People just shouldn't live in areas prone to natural disasters.

[edhopper]

[Marthe48]

1. I know the meme is a joke

But seriously, we live on a dynamic planet. The living conditions on this world has made humans and many other species adaptable, from figuring out physical strategies to survive, to being able to mutate our genes. I sometimes imagine what it would be like to live on a planet that wasn't a living entity. Just a rock floating in space. Maybe that's Heaven, no pain, no sorrow. Right now, we are like fleas on a dog, and maybe the planet needs to scratch once in awhile.

[edhopper]

3. Ray Bradbury wrote "Mars is Heaven"

though it really wasn't.
Bernie Taupin said "Mars ain't a place to raise your kids. In fact it's cold as Hell".

[ToxMarz]

12. I thought Bernie wrote it

and Elton said it.

[edhopper]

21. LOL

[CivicGrief]

2. To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut:

The Earth is tired of humans and wants to get rid of us.

[thucythucy]

4. Looks like Maine and Key West are safe.

Good news for moose and alligators!

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Big Sur too

Good thing the surfers don’t have to worry.

[thucythucy]

14. And it looks like Seattle is just on the cusp. nt

[RobinA]

9. Key West???

With a 113 mile bridge between there and dry land? In Hurricane Land? 1 foot above sea level? I'll pass.

[thucythucy]

13. I was joking.

I ws just looking at the map and seeing how those areas weren't Xed out.

I've been to Key West--definitely wouldn't want to be there during a hurrucane.

Not if I was sober, anyway.

[MLWR]

18. Maine and Key West are safe

Until the oceans rise high enough...

[Basso8vb]

6. The entire planet is burning.

[nitpicked]

7. You didn't include HI and AK

I found it ironic that PBS was airing the Frontline documentary on Lahaina on Tuesday evening.

(Will there be one on this set of fires for the 2026-2027 season??)

((I WISH I was joking...))

[DownriverDem]

8. Michigan has

been lucky too.

[multigraincracker]

16. The Rust Belt is safe. For now.

[LauraInLA]

17. I've thought about Michigan as I watched the Algonquin National Forest burn in Ontario, Canada.

Forested places we thought were safe, may not be. Even plenty of lakes don’t make us safe.

[WinstonSmith4740]

10. Been saying this for years.

We've been lead by selfish men and women who care about nothing but their own bank account, who have no qualms about turning this planet into a burning cinder & garbage dump, as long as they can remain comfortable in their secure enclaves. Mother Nature is pissed, and she's cleaning up after us for the last time.

[markie]

11. yup

been talking about it since the 70's.... most of us have known for a long time and do what we can (most corporate people knew too, just too much money to make)

...led a workshop once on "alternatives to consumption" ah, the good ole days

[MLWR]

19. The Native tribes

were far more respectful of Mother Earth than those who arrived here to promote their "Manifest Destiny."

[WinstonSmith4740]

20. Credited to the Cree Nation

When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.

I seem to remember this originally as saying, "...only then will the White Man realize..." , which makes sense. Native Americans lived WITH Nature, not constantly trying to control or contradict it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Or human-caused disasters, like climate change effects on Florida oceanfront property.