hal2kilo
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If I'm not mistaken 100 year and 1000 year events are based on historical patterns for the area and I think it's pretty clear they don't apply anymore.
Pens1566
Lifer
- Oct 11, 2005
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Yeah, we've had 2 "500 yr rainfall" events here locally in the last 6 years.
Zorba
Lifer
- Oct 22, 1999
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I don't think they were ever as good as people thought. I know Tulsa has multiple 100 year and 500 year floods in the 70s.
balloonshark
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Somewhere there is a map showing how normal 100 year extreme weather events are no longer 100 years in between events. We had a horrible flood in my area in 1985 and something like that may happen around every 40 years now. Welcome to the new normal.
Muse
Lifer
- Jul 11, 2001
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New York Times piece just published on consequences of environmental disasters in the southern USA. This link will get anyone past the paywall for 14 days, i.e. until Oct. 16, 2024:
www.nytimes.com
The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South
Opinion | The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South
The exodus of the young means high-risk towns could enter a population death spiral.
Thump553
Lifer
- Jun 2, 2000
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Mr. Lustgarten is treading into fantasy world if his scenario comes about (more prosperous and younger people leave the South for more environmentally safe areas, leaving a lowered tax base heavily slanted towards the elderly) and he expects Southern governments to raise taxes to pay for needed services. Rather they will go back to the sleepy South pre-air conditioning.New York Times piece just published on consequences of environmental disasters in the southern USA. This link will get anyone past the paywall for 14 days, i.e. until Oct. 16, 2024:
The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South
Opinion | The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South
The exodus of the young means high-risk towns could enter a population death spiral.
Puffnstuff
Lifer
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Lost_in_the_HTTP
Lifer
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Jaskalas
Lifer
- Jun 23, 2004
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With once in a lifetime catastrophic flooding and destruction throughout the southern Appalachian mountains....
The inland impacts of Helene have been highly politicized for this year's election.
Full on MAGA campaign to pretend the Fed Gov is not involved in helping anyone.
Which of course diverts to talks of money and how it is spent on undesirables instead.
The inland impacts of Helene have been highly politicized for this year's election.
Full on MAGA campaign to pretend the Fed Gov is not involved in helping anyone.
Which of course diverts to talks of money and how it is spent on undesirables instead.
Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see Lustgarten suggest that Southern local governments would raise taxes as a solution to out-migration.
Not any kind of surprise, but it takes a particularly slimy piece of shit to try to take advantage of a disaster to pin the shit on your opponent.
It's the kind of thing that would instantly cause me to vote the other way if I happened to be on the fence. As would the shitting on the heads and memories of veterans, among other things. As it happens, I'm nowhere near the fence so it doesn't move the needle. I couldn't detest Trump or his policies more than I already do. I'd like to think some in the public will hate this slimy shit as it deserves, but then it's the dumbass conspiracy-addled public we are talking about, so it'll probably help him.
It's the kind of thing that would instantly cause me to vote the other way if I happened to be on the fence. As would the shitting on the heads and memories of veterans, among other things. As it happens, I'm nowhere near the fence so it doesn't move the needle. I couldn't detest Trump or his policies more than I already do. I'd like to think some in the public will hate this slimy shit as it deserves, but then it's the dumbass conspiracy-addled public we are talking about, so it'll probably help him.
Motostu
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We have a guy painting in our house for the next little while. He brought up the migrant/FEMA thing this morning. *sigh*
nakedfrog
No Lifer
- Apr 3, 2001
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Trump, accusing someone else of doing something he himself did? I'm as shocked as I was to wake up to find out it was raining this morning in the PNW.
Lost_in_the_HTTP
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Motostu
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Unfortunately I live in a very red area. He didn't dwell on it, so I let it go.
Zorba
Lifer
- Oct 22, 1999
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When it rains. Likely more droughts overall, with massive flooding rain events thrown in.
Lost_in_the_HTTP
Lifer
- Nov 17, 2019
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hal2kilo
Lifer
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Amused
Elite Member
- Apr 14, 2001
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Awww it's Pompeii but with climate change!
www.kctv5.com
Grandparents found hugging one another after fallen tree killed them in their home during Helene
Marcia and Jerry Savage are two of the more than 150 people killed because of the storm and its aftermath.
K1052
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- Aug 21, 2003
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I am of course flying to MCO on Monday and out of FLL on Friday. Gonna pack a lil extra for this trip just in case.
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