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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. Surprise, surprise!

Reply to JoeOtterbein (Original post)

Tue Sep 27, 2022, 11:24 PM

Sep 2022

Hurricanes happen. They often hit places near the ocean, especially near the Caribbean. Sometimes they hit Florida. Sometimes they hit Texas. Sometimes they hit Louisiana. Shall I go on?

It's not as though hurricanes never struck Florida before this. What kind of rock are people living under?

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People built in harm's way. Here comes Ian. [View all] JoeOtterbein Sep 2022 OP

Climate change and 30+ years of Republican political control. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2022 #1

Surprise, surprise! PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2022 #2

I'm surprised Insurance companies are still writing policies there Captain Zero Sep 2022 #3

Some of the insurance companies have stopped. Nt raccoon Sep 2022 #7

The thing of it is, global warming comes with storms of increased intensity. 3Hotdogs Sep 2022 #5

We are supposed to go to Marco this spring. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2022 #4

Marco Island gonna get hammered. WarGamer Sep 2022 #12

Water is very unforgiving. SalamanderSleeps Sep 2022 #6

I agree. Brenda Sep 2022 #8

As long as the flood insurance program continues to insure HAB911 Sep 2022 #9

US taxpayers rebuild beach mansions over and over. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #10

the very definition of insanity HAB911 Sep 2022 #13

Marco Island may be decimated.... WarGamer Sep 2022 #11