We Need To Stop Calling These Hurricanes "Once In A Lifetime"

[@thatdarnskag5043]

GTA 6 about to add a “in memory of the state of Florida” to the opening credits.

[@hvvnter]

direct cat 4 hit in florida, and somehow north carolina got fucked harder than florida did

[@Oscar_the_fascist_slayer]

We got blue Florida before gta 6

[@jadonskatoff4726]

@@Oscar_the_fascist_slayernawh 💀

[@Just_Chill_Out_Man]

Miami who? Who's Miami?

[@tmc8195]

“We got ‘no more Florida’ before GTA 6 💀 “

[@SlurMaster9000]

Technically, anything that kills you is "once in a lifetime" by definition

[@boldtaa]

About 60 people died. The rest of us lived.

[@jarlsparkley]

There are people who get killed by something that they survived at least once before

[@bakerbrown6]

😂

[@donyoung7874]

Except not everyone in those areas have died. But that was a clever response, by half.

[@kruzedarling9347]

@@boldtaaUp to 200 now

[@darkhelmet12e47]

Florida going blue one way or another

[@AsobiMedio]

Gonna get that blue wave regardless.

[@JohnThomas-mb9go]

Goddamn

[@NicoleThompson-vn9ei]

Blue wave!

[@rustyshackleford2841]

While their governor fight trans mickey mouse 🙄. Idiot needs to prepare for stuff like this, not the “woke fight” agenda. How about the save Florida when natural disasters happen?

[@birb7981]

Gahhhhhhht dayummmm. 😂

[@Jazzmaster1992]

As a born-and-raised Floridian, I see a lot of parallels between the attitudes of people for these storms, and the attitudes during COVID. A lot of people were saying it was just going to be wind and rain, like another afternoon thunderstorm. Just like they would say COVID was just like having the flu or a cold. People are stubborn, and they don't want to acknowledge that something out of control could change their life forever, especially if they don't do something to mitigate the harm. People around me were acting cranky and restless because they wanted to go to work or run errands, probably because being at work or picking up groceries makes you feel normal, but wearing a mask or evacuating your home is acknowledging that something bad is about to happen. I don't think this is always a partisan thing (though, it often is). I think people get frustrated and upset when their way of life, their sense of normalcy and routine, and their idea of stability is challenged/threatened by some overwhelming force of nature that's completely out of their control.

[@barcotics1880]

well im in central florida and thats pretty much what the storm was and i dont live on the coast for this reason, i remember when we had direct hits though in central florida and it would knock power out for weeks

[@afqwa423]

They're Nurgle-worshipers basically. Didn't think that character was a good description of human behavior, but apparently it is.

[@colasrtney]

People go back and rebuild places like NOLA bc it's home. People will go back multiple times and others wonder why they don't just move. It's because it's home and I understand it, personally I get pretty shook when I'm out of familiarity and my comfort zone.

[@Jazzmaster1992]

@@barcotics1880 there's tons of people in the Carolinas who thought a hurricane couldn't do anything to them because they were hundreds of miles inland.

[@andregomes6845]

@@afqwa423 You are totally right, that is exactly the Nurgle sales pitch. It infects you with diseases and offers you a way out of the suffering.

[@gunspy]

i can't wait to live through next year's hottest summer in history!

[@alfredcampos7268]

Mmm to be honest it might not be, cause this year we had the peak of El niño(which was mild in its potency by some reports), from now on we go into la Niña again which is drier but cooler Edit: but in any case the temperature will go higher and higher as you said, but we might have to wait for a couple of years for a new el niño to break the records like this time

[@Glacierlune]

​​@@alfredcampos7268 Yes, but it's very possible that it won't return to pre el nino temps. It's going to be somewhere in-between. And in a decade this el ninos temps will be a regular year. That's how fast the temp is rising.

[@davidsnow791]

@@gunspy Utter Climate Change in Florida? I think they throw you in prison 😂 You wonder why Governor Ron wears lifts in his shoes?…he doesn’t want to drown..

[@Demagora]

The only sequels guaranteed to outdo the last in the franchise.

[@wadeinn463]

It’s all fake news. Climate change is a hoax. These are all AI generated.

[@lawlitachi]

Growing up in the Caribbean, we heard how big and powerful America is. It was always strange seeing how a hurricane that passed my country would then go on and wallop the US, who for some reason, doesn't build hurricane proof architecture in hurricane prone areas. Now when people from tropical countries are crying out for better climate policy as our homes are more and more at risk, powerful nations turn a blind eye. Now as storms worsen into the US, how will they act? Unfortunately, probably by ignoring it “it’s not that bad!” Until they themselves are underwater.

