Time to socialize the losses
Plain and simple, this was climate change. North Carolina has had record rain fall this year. Also the hottest summer on record beating out 2023.
Plus side is we are expanding highways and building a lot more houses. Plus we are getting a Buc-ees, so at least we will have cold drinks while we fry and drown.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/weather-news/article288918328.html
As someone living in Florida where people generally are able to predict and prepare for storms like this (even though they still cause devastation), I had absolutely no idea that it was possible for devastation like this to occur from a hurricane all the way in North Carolina. My power didn’t even go out. Did the people living there know this could happen? Was it a surprise??? How is there so much flooding over there???
The bad flooding is because of how steep those areas are. Down in Florida, water takes a while to make its way into the creeks, streams, and rivers. The areas with the most extreme flooding is because entire mountainsides worth of rainfall drains in the span of a couple days.
Eastern TN and western NC also had a ton of rainfall from thunderstorms just before Helene so the ground was already saturated. For reference check out this rain gauge in Asheville.
The rain from Helene didn’t really get to Western NC until the early hours of Friday the 27th. That gauge was already at 10 inches by that time. So really the storm before Helene brought more rain than Helene did. Either the thunderstorm or Helene alone would have been moderate, but manageable flash floods, but the two back to back was insane.
I had absolutely no idea that it was possible for devastation like this to occur from a hurricane all the way in North Carolina.
That’s because it’s only really becoming a thing due to climate change.
They rarely get hurricane direct hits, but deal with the remnants of major hurricanes a lot. Not many homes are storm proofed like you’d see in Florida though. Clearly their city storm sewer infrastructures are not equipped to deal with the combination of a high annual rainfall followed by a deluge like this.
Edit: I want to clarify that Eastern NC is more prepared than out west, the eastern half sees stronger hurricane remnants more often than out west, where they still get them but they’re weaker from the mountains. Not this time, apparently.
God that must be awful. Your whole life you work hard and earn the money to buy a house, you keep your whole life in there, it’s your HOME. And then some fucking storm comes and just destroys it all. I mean, hopefully you & your loved ones survive, and that’s all that really matters, but to see all the physical representation of your life just washed away. I feel terrible for those people.
Yeah, I’m not in a flood zone, but seeing things like this is why I mounted a hatchet on my attic wall. It’s pretty certain I’ll never need it, but I can live a little lighter with the delusion that I’ll be able to hack my way onto the rooftop instead of dying, unfound, in a sweltering attic.
Honestly, it’s a good idea. Isn’t this how some people survived Hurricane Katrina?
Time to ban talking about climate change!
And privatize weather predictions so you don’t see it coming either.
So much drama. Just subscribe to their services in perpetuity and pay the premium tier to get access to hurricane information.
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And in the extra premium tier you get predictions on the future development of real estate prices in relation to climate change.
They can’t hear such talking anyways over the really cool sound of their coal rollers.
How about… you cram it right about now?
When I woke after Hurricane Ivan I went outside and cried in the street. That was a love tap compared to this.
No we can’t talk about gun violence after a shooting! Have empathy! We shouldn’t talk about war right after an invasion, think of the people there.
Well, when the hell is it okay to talk about climate change? After years of rebuilding when no one cares again, just in time for an even strong storm? You, yes you right here, should be absolutely pissed about climate change. Oil companies and major polluters are causing this, you should abso-fuckin-lutely want to be talking about it
So when would it be appropriate to talk about the causes of the increasing frequency of natural disasters in your opinion?
The town of Chimney Rock is gone.
No hyperbole.
It’s gone.
There are many more we won’t know about until next week. This is a national tragedy.
Thoughts and Prayers.
That’s LITERALLY All we can do now let’s go buy some Gasoline!
Hopefully they want to understand why this happened and will learn who’s to blame.
Those goddamn Cloud People launching their attacks on the American way of life! It’s an act of war!
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They’re gonna need a lot of rice for this one…
