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adigal

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24. You know, more and more I wonder if we should rebuild where Mother Earth has spoken

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 04:46 PM

Sep 2017

How many times will we rebuild down the Jersey shore? Parts of Long Beach Island have been decimated several times. Same with the Outer Banks and the low-lying Keys.

Not even counting the cost, which we all pay for through federal flood insurance (often to people WAY wealthier than the average American) it just may be smart to move back from the sea. Cause it will happen over and over.

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For first time in 300 years, no one is living on Barbuda [View all] jpak Sep 2017 OP

OMG, this is just so sad. lark Sep 2017 #1

No, that's the total population DavidDvorkin Sep 2017 #2

You meant Barbuda. nt marybourg Sep 2017 #14

Right DavidDvorkin Sep 2017 #23

I looked up Barbuda on Wikipedia... SummerSnow Sep 2017 #4

that's the total population of Barbuda and Antigua together barbtries Sep 2017 #6

Thanks for the clarification. lark Sep 2017 #7

Minimal damage. nt marybourg Sep 2017 #15

Heartbreaking. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #3

given that global warming is no hoax, barbtries Sep 2017 #5

As time goes on and the effects of global warming grow worse... Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #8

300 years?? Wow. Eurocentric much?? malchickiwick Sep 2017 #9

I thought that, too obamanut2012 Sep 2017 #11

It's a small island in what was a sparsely populated world. marybourg Sep 2017 #17

I happen to know the island was inhabited for thousands of years pre-contact: Hence my post. malchickiwick Sep 2017 #20

I think the way to understand the article is this. Igel Sep 2017 #26

Thanks, but I'll stick with my original explanation: Eurocentrism malchickiwick Sep 2017 #28

Small island paleotn Sep 2017 #19

Actually, Native people across the Caribbean enjoyed a plethora of resources. malchickiwick Sep 2017 #22

Baruda's population pre Irma & Jose was approx. 1,800 obamanut2012 Sep 2017 #10

"illegal Spanish immigrants" -- nicely stated. malchickiwick Sep 2017 #21

Yes, climate change made Harvey and Irma worse melm00se Sep 2017 #12

Severe Hurricanes are a "Liberal Myth" ThoughtCriminal Sep 2017 #13

It will be interesting for scientist to study how the natural BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #16

Antigua and Barbuda are an independent state. procon Sep 2017 #18

You know, more and more I wonder if we should rebuild where Mother Earth has spoken adigal Sep 2017 #24

Silly people! Don't you know Barbuda was all a Chinese hoax? tclambert Sep 2017 #25

I, for one, had never even heard of the place. robbob Sep 2017 #27

the indigenous people lived there for thousands of years cntrfthrs Sep 2017 #29