught in rushing water while in a tunnel.
“I’ve actually had to spend two to three hours just on the ladder because it came that quick,” said Perry.
Perry said he escaped rising tunnel waters by climbing ladders that lead to manhole covers
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MSM = Misleading Suckers Massively.
The answer here....Vegas needs to hand out bus tickets to SF and LA....just ship the homeless guys to a place with moderate temperatures....camping allowed on the streets, and willing politicians to cover expenses.
I believe I could agree with that. 👍🤪
Am I supposed to feel sorry for people who make stupid and dangerous bad life choices?
I don’t, but you know, if I was going to be a homeless person, the last place I would live in, would be a flood control tunnel. 🤪
Living in Vegas, it might be a cooler alternative to living in the heat. You wouldn’t have much credibility if you complained about the flooding, though.
uh...more ladders needed?
The homeless will still complain, credibility or not.
“Homeless” is a misnomer. They could have “homes” if they wanted; many municipalities hand out apartments practically for free.
Senseless is a better term.
I don’t expect any help. Look, from a realistic standpoint, most homeless people are mentally ill or substance abusers. Once upon a time, places existed where these people could go for help. But thanks to the ACLU and imbecilic judges, those places are gone. Where did you think people would go?
Yes. You don't end years of drought in a few weeks. Lake Mead is at less than a quarter of its capacity.
“Homeless” is a misnomer. They could have “homes” if they wanted; many municipalities hand out apartments practically for free.”
That is so true! Before I retired, we had a woman manager. The company hired a contractor for housekeeping. The contractor often hired the homeless. They hired a man that was homeless and kept everything he owned on a bicycle. He pitched a tent near the creek when he wasn’t working.
When she found out, she got all weepy. She set up a motel room for him and our company paid for it. When his contractor employer told him, he walked out and quit because “he liked living like he was living and didn’t want a room or anybody messing around in his business or lifestyle.”
“Am I supposed to feel sorry for people who make stupid and dangerous bad life choices?”
+1
WINNER!
Not all homeless are poor, disheveled miscreants.
In the mid-80s, my mother was part owner of a greenhouse for interior decorating. She handled many of the plants you saw in almost every building in downtown Dallas. As a matter of fact, all the plants you saw outside the Southfork Ranch scenes in the TV show “Dallas”, were plants my mother rented to them.
We had a drifter who came to work for her. He asked for minimum wage and if he could set up a cot in the greenhouse. My mother, a compassionate woman, offered more but he would not accept it.
He had been working for her for a few months...the man was a genius when it came to bringing half-dead, peed-in plants back to life...when my mother got a phone call asking for a Dr. So-in-so. My mother replied that she had a Mr. So-in-so, first name so-in-so, who worked there. They said, that’s him.
This man walked into the office, listened and replied - they were talking about a brain injury and surgical options. He told them what to try next and hung up and went back to working in the greenhouse.
Needless to say, my mother and I were intrigued. So we asked him about that call. He was in fact a medical surgeon. He simply got tired of the day-to-day crap of owning a house and all the responsibilities and he just sold everything, gave away most everything, and walked away. He literally moves from town to town, usually by train, lives a transient life, and stays wherever until he wants to move elsewhere.
Agreed. I’ve done volunteer work with homeless and talking with them, a decent chunk fall into this category. If it’s not drug abuse, alcoholism, or mental illness, the rest are homeless because they want to be.
The families that are homeless due to unfortunate circumstances in life do exist, but they are very very few.
I think that some of the wealthiest people in our town are homeless. LOL If you take the time to talk to them you can tell they are educated. Sometimes people just get tired of the stress that comes with owning a home, having a high stress job, etc. and just walk away from it. Most people don’t see the homeless. They are ghosts. Most of the locals know which ones are really down on their luck. If they are hanging around outside of a fast-food place, a local will buy them a meal.
You always figure the families are truly homeless due to circumstances. Those are the ones that want and need help.
All you need to do is talk to them and actually “see” them. A lot are educated. Nobody here gives them money. Some will hire them for day jobs. The families are the ones that really need the help.
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