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After all, how far inland could a hurricane go? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying to abandon the whole southeast, but something in the range of 15 million US homes are built in flood plains. A large portion of these are in Texas and Florida. It is absolute madness to keep building and rebuilding in these areas.

Even if we drop global CO² emissions to zero tomorrow, it will take more than a century to even begin to see trends reverse. In the mean time lowland areas will continue to flood over and over.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well dang. If only we knew about this back in the 70s, we'd have some time to focus on green energy, increasing efficiency, reducing excess, and building homes/communities that could withstand the changing climate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And also the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and now 20s. The decision to ignore everything continues forward forever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The "fuck around" phase is over. We are now on "find out".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'm just mad our grandparents got all the fun FA, and we're stuck with the FO.