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Don’t say ‘Watch out for ice’: FEMA warned storm announcements could invite memes (lite.cnn.com)

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Homeland Security officials have urged disaster response staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to avoid using the word “ice” in public messaging about the massive winter storm barreling toward much of the United States, according to two sources familiar with the directive.

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[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Fuck ice. The slippery one too

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is no one going to point out the dystopian nature of DHS telling FEMA not to warn people about ice while expecting inclement weather because they're afraid of how it will reflect on ICE's gestapo tactics?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They could just rebrand the agency so its acronym no longer coincides with something unrelated

Call it the kool kids klub or something

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 18 hours ago

Killer klepto kakistocracy

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Take a flamethrower to ice

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago

And to ICE

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“Crush ICE” is right there. Surprised no one’s picked that one up yet.

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Crushed ice is great. Crushed ice is also great.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago

San Antonio traffic signs said “ICE PREVENTION OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS” at least TxDot understood the assignment.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago

I’m always happy when my airplane de-ices before takeoff.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Rock salt is great for dispersing ice from streets and sidewalks.

[–] Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

A water balloon full of saturated brine. This is a standalone sentence that could be totally unrelated to the prior conversation, I just like salty water.

Also unrelated, but wet clothes can be hundreds of times less insulating than dry clothes, so stay dry in the winter storm!

[–] Blade9732@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Only when launched via 12 gauge. It is more impactfull that way.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Rocks or salt. Rocks because they hurt, and salt because it kills them by dehydrating them through osmosis, drawing water out of their bodies

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The memes will continue.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These two headlines work great together:

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

What's this about big-ass cups of meat?

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago

Lemme see... do I go for a "your mom" joke, or something about their username?

[–] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 15 points 1 day ago

I think it would be safer if we all help to get rid of ice this winter