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Which is worse:  historic snowfall or smoky summer?
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1,259 Votes

Which is worse: historic snowfall or smoky summer?

Historic snow!

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Smoky summer!

29

Historic snow!

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S C
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S C

Because of no help on our streets!

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Brandy Barr
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Brandy Barr

BECAUSE WITH SMOKE YOU CAN AT LEAST GET TO TOWN. NOT LIKE WITH THE SNOW RIGHT NOW THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT PLOW ALL ROADS!!!

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Richard Dillard
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Richard Dillard

This creates more problems in every way.

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Sarah Taylor
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Sarah Taylor

Because you can still breath, but its really cold

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Michelle Thompson
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Michelle Thompson

Fires can spread uncontrollably and if we don't have water to fight it we could be looking at another Paradise CA.

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Debbie Mayberry
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Debbie Mayberry

When the heat and smoke levels are elevated I can't breath, I can't get out and enjoy nature, I can't get out and do anything. I physically shut down. The snow is hard to navigate. But you can ilve

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Cristal Cheri
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Cristal Cheri

Smokey summer brings health issues to the impaired with compromised systems. Snow will always melt away.

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Lauralyn Kathleen Searcy
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Lauralyn Kathleen Searcy

I can drive and work with a mask when it's Smokey. I can't however clear 3 feet of snow in my tiny Mazda 3 😂

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Judi Vanderpool
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Judi Vanderpool

We're stuck here in the cold and snow. With smoke we can get out of town if need be!

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Caleb Wolf
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Caleb Wolf

Well it's just snow after all. Way better then a smokey summer. I like not having campfire restrictions when I'm out in the woods

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Makaila Mosher-Crawford
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Makaila Mosher-Crawford

I would rather have lots of snow than air I can't breathe in.

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Smoky summer!

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DeBacker Melis
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DeBacker Melis

Fresh air is good on the lungs❄⛄

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Amee Waley
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Amee Waley

Smoke is more damaging for your health, the environment and the animals. It has a longer lasting and damaging effect on the ecosystem .

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Gramma Jean
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Gramma Jean

Smoky summers mean poor forest management. It's months and months, whereas the snow is only a couple of weeks.

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Kim Varner
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Kim Varner

Smokey summer was horrible enough to pollute our air quality so much it made our air toxic. I’ll take the snow any day! No problem there.

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Leslie Ann
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Leslie Ann

I can't breath well when it's smokey. Causes other illnesses too.

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TresMap_USA
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TresMap_USA

So preventable with proper forest management. Air sucks and impacts quality of life. It's so miserable. I can't stand it. Snow any day!

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Cathy Jensen
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Cathy Jensen

Severe health hazard

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Greta Dean
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Greta Dean

Because it goes on every sunmer

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Sam Handelman
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Sam Handelman

Snow is natural and fun. No fun in smoke, Finally, smoke is dangerous to human, but individuals create their own hazard in winter.

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CJ Johnson
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CJ Johnson

Snow is beautiful...you can play in it, exercise from shoveling, brings neighbors out helping each other, and so so much more. There is not ONE thing good about smoke in the air.

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Gail Tirado
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Gail Tirado

The smoky summers active my Migraines, so I would much rather dig myself out from a huge snow storm then be down for weeks with a migraine!

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Jill Bernard
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Jill Bernard

The smoke KILLS me! It hurts to breathe and you can't escape it. It's in the house, car, you smell it everywhere!

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Cheyenne Skalaba Jensen
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Cheyenne Skalaba Jensen

Because you can breath through winter you have trouble breathing through smoke

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Rodger Blank
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Rodger Blank

This is preventable. I’ve had enough of our summers ruined !

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Valerie Ray
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Valerie Ray

My son has chronic lung disease and cant be in the smoke, but he can at least play in the snow

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Ann Harbert Evensen
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Ann Harbert Evensen

I have respiratory issues that are greatly aggravated by smoke.

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Cliff Bidwell
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Cliff Bidwell

More water in the ground, less fires

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John Skisumo
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John Skisumo

The smoke is bad for your lungs, removal of snow is good exercise.

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Regan Ertle
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Regan Ertle

The snow is awesome and we need it!. I can't breathe or get outside with weeks of smoke

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Kim Yager-Gilchrist
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Kim Yager-Gilchrist

At least we can get outside, breath and enjoy the outdoors!

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BillandEllen Deyoung
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BillandEllen Deyoung

I can still breathe while shoveling snow. Can’t say the same for the Smokey summers.

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Connie Gehring
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Connie Gehring

Its harder on your lungs.

