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In reply to the discussion: Tomorrow is going to be an historic moment for this country. [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,493 posts)87. Far too many are like them.
If they haven't actually experienced a deadly storm like this, they have no clue.
I recall reading decades ago, possibly as early as the late 1970s, that sea rise alone, even without storms like these, will devastate most of the Florida Coast. And that because so many newcomers move there every year, there are always too many newbies who just don't get it.
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They do not evacuate the whole counties. They do it by zone based on your danger for surge.
camartinwv
Oct 2024
#71
I too have a FB friend who lives in St Petersburg. She claims to be in a non-evac zone...I'm thinkin' NOT THIS TIME!
Backseat Driver
Oct 2024
#49
Yes, but the making decisions in FL is a petty, vindictive, immature snit. nt
woodsprite
Oct 2024
#8
Even more fortunately the storm seems to be trending just south of Tampa avoiding the Storm Surge in the city.
Jk23
Oct 2024
#10
Well, it's too bad the machine that we built would never save us, that's what they say
JoseBalow
Oct 2024
#54
I like to think so, being that we evolved in Africa, and expanded to encompass the whole globe, w/ all of its
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2024
#76
Katrina cost 125 million. This will be 250 million which could be equivalent to Katrina's dollars.
jimfields33
Oct 2024
#33
That is old school christofascist conspiracy theory, been saying that for decades.
Thomas Hurt
Oct 2024
#40
Republicans deserve our eternal hatred for how bad they fucked us with this catastrophe that threatens the planet
LymphocyteLover
Oct 2024
#29
The 21st Century battle for our survival won't be from a foreign entity. It will be the climate.
OAITW r.2.0
Oct 2024
#39