• NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    It’s like a nazi Germany that completely crippled itself before expanding outwards. I feel bad for (sane) Americans but damn

  • Dzso@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I grew up around magats. They’re going to interpret natural disasters as “the end times”, which means if they survive they’re God’s special chosen people, and the people who die or suffer must not have had sincere faith and were living a life of sin.

  • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    Too bad hurricanes mainly hit states that voted for Trump. Oh and what’s the status on FEMA now, I can’t keep track anymore. I’m sure they’ll find a way to blame Biden though.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    It’s the Hurricane Surprise Season from now on.

    Think of all the good things it will get you! No more pesky “evacuation orders”. No more lost time in schools and businesses just because some scientist thought there is a cat 5 coming in and tells you to better stay at home!

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      5 days ago

      You aren’t thinking fourth dimensionally.

      If we don’t measure it, it doesn’t exist.

      No such thing as a cat 5 hurricane. That’s just gonna be called a “Windy boy”.

          • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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            4 days ago

            US homes maybe more resistant in hurricane countries than elsewhere in the US, but storm intensities are on the rise, and conservatives are not known to be smart about resilience if it costs money “unnecessarily”.

            Being rather unprepared will add to the damages. What do people on the coast do when the hurricane comes? They screw boards over their windows. This alone has probably saved a lot of lives. Hurricane strength winds and shards is a nasty mix.

            It will get worse, with human lives getting more affected than before.

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                4 days ago

                Covering windows doesn’t do that much. The big dangers are the wind ripping the roof off, large trees being blown onto the house, and floodwaters rising above the level of the ground floor. I think windows breaking is more of a concern with tornadoes.

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                if people aren’t evactuating they are going to get more deadly. On top of that increased frequency means less time for areas that are affected to recover before the next one hits. Florida could very well end up effectively uninhabitable due to how many of even “minor” ones they are getting.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      5 days ago

      No more worries about rotting meat on the supermarket shelves because … no one’s gonna inspect it.

  • Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Round me, they miss calling out a bad hail storm, then abundant warning for one that didn’t amount to much.

    Thanks orange turd!