Floods like this happen all the time
And if they don’t it’s still a very natural thing to happen
And if it’s not, it’s a cycle and it’s been the same since historic times
And if it’s not then you shouldn’t build near water
And if you did, well then just move.
i heard aquaman is buying flooded houses to rent out to the fishies
And if you didn’t build near water, yeah you did.
Lol: someone reported this comment as ‘criminally wrong’ because they didn’t get your sarcasm
Damn the one time I don’t put a /s
I honestly didn’t expect anyone not to get it, that’ll show me.
Just to help for anyone else wondering it’s a modified version of the narcissist’s prayer.
I guess it’s close enough to some folks viewpoints to hit a nerve.
I’ve had some conversations that make me want to time travel to prevent the conversation from happening.
Ashville NC which is kinda the epicenter of where the worst of the reporting is coming out of is 250 miles from the coast and located in the mountains. This isn’t just “yeah you built in Florida you signed up for extreme weather events” this is “the fucking Appalachian mountains flooded!” This should be the wakeup call the climate change is coming for everyone and will make more extreme weather events for everyone
Maybe they should have built on higher ground if they didn’t want to get flooded. Like ISS modules.
Fall 2036: Breaking! Freak hurricane floods ISS!
Quick, someone contact Randal Monroe, we need a what-if for this. I think we’re going to need some water from somewhere though.
New video where the Dutch take over the ISS?
Jesus, that’s still pretty damn impressive.
i see the sarcasm, but now for a real question:
we are already seeing the things they warned us about years ago happening now. further unrealized warnings call for large habitat destruction. we could see large extinction events. the same people that bury their heads in the sand are the ones who stand in the way of legislating solutions to mitigate this. entire species of animals that are completely innocent could die because these ignorant people will block solutions. what do we do?
Vote for who you can. Push to remove first past the post. Then vote for your best option.
Fund/work protests. Sadly there is little you can do alone to make a difference
what if we all banded together for one action?
There have been plenty of protests over time but never anything big enough to make anyone in the government worry whatsoever. They’re not going to act until they’re afraid for their jobs.
how many does that take?
Not sure, did you catch the footage of the massive Hong Kong protests?
They are not really considered successful.
yeah, that’s kinda my point. I don’t think protests mean shit any more. I think that’s a 20th century relic at this point. I wish someone would prove me wrong. I’m kinda being drawn to a single conclusion and I don’t see anybody else promoting any better ideas.
Yup and this stuff was supposed to be 30 years in the future.
For real though.
If you settle in an area famous for being a flood plain, you can’t be mad about it when the plain floods.
Germany are now doing experiments with controlled flooding of old flood plains to channel water away from too narrow man made canals. The flooding also kills invasive plants as they were only allowed to grow because of the geological changed forced upon the land.
interesting watch on the topic.
Lar summer in Norway we had a flood matching the regular high points. Only issue was that the last high point was almost 100 years ago. So people stopped caring and the areas close to the river was regulated as river front houses.
Climate change is an issue. But people being dumb as fuck is an even greater one.
They got 36cm of rain in short order. Places that aren’t in the 100-year flood plan still got drowned.
The area is primarily rolling hills. So every time it flattens out just a little bit every tiny creek just overflowed.
A couple hundred miles inland you can’t just expect everyone to build only on the top of the highest location.
This is deep in climate change denier country. I suspect we’re about to get some climate change converts, after it’s way too late.
I’m not claiming to know anything about this specific flood. Sure might be sick idk.
But there’s a huge amount of crisis’ that got greater because of how we built, not what happened.
Take the flood in Pakistan last year. The same flood happening 50 years ago in the same area wouldn’t be such a catastrophe. What caused it to be so severe was the amount of people who had settled in a valley which is carved out by smelting water from glaciers. Building smarter is the most rational solution for short term gains. Stabilizing the climate is a much greater endeavour, and might be impossible short term.
Yeah, that’s fair. For the most part in the US insurance companies charge you based on the 100-year flood plan for a given area. A place is in danger of flooding They charge you a significant amount of money for your home insurance which is required to get a loan for a home.
With the escalating climate issues however, I suspect a lot of those insurance rates are under covered.
that was a nice watch.
Fuck you had me at the beginning. I had that onion halfway in my mouth.
My sister is in Asheville. She now has no car and just got electricity back on 2 days ago.
She says that her home will not have access to water for 3 months.
Shit’s fuckin’ bad.