[@Seth9809]

The anti climate people live in hurricane areas

[@LC-wv7tz]

You realize this isn't the first time a hurricane has leveled a city in the US, right? It happens literally every year in the gulf. Katrina, one of the most famous, was 20 years ago and that was hardly the first disastorous hurricane. The continental US is also ravaged by much more extreme weather than the Caribbean. There are hurricanes in the gulf, tornados in the midwest, blizzards in the northeast, wildfires in the west. The entire US continent is embroiled in natural disasters. You act like no one talks about it or it's never gone noticed in the US or elsewhere. It's in the news constantly. Every season of every year and has been since technology to spread news was first invented...

[@MichaelDerryGameitect]

I've heard that water does most of the damage in these storms, so maybe _most_ of the structures _are_ built for hurricane standards. I'm wondering if the effects of water are different in the Caribbean vs. the mainland. For instance, storm surge presses pretty far inland when it hits the mainland but I wonder if this pressure is able to flow around the islands, reducing this effect. I did a brief search but wasn't able to find any useful sources.

[@Jake-rs9nq]

@@LC-wv7tz And the US actually responded appropriately after Katrina, spending $14 billion on a new levee system. Hurricane Ida was about as strong as Katrina, and hit New Orleans directly in 2021. Yet, there was more flooding from that storm in *New York City* than New Orleans, thanks to the investments in infrastructure.

[@darthutah6649]

LeopardsAteMyFace moment

[@jerzyjureczek4670]

So, people from Florida may start selling their properties to Aquaman!

[@rodefshalom]

I came to the comments hoping for an HBomb reference. Thank you for not disappointing me.

[@fadedneonzzz9259]

It’s amazing to me that Ron Desantis wants Floridians to worry more about stopping kids from being trans and banning black history than focusing on shit that actually matters to the average person in Florida.

[@bitey-facepuppyguy2038]

Yeah, it's really quite amazing, isn't it. When it comes to hurricanes, he would probably be most concerned that the naming conventions for Atlantic hurricanes reflect that there are "only two genders" rather than be interested in predicting wind-speeds or water levels, or financing shore protection works.

[@YTPartyTonight]

Does it speak more to the insanity of Florida voters or the sheer incompetence of the Florida Democratic Party?

[@YTPartyTonight]

P.S. I’m sure most of the Democratic Party is not genuinely serious about climate change either.

[@Howiefm28496]

@@YTPartyTonightprojecting as always 😂

[@YTPartyTonight]

@@Howiefm28496No, I’m speaking about reality and I’m from the left of you. Get a grip. 😵‍💫

[@kated3165]

That hot tub of a gulf is going to become a MAJOR hurricane spawner as it keeps growing warmer and warmer over the years.

[@ladyeowyn42]

I mean it already is. My family all left TN last year.

[@kated3165]

@@ladyeowyn42 Good! Don't know when the first cat 6 hurricanes will appear, but they are on the predicted horizon now...

[@MsScarletwings]

@@ladyeowyn42*laughing nervously in Tennessean *

[@GelloWello]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@ladyeowyn42You know it’s crazy when a landlocked Appalachian state can’t handle all the gulf hurricanes

[@rowandunning5693]

​@@GelloWello I live in ohio and we still feel the effects. I don't know how anyone can keep their head in the sand about this

[@narayasuiryoku1397]

You can't keep denying climate change forever.

[@BiggieChungulus]

I disagree. This planet will turn into Venus before they acknowledge climate change.

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

Oh they will, they'll claim this was just another Tuesday morning, just you wait. I know it's an urban myth, but this is a frog in a boiling pan situation. It's not possible to point to a specific moment in time where before there was no climate change and after there is a climate change.

[@wehiird]

Idk I think I got about another 35 once in a lifetime hurricanes and at least like 17 once in a millennium wildfires in me

[@jamesgordon9825]

You severely underestimate the power of stupidity.

[@bananakingcomment6651]

But it’ll eventually deny us from yknow living

[@svgarceau]

"Once in a lifetime hurricane" says country where this routinely happens.

[@raymondmasullo3386]

Three times for me. Hurricane Floyd in 1999 (flooded out of an apartment). Superstorm Sandy in 2012 (not much damage for me personally). Hurricane Ida in 2021 (flooded out of another apartment). And this is in NJ. I'm on the second floor and more inland now (not too far from the PA border). No more "once in a lifetime" for anyone anymore.

[@LeDank]

@@raymondmasullo3386my dad lives in Florida and his house has flooded twice in two years. He’s weathered so many hurricanes I’m not even sure of the count at this point.

[@jmh4ggg]

It really was once in a lifetime for us here in Augusta, Ga. Trees have been here for 50 years were snatched up by the roots 400 miles inland. This was no ordinary hurricane.