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Amber Wallender-Phillips
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Amber Wallender-Phillips

Smoke is the worst you cant breathe. Snow is alot of work to remove but at least is smells wonderful

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Randy Kerr
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Randy Kerr

When it snows the air is clean. Not so with fire.

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Richard Head
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Richard Head

I can't stand the smoke. Snow is awesome and shoveling just crushes calories. Then I don't feel guilty for enjoying a beer or three.

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Gerry Demuth
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Gerry Demuth

I can breathe while I’m shoveling snow but I can’t when it’s a hot smoky summer

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Matthew Carter
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Matthew Carter

I can at least go outside and breath when there is a few feet of snow on the ground.

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Phillip Lipin
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Phillip Lipin

Playing outside in the smoke is terrible. You can play in the snow wherever you are and make winter more fun. Summer gets ruined with smoke

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Should the U.S. open the strategic oil reserves to lower gas prices?
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293 Votes

Should the U.S. open the strategic oil reserves to lower gas prices?

Yes!

9

No!

7

Yes!

5 Comments
Gabe West
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Gabe West

Biden needs to open the keystone pipeline and resume oil exploration

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Paul Owen
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Paul Owen

The strategic oil reserves are for times like this. We should also keep an eye on the oil companies and make sure they are not making extreme profits off the backs of the American citizens. After all that petroleum is being pumped from American taxpayers land that has been leased to these oil co.

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Gabe West
Gabe West

Biden needs to resume oil exploration and open the keystone pipeline

Greg Moore
Greg Moore

No, the reserve is not for time like this, it is for times when we don't have oil available. We do have oil available now, and a LOT of oil available. It is just that Biden (and pseudo-environmentalists) don't want us to use it.

Nik Myles
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Nik Myles

The US shouldn't be relying on foreign sources of energy when we have more than enough to be energy independent again. We were energy independent just over one year ago. But that ended on day one of this administration.

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Steven Huillet
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Steven Huillet

Absolutely! Prices are way too high! Just another attempt of oil companies taking advantage of a big situation like in the 1970's.

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Gabe West
Gabe West

Bide the keystone pipeline and resume oil exploration

Greg Moore
Greg Moore

Explain why oil companies would not provide as much oil as possible at a time when prices are sky high. No, the prices are high due to speculation of shortage, given Biden's refusal to open up the spigot (the oil leases he claimed unused are not proven, exploration still necessary. ANWAR is KNOWN

Loretta Jones
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Loretta Jones

Price is getting ridiculous. Average working person can't afford commuting to and from work.

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Gabe West
Gabe West

Biden needs to resume oil exploration and the keystone pipeline

No!

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Matt Cyrus
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Matt Cyrus

We may need our reserves for war before this is over. Increase supply and lower costs by reversing Biden's orders and policies. https://americansforprosperity.org/biden-policies-raising-gas-prices/?fbclid=IwAR3jOvKpxrWnyT1iz2JrBflODu-aV7aHZdj_B4JgTndUI-8XFvAwXp3M1Jw

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David Tucker
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David Tucker

Absolutely not. Oil prices (and therefore gas prices) would drop dramatically if Congress would just reverse the disastrous executive orders Biden has put into effect restricting U.S. oil production.

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Greg Moore
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Greg Moore

Why tap into a reserve that is meant for when Oil is unavailable? We have plenty of oil available, it is just that irrational environmentalists don't want us to use it: https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/03/07/greenpeace_environmentalism_allowed_putin_to_invade_ukraine_820399.html

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Ben Hargis
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Ben Hargis

Don't waste the reserves......open the keyst one pipeline, increase production and exploration in the West

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John Philo
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John Philo

OPEN THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE!

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Do you think home buyers should be able to send letters to sellers?
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378 Votes

Do you think home buyers should be able to send letters to sellers?

Yes, they should be able to!

7

No, I don't think it's fair!

0

Yes, they should be able to!

7 Comments
Amanda Wallace
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Amanda Wallace

These letters allow people who can't financially compete with investors the opportunity to stand out.

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Rob Mozz
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Rob Mozz

It's your property, you should be able to use whatever information you want to decide the sale. Say I'd rather sell my property to a local family instead of a corporate developer that should be my choice.

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Sussie Due
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Sussie Due

Yes they should. That is how I sold a piece of real estate I had. Happened four years ago. Was given a higher offer from a developer but I went with the people that sent me the letter. I was able to pick who was going to live next door to me. Have never regreted it. They are the best neighbors!

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Ben Hargis
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Ben Hargis

Who cares? How is it not fair? Anyone can write a letter. Just another issue liberal politicians waste time and money on.

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Robert Northrup
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Robert Northrup

We have a Democrat controlled legislature that thinks it should have total control over our lives even to the extent of taking away our freedom of speech.

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No, I don't think it's fair!

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