I’m sure disbanding the EPA and NOAA will fix the weather.
if there’s no one reporting on how bad things are, then things won’t be as bad. that’s how we stopped covid after all
Sure there just won’t be any survivors because the storm wool come people won’t be prepared
Yeah, hearing similar things from others; it takes a really long time to fix the utilities when the roads are washed out all over the place, and need to be repaired to even bring heavy equipment in to many locations.
GOP: “it’s not climate change. it’s democrats controlling the weather”
also GOP: “god is in control of everything!”
All this is doing is proving that god is an asshole.
Except the GOP will absolutely double down and claim that everyone who got hit did something to deserve the suffering.
Or a test from god to show their faith.
I have eaten there many times at this location.
I was just going to say, I drive past this place almost everyday. It’s wild to see Asheville everywhere online. Hope you’re doing well JimmyBigSausage.
I am well. I live out west now. Thank you skinless_corpus. Hope you are well too.
We’re good here. I’m north, off of Merrimon. Still no power. Most of Merrimon seems to have it, except us.
You got your lemmy client on a generator? Or Is therr somewhere nearby that has power
I have cell service.
Yeah but phone needs juice right? I gotta charge mine every 2 days at least. Not tryna harrass just curious
Can’t speak for the upthread poster, but I keep a portable 20w solar panel around to charge my cell phone and satellite transponder in emergencies.
There are places with power. They’re getting it to places slowly. My neighbors have solar. I’ve also been charging in the car.
Hope you get it back soon! I used to live out Beaverdam Rd. and haven’t heard any news from that area. The one person I contacted that lives out there has not responded. :-(
I haven’t gone up that way to see what it looks like. I hope your friend is safe.
I hear they’re serving fish now
What, are the staff all in drag or something?
With or without scuba gear?
This is what happens when the Frosty machine breaks and thaws out.
Sir, this was a Wendy’s.
Now please stop rolling coal and spraying aerosols performatively to “own da libs” and swim to the next window
It’s like pooping on your own floor to get back at someone for saying you shouldn’t poop on the floor.
If it was a Waffle House it would still be open.
And safer then usual.
Waffle House is a reverse safe zone. It gets more dangerous as you approach and then inside it’s suddenly safer than the police station. Interrupt Little Pete’s pecan waffles one more time, you’ll see.
*was
at least the a/c is safe
“FAKE NEWS”
- The right-wing, probably
The move they’re making is to claim that Democrats control the weather and inflict storms like this on people. It’s bullshit, like most of their other claims, and really reeks of desperation.
to claim that Democrats control the weather
Are you serious?
True story. Not only is that miserable twat mtg spewing it on social media, but Friday a cousin of mine was taking about it when we went out for beers. That it was intentional so they could clear out certain areas for lithium mining
regardless of how much we make fun of them, point out their hypocrisy, etc., these people still have a say in our government. we are witnessing the beginning of the end of civilization. how long are we going to just stand here and watch the world burn?
Wait till you find out what is going on with the permafrost at the Siberian flats, Alaska and elsewhere. If you freeze stuff in a refrigerator, the power goes out, well all that decomposing stuff will give off gasses and those gasses are way more potent as a greenhouse gas than c02.
I am so ashamed of my state. My school made a big deal to teach us about the environment and yet so many of these chill billy garbage freaks don’t care. The worst are the fishermen, if anyone should know better its them.
I miss old school green peace that used fuck up trawlers and spike trees. But that time is gone now.
As a hobby fisherman I see that there is no longer snow when I go after trout in the mountain lakes, no longer as much water in those snow fed lakes.
I notice I’m wearing summer clothes for more of the year and seriously considering getting air-con at home in a city where only commercial spaces had them in the past
i dead ass thought this was a lego set at first
Moved there in my mid 20’s. A few years after there was a “The Flood of the Century”. They found the McDonald’s Grand Piano standing in a field on the Biltmore Estate. By the time I got there the damage was mostly cleaned up to the point you couldn’t even tell there was a flood.
Used to say that Asheville doesn’t really experience natural disasters…gonna keep my mouth shut from now on.
Stay strong Asheville…
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This city is up a mountain, dude. Some of the people hit hard are in some extremely rural areas, well outside town limits.
I have some friends in Asheville. I’ll be sure to scold them for not doing enough to fix their city.
This is Asheville in north Carolina according to the screenshot which has recently been hit by hurricane Helene. There is no way that I know of to ‘plan a city’ in a way that prevents a hurricane from devastating the area and killing dozens. If such a measure existed, then why wouldn’t it have already been implemented on the south-eastern US coast where hurricanes and tropical storms are most frequent?