[@Demagora]

I'm sure the insurance companies in Florida agree they'll never have to worry about a storm like this happening again.

[@fungdark8270]

@@jmh4gggthat’s an interesting way to say they got blown over

[@asherroodcreel640]

So are people just not going to live in a bunch of states anymore

[@pf100andahalf]

I think that's the plan

[@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9]

We will live in the VR headset

[@Wormcasts]

All the rich people will move and the rest don’t matter to the powers that be

[@Hellkite-er5pg]

Correct. People have already started moving away from the coastal states.

[@kated3165]

Pretty much! The hurricane States and the natural deserts (which are about to get WAY hotter and more "deserty") are going to become harder and harder to live in, until they become pretty uninhabitable.

[@TheNerdling]

"Once in a lifetime" because it's never going to be that tame again

[@purplepotatoes9255]

Evangelicals focusing efforts on reclaiming the holy land as god is actively trying to reclaim florida...seems blasphemous, honestly.

[@Braedan-dv5gm]

Actually read the Bible and speak to theologians before for try to slam dunk on Christianity. You've made a boogeyman out of your neighbors.

[@fulcrum2951]

Did you?​@@Braedan-dv5gm

[@elvis4868]

​@Braedan-dv5gm the bible that talks about daughters seducing their father? Or the part where it glorifies genocide of the canaans?

[@dynamicworlds1]

​@@Braedan-dv5gmqDefend Numbers 31:17-18 (which means exactly what it sounds like it means) or admit that your "holy" book is evil. I'll wait.

[@AgingPurse]

​@Braedan-dv5gm bro it was a joke, calm down.

[@ekrenz5268]

Floridians have to rely on high heel Ron. My condolences..

[@Rizzy4magic]

Appreciate it crying in Floridian

[@wehiird]

He needs to take some fashion tips from jd mandel

[@ElliotBriarch]

Heels-Up Ron their calling him 😂

[@makokenji4350]

They voted for him. They get what they asked for.

[@jessjess23brooks89]

As a Floridian who actively hates Ron, disaster organization is actually his best form. He isn't afraid to declare emergencies, get linemen or even ask Joe for help when people are dying. Shit has been able to pick up faster under him. Shocking, I know. He should just get a job in the FEMA sector or something. He literally fucks up everything else he touches so it makes no sense. Now house insurance on the other hand....

[@Palemagpie]

I wonder where Ron Desantis fled

[@briansullivan2831]

Hell

[@phoenix-radar]

Cancun

[@krelekari]

13:56 I was working in a Pizzahut in Washington State, and both the Freezers and the walk in would shut down because the inside temps would reach an excess of 85 degrees on sunny days.... Its like everyone just assumed the weather would remain the exact same forever and didnt future proof a single thing until finally everything starts shutting down at once

[@David_Last_Name]

Well yeah, they are denying climate change, so thats what happens. They cant prepare for a future they are too dumb to admit will happen.

[@NoisyRooster]

Also in new york, amd a bunch of other places. John Oliver did a whole piece on flood insurance already amd how much money Florida costs the federal government every year

[@Howiefm28496]

Red states are sucking America until it’s blue in the face😢

[@parrot998]

Standardized buildings are a bigger problem than people realize. Back in ancient times, the shapes and materials of buildings were dictated by environment and use... A good place to see this is institutional buildings... Hospitals, schools, town offices, even arguably prisons... They all use the same materials in near identical configurations and layouts in spite of having drastically different purposes. And they aren't much different regardless of location either. There used to be buildings that were like giant domes that were dug out, and they were used for primative collective refrigeration by siphoning heat upwards whilst keeping the food below ground level... Many of these buildings still stand today, thousands of years later. People don't do any of this efficiency + stability oriented building anymore... It's all architectural conventions and boxes, even when boxes aren't even close to the best option.

[@Nebekenazar]

not to support insurance companies, but I wouldn't want to cover that shit either.

[@dubspool]

Especially when the governor is doing jack shit to prepare the state for the next one.

[@dynamicworlds1]

We should stop with all the disaster relief as a country too. Help people move to less uninhabitable locations, obviously, but we need to acknowledge that Florida IS going to be reclaimed by the sea and there is nothing we can do to stop it. Stop throwing money into lost causes And rebuilding Florida is a lost cause.

[@TheSpeep]

Almost like insurance should maybe not be run with a profit motive...

