Ashville NC which is kinda the epicenter of where the worst of the reporting is coming out of is 250 miles from the coast and located in the mountains. This isn't just "yeah you built in Florida you signed up for extreme weather events" this is "the fucking Appalachian mountains flooded!" This should be the wakeup call the climate change is coming for everyone and will make more extreme weather events for everyone
we are already seeing the things they warned us about years ago happening now. further unrealized warnings call for large habitat destruction. we could see large extinction events. the same people that bury their heads in the sand are the ones who stand in the way of legislating solutions to mitigate this. entire species of animals that are completely innocent could die because these ignorant people will block solutions. what do we do?
Yeah, hearing similar things from others; it takes a really long time to fix the utilities when the roads are washed out all over the place, and need to be repaired to even bring heavy equipment in to many locations.
I was just going to say, I drive past this place almost everyday. It's wild to see Asheville everywhere online. Hope you're doing well JimmyBigSausage.
The move they're making is to claim that Democrats control the weather and inflict storms like this on people. It's bullshit, like most of their other claims, and really reeks of desperation.
regardless of how much we make fun of them, point out their hypocrisy, etc., these people still have a say in our government. we are witnessing the beginning of the end of civilization. how long are we going to just stand here and watch the world burn?
Wait till you find out what is going on with the permafrost at the Siberian flats, Alaska and elsewhere. If you freeze stuff in a refrigerator, the power goes out, well all that decomposing stuff will give off gasses and those gasses are way more potent as a greenhouse gas than c02.
I am so ashamed of my state. My school made a big deal to teach us about the environment and yet so many of these chill billy garbage freaks don't care. The worst are the fishermen, if anyone should know better its them.
I miss old school green peace that used fuck up trawlers and spike trees. But that time is gone now.
As a hobby fisherman I see that there is no longer snow when I go after trout in the mountain lakes, no longer as much water in those snow fed lakes.
I notice I'm wearing summer clothes for more of the year and seriously considering getting air-con at home in a city where only commercial spaces had them in the past
Moved there in my mid 20's. A few years after there was a "The Flood of the Century". They found the McDonald's Grand Piano standing in a field on the Biltmore Estate. By the time I got there the damage was mostly cleaned up to the point you couldn't even tell there was a flood.
Used to say that Asheville doesn't really experience natural disasters...gonna keep my mouth shut from now on.