Climate Change(d)?

[Elixir]

I wonder if Florida was ever habitable.

It was. Honest.

 

[thebeave]

Watched a show on it,.

1816 - The Year Without Summer (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

1816
1816, also known as the 'Year Without Summer,' 'Poverty Year,' and 'Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death. ' The eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815 triggered a change in the global climate.Apr 4, 2023

The eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815 triggered a change in the global climate. The heavier material fell to the ground and the ocean’s surface. However, when lighter particulates reached the stratosphere, they spread out and created an aerosol cloud the size of Australia.The cloud blocked sunlight from reaching the earth and changed the global climate by 2-7 degrees Fahrenheit, the effects of which devastated much of the world in what should have been the summer of 1816. Crops failed across Europe and the U.S. due to the cold or lack of sunshine causing grain and oat prices to soar, torrential rains flooded crops in Ireland, novel strains of cholera killed millions in India, crime became rampant, and people starved in many countries.

Damn. Was that was the year that cats and dogs began living together?

 

[Tharmas]

The Climate Denier's Progress

1. There's no such thing as climate change. It's a government plot to control the citizens and destroy the oil industry.*

2. OK, so there is climate change, but it's normal, not man-made. The climate has always been changing throughout history.

3. OK, there is climate change and it is caused by human activity, but it'll be good for us! More CO2 means the plants grow bigger and faster, and the Canadian plains will have two growing seasons.

*The Texas Attorney General is suing the government over expanded protections for endangered species in the oil fields. It's a plot to destroy the oil industry he says.

 

[pood]

The Climate Denier's Progress

1. There's no such thing as climate change. It's a government plot to control the citizens and destroy the oil industry.*

2. OK, so there is climate change, but it's normal, not man-made. The climate has always been changing throughout history.

3. OK, there is climate change and it is caused by human activity, but it'll be good for us! More CO2 means the plants grow bigger and faster, and the Canadian plains will have two growing seasons.

*The Texas Attorney General is suing the government over expanded protections for endangered species in the oil fields. It's a plot to destroy the oil industry he says.

Part four: OK, there is human-caused climate change, and the whole world is on fire, including me, but, this is fine! (Pic of smiling idiot seated in sea of flames).

 

[robnisch]

MSN

I wonder how the insurance industry is going to react to this kind of future.

$100 billion! One storm!
Dog help us!

 

[pood]

MSN

I wonder how the insurance industry is going to react to this kind of future.

$100 billion! One storm!
Dog help us!

Hey, but what’s the weather in Santa Monica?

 

[Elixir]

MSN

I wonder how the insurance industry is going to react to this kind of future.

$100 billion! One storm!
Dog help us!

Hey, but what’s the weather in Santa Monica?

It’s raining $100 bills, as usual.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

MSN

I wonder how the insurance industry is going to react to this kind of future.

$100 billion! One storm!
Dog help us!

Insurance companies certainly are one of the things I've raised in this thread. They are reacting, and the nation needs to figure out how to manage this.

The brain trust will say 'don't build next to the coast'. Great idea. Most of the heavily impacted areas from Helene are hundreds of miles from the coast.

 

[hyzer]

MSN

I wonder how the insurance industry is going to react to this kind of future.

$100 billion! One storm!
Dog help us!

Insurance companies certainly are one of the things I've raised in this thread. They are reacting, and the nation needs to figure out how to manage this.

The brain trust will say 'don't build next to the coast'. Great idea. Most of the heavily impacted areas from Helene are hundreds of miles from the coast.

How about: "Don't build in a Red State."

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One note about the insurance industry, yes, they will raise rates, but it is a highly regulated industry. And constituents will complain to their legislators and all of the increases will be rolled back or they will pass legislation that provides additional coverage. We have always subsidized poor decisions about building along all coasts and will be forced to continue to allow people to make these bad decisions. The entire idea that we let anyone build on a barrier island is ludicrous. It's a barrier island that is protecting the mainland. Building on it changes everything including the ability of the island to be a barrier.