Less than 10 days after Helene made landfall, Florida braces for another hurricane, potentially a Category 3 | CNN
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Less than 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, the state is bracing for another potentially devastating blow from a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, this one a potential Category 3 storm.
  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    as if you didn’t have enough reasons to get the fuck out of florida already. leaving that shithole state was the best thing i’ve ever done, not just for my mental health, but apparently physical safety also

    • frog_brawler@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      My moving date was literally scheduled for this upcoming Friday… I pick up the u-haul on Tuesday, and my lease in Colorado starts on Tuesday of next week. This thing is trying to keep me here in hell.

  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Saw an article yesterday interviewing a couple who says they’ll now have to rebuild their beachfront house for the third time, and that their second rebuild wasn’t even finished when Helene sent their house surfing down the street. That their insurance won’t cover it.

    I’m flabbergasted that anyone would even consider rebuilding there. You’re lucky to even have insurance – most insurance companies have been fleeing the state.

    Here’s a radical idea: don’t rebuild there. This is only going to get worse.

      • yeahiknow3@lemmings.world
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        2 months ago

        Huston is one of the most populated cities in the US and it’s built on a swamp. Everyone acts super surprised when it floods semi-annually, like it’s some kind of tragedy as opposed to basic physics.

        Next thing you know Arizona will start complaining that they’ve run out of water. I mean, yes? You’re in the desert. Your choices were to fix the climate, move, or die. Instead you’ve built a gigantic parking lot of a city.

        There should be no aid whatsoever for natural disasters that strike predictably on a regular basis. Human beings aren’t dumb animals. We can communicate. Also Florida, Louisiana, and Texas literally voted for global warming. They got what they voted for so what is the issue?

        Actions have consequences. We failed to act for a century. That’s how long we’ve known with absolute certainty that the climate was fucked. We put people on the moon, and we went to war with Iraq, but heaven forbid people stop eating meat, driving their precious cars, or taking pleasure cruises. Zero. Pity.

        • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          There are probably some cases where it’s true it was irresponsible to build somewhere. For most people though, they may have been born there; they may have had to move there for work. Denying pity to people who have suffered a tragedy without ever knowing their circumstances is heartless. The world you want to live in would step over you in a minute the moment you fucked up.

          • yeahiknow3@lemmings.world
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            2 months ago

            people who have suffered a tragedy

            Global warming is not a tragedy. It’s a highly predictable FAFO moment. We decided, as a civilization, to do this to ourselves. It’s not an anomaly. We voted for it. People were asked “do you want hurricanes to wash away your houses?” and they said, “yes, please!”

            Of course, that’s not true for children and animals, and I have so much sadness for them. But the adults? No. I watched them choose this.

            • Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              Global warming is a tragedy. The greatest tragedy of our time.

              My point is our culture needs more empathy. Outrage and anger, there’s enough of that. Empathy, even for those who made a mistake.