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Blue Full Moon

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8. Something to think about

Sat Sep 28, 2024, 09:18 PM

Sep 2024

Was talking about climate change to friends. Discussed how scientists know from models approximately how the coasts are going be. Maybe a sea wall. Not to keep immigrants out but sea water. The republicans as much as they holler, hoax, are having our military bases be upgraded to minimize the risk of climate change water levels.

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In 1993, after a 100-yr catastrophic flood event in the Midwest [View all] Sogo Sep 2024 OP

How kind of you. yardwork Sep 2024 #1

That's just how we felt in 1993. Sogo Sep 2024 #2

Snort. I didn't say anything to you in 1993. yardwork Sep 2024 #7

Kindness won't stop climate catastrophes NickB79 Sep 2024 #15

That's for sure. The only thing shaming accomplishes soldierant Sep 2024 #24

Who is shaming people here? yardwork Sep 2024 #25

Amen! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #28

Thanks. yardwork Sep 2024 #29

YW yardwork. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #31

"kindness and grace." Is that what you were going for in your post? Sogo Sep 2024 #35

Nope. I'm asking you to reframe whatever happened to you in 1993. yardwork Sep 2024 #36

You're reading a whole lot into my OP that isn't there. Sogo Sep 2024 #40

What is this nonsense Jk23 Sep 2024 #3

Not what I'm saying at all. Sogo Sep 2024 #4

Yep Blue Full Moon Sep 2024 #6

That's a long time to carry a grudge! JoseBalow Sep 2024 #19

Nixon did it. DiamondShark Sep 2024 #43

And last year it was all " nobody should marybourg Sep 2024 #32

So you moved away, right? Bobstandard Sep 2024 #37

It doesn't happen year after year, as in hurricane regions. See the difference? Sogo Sep 2024 #38

Look up the last time a hurricane hit Asheville, NC. yardwork Sep 2024 #39

Hey, maybe I wasn't referring to places like Ashville, NC Sogo Sep 2024 #42

No I don't really see the difference. Your "100 year" flood will be back soon, before you know it... Hekate Sep 2024 #41

Neither of your assertions is true. TwilightZone Sep 2024 #5

Water was everywhere, because two of the nation's biggest rivers had flooded. Sogo Sep 2024 #9

The cities of Fargo and Moorhead bought hundreds of homes in the flood plain NickB79 Sep 2024 #16

Wow soandso Sep 2024 #22

Something to think about Blue Full Moon Sep 2024 #8

I have a different take but similar conclusion newdeal2 Sep 2024 #10

How about all the people who live near forests and vegetation that burns in CA? former9thward Sep 2024 #11

Overdevelopment in CA is a big topic out there. Sogo Sep 2024 #13

As forest mismanagement should be. EOM littlemissmartypants Sep 2024 #17

It's not a contest. Duncan Grant Sep 2024 #12

Compassion a plenty....but the point is that Sogo Sep 2024 #14

On AOL, with a 14.4 kbs dail-up modem JoseBalow Sep 2024 #23

As a young man I visited the San Diego Zoo. bluescribbler Sep 2024 #18

Interesting analogy Doc Sportello Sep 2024 #26

My thoughts exactly. bluescribbler Sep 2024 #33

How's this for irony, their were a couple of Coasties that would spend down time at a pub on IRB I frequented in FL '93 Cheezoholic Sep 2024 #20

Where did you hear that? Did social media even exist in 1993? Kaleva Sep 2024 #21

Bulletin boards did. nitpicked Sep 2024 #27

Before social media, people read newspapers, magazines, opinion pieces, letters to the editor, watched broadcast news, Sogo Sep 2024 #34

Then you should be able to provide some sources Kaleva Sep 2024 #45

Years of silt accumulation from regular flooding are what makes river valleys such good farmland. eppur_se_muova Sep 2024 #30

Yup. Baitball Blogger Sep 2024 #44