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12. Have thought the same many times.

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #7)

Sun Aug 27, 2017, 05:41 PM

Aug 2017

And I understand that you're not an uncaring person, and neither am I. But yes, this scenario will be repeated in future catastrophic weather events, just as 99% of (real) scientists have warned for years now.

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