17776th poster gets a cookie (cookie thread (Part 7))

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#13548

I lived in Florida for nearly 30 years and yeah lol

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#13549

god willing this season is so bad the government heavily reforms FEMA

god i hate FEMA

#13550

Sure, but it’s also a predictable consequence of a higher concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The same is true of the higher frequency of severe flooding, and extreme weather in general. We cannot say if it would’ve been less severe on any given year with certainty because that’s fundamentally unknowable, but we can make predictions and look at trends, all of which are in line with climate change making it worse.

#13551

What’s fems

#13552

Fema

#13553

How do you not know this

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#13554

I don’t get hit by hurricanes every Tuesday

#13555

I’m not American and even I know this :sob:

#13556

specifically because of EAS scenarios on youtube but

#13557

Like I know they exist but I don’t really know what they do

#13558

you literally live in a coastal state

#13559

I don’t get hit hurricanes every Tuesday

#13560

I got to go to work

#13561

for some reason i didn’t process this as present tense and just thought it was an N.1 core post

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#13562

agency responsible for disaster relief

they are notorious for flat out abandoning areas

#13563

ik we were abandoned and told to suck shit in ‘04 after Katrina (i was really young don’t remember this fully) and ‘16 after the floods

#13564

Honestly, our government is probably incompetent enough that they go, “Hey, FEMA is useless; we should reduce our spending for it.”

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#13565

ik this is what is happening w/ Helene

they literally can’t do shit cause their checks will bounce

#13566

it’s also hilarious cause i got the “please get the fuck off our policy rate increase” from my homeowners

#13567

i also love being mandated to have flood insurance