Hurricane Ian leaves dozens dead in U.S. Southeast as focus turns to rescue, recovery

[onthedarkside]

 

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of Florida’s flooded homes from Hurricane Ian while authorities in South Carolina began assessing damage from its strike there as the remnants of one of the strongest and costliest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. continued to push north.

 

The powerful storm terrorized millions of people for most of the week, battering western Cuba before raking across Florida from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, where it mustered enough strength for a final assault on South Carolina. Now weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, Ian was expected to move across North Carolina then into Virginia and New York.

 

At least 31 people were confirmed dead, including 27 people in Florida mostly from drowning but others from the storm’s tragic aftereffects. An elderly couple died after their oxygen machines shut off when they lost power, authorities said.

 

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https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-floods-florida-north-carolina-caribbean-f537bc6e6d9481c4680a4a7af238bc6c

 

 

 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

This wasn't your standard annual hurricane. So bad. Who knows if this particular storm is related to climate change but when you see what the future may hold, devastation and life lost, a beachside dream life in places like Fort Myers not practical anymore, so many lives thrown into chaos, it must give even Maga heads pause as they see have a look at the potential future. No more scientific theoreticals but how life could be. 

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2 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

This wasn't your standard annual hurricane. So bad. Who knows if this particular storm is related to climate change but when you see what the future may hold, devastation and life lost, a beachside dream life in places like Fort Myers not practical anymore, so many lives thrown into chaos, it must give even Maga heads pause as they see have a look at the potential future. No more scientific theoreticals but how life could be. 

Fossil fuel companies and their fellow travelers have managed to convince large numbers of Americans that there is some serious scientific doubt about the reality and consequences of human-caused climate change. So people keep on moving to places like Florida and the American southwest despite the increasingly dangerous climate situations in those regions.

[KhunLA]

On 10/2/2022 at 7:17 AM, placeholder said:

Fossil fuel companies and their fellow travelers have managed to convince large numbers of Americans that there is some serious scientific doubt about the reality and consequences of human-caused climate change. So people keep on moving to places like Florida and the American southwest despite the increasingly dangerous climate situations in those regions.

Increasingly dangerous, nothing has changed.  

 

IMHO people should not be living there and they definitely should not be allowed to rebuild if at the taxpayers expense.  You want to live in a hurricane zone that's your problem.

 

 

Edited October 5, 2022 by onthedarkside
unsourced and unsubstantiated claims removed

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On 10/2/2022 at 7:57 AM, KhunLA said:

Increasingly dangerous, nothing has changed.  

 

IMHO people should not be living there and they definitely should not be allowed to rebuild if at the taxpayers expense.  You want to live in a hurricane zone that's your problem.

 

 

Someday, you're going to surprise me and actually offer some evidence to back up your assertions. But today is not that day.

 

How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous

Stronger wind speeds, more rain, and worsened storm surge add up to more potential destruction

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/07/how-climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-more-dangerous/

[KhunLA]

56 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Someday, you're going to surprise me and actually offer some evidence to back up your assertions. But today is not that day.

 

How climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous

Stronger wind speeds, more rain, and worsened storm surge add up to more potential destruction

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/07/how-climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-more-dangerous/

Did you actually read that ?

All theory, no proof, and nothing linking it to MMCC or MMGW. 

 

Even states, no increased numbers of.  'Possibly stronger' but they've only been keeping records for so long.   Since most areas not that inhabited pre-1900 ... then nobody knows.

 

All guess work to perpetuate 'their' opinion.  And it is an opinion piece based on 9 yr study.

 

Simple problems have simple solutions ... don't live in tornado/hurricane/flood zones.

 

You can't fix stupid

Edited October 2, 2022 by KhunLA

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On 10/2/2022 at 9:21 AM, KhunLA said:

Did you actually read that ?

All theory, no proof, and nothing linking it to MMCG.  Even states, no increased numbers of.

'Possibly stronger' but they've only been keeping records for so long.   Since most areas not that inhabited pre-1900 ... then nobody knows.

 

All guess work to perpetuate 'their' opinion.  And it is an opinion piece based on 9 yr study.

 

Simple problems have simple solutions ... don't live in tornado/hurricane/flood zones.

 

You can't fix stupid

Did you actually read the article?

 

The authors of that same 2013 study found a substantial regional and global increase in the proportion of the strongest hurricanes – category 4 and 5 storms. The authors attribute that increase to global heating of the climate: “We conclude that since 1975 there has been a substantial and observable regional and global increase in the proportion of Cat 4-5 hurricanes of 25-30 percent per °C of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming.”

 

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/07/how-climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-more-dangerous/

 

And if course it would be bizarre if it weren't true.

Hurricanes draw their power from the heat in the oceans. The oceans are getting warmer. Therefore....

The troposphere is getting warmer. Therefore the air can hold more water vapor. Water vapor is the precursor to rain. Therefore...