[@nomadsland8322]

@@dubspoolthey should take all that money and lobby against his ass then

[@dynamicworlds1]

@@TheSpeep the problem isn't the profit motive here. The problem is that we keep rebuilding in areas that are doomed to be destroyed again. That's just a waste of resources no matter how you structure insurance.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*The problem is you guys built your houses out of cardboard and sticky backed plastic* and relied on vast amounts of electricity to keep them livable in deserts and swamps. You would not be allowed to build a US house to keep a car in in the EU. But building ultra cheap houses and making them livable with vast amounts of electricity - THAT will only get you so far. When the water runs out or the water is 6 feet higher they still become unlivable. If you build a house in a flood area the bottom floor should be designed to flood - 2 feet thick stone walls and terracotta tiled floor that slopes down to the door so you can wash it out after the flood.

[@bakerbrown6]

Yeah I mean Florida- they had to drain the water out just to make it livable so it’s a constant battle… and a risky one

[@nielsjensen4185]

The issue is that when a lot of these houses were built the area was a non-flood zone. Climate change has made them so.

[@MMOStein]

The amount of brainrot Europeans who constantly say "well if you build your house out of bricks instead of wood it will survive natural disasters" needs to stop. I know you guys literally have no extreme weather on your continent so let me spell it out for you: Literally nothing you build will survive extreme natural phenomenon such as storm surge or flash flooding or a fucken tornado etc. *I promise.* The best thing that Florida in particular can do is build literally every structure 5-10 feet off the ground to protect it from surge, and many costal areas already do that, or are starting to do that. The problem with U.S building code isn't the structural quality/integrity itself, its often they aren't constructed with severe/extreme weather in mind. For example, Lets talk tornadoes since that one in particular seems to perplex Europeans the most often. You don't (Can't) build a house to survive a violent tornado. You instead build a rated shelter so the people can survive, yet, most buildings in tornado/dixie alley do NOT have storm shelters or even basements. This is the problem. The goal to tornado survival, is to save the PEOPLE via shelters and early warning infrastructure, not "build a stronger house lmao". I can go on with different examples but you get the point, like how flood prone areas often don't have the landscaping infrastructure to mitigate/redirect flash flooding, etc.

[@jp__878]

lol I guarantee you Florida has stricter building codes than whatever Europoor nation you from. Problem is there are still numerous structures built prior to 2004 and thus do not hold up to those codes. Hope this helps

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@jp__878 HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA not even close dude. You could not build a car garage to Florida specifications in the EU 1) Fet roof "Shingles" - not allowed, cheap and crap 2) Tripple glazed K glass that reflects IR radiation is mandatory - you guys bearly have double glazing 3) you can build houses out of wood and cardboard here the LOWEST acceptable4 form of construction is post and beam reinforced concrete with terracotta brick infill there are a hundred more Your houses are a joke

[@azi6896]

My parents live in Lake Lure. Got the confirmation that they were okay today. This past 24 hours were not fun.

[@Thegr8MC]

"This has got to be the fifth "once in a lifetime" storm I've lived through."

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

[@hikiwa1]

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was~

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

@@hikiwa1 There is water, at the bottom of the ocean! Under the water, carry the water.

[@grandmarshallkingwolfman420]

​@@TheUnmitigatedDawnAt the bottom of the ocean and on top of Florida now.

[@matthewwagner7140]

Aspiring meteorologist here, I just say “historic ___” instead of saying it’s once in a lifetime. Or I’ll say it’s a 1 in a 25000 year rain event (which it was for upstate SC where I live) to help relay the gravity of the situation. Also just cause something is a 1 in a ___ year weather event, doesn’t mean you’ll never see something that serious again. We are probably going to see a lot more of these once in a ___ weather events more frequently due to man made climate change.

[@thatdarnskag5043]

Meteorologists should just start going full Homer Simpson and adding “the worst, _so far_ “ to any coverage of this stuff. Really drive in that it ain’t gonna be a one-time thing.

[@matthewwagner7140]

@@thatdarnskag5043 I totally agree. Saying once in a lifetime gives people a sense of security because it implies they won’t see that again. When they probably will see it again in the next three years lol. Be prepared and weather aware!

[@andrewerion8552]

I'm from the upstate of SC too, and we got it pretty bad in my city. All the shutters blown off my parents house and tons of trees knocked over. They didn't have power for like a day. Absolutely wild

[@ladyeowyn42]

Keep up your studies! I have 2 degrees in atmospheric science. It’s a great community of smart, dedicated, service minded people.

[@matthewwagner7140]

@@ladyeowyn42 thanks!! I had to stop my studies due to financial issues but I still have a passion for it and plan to get my degrees asap

[@matthewdonohue9667]

They’re already watching a new system forming near the Yucatán…

[@Kitsumari]

We can't catch a fucking break

[@hajojo]

Hoping it just. Doesn't. I'm still without power for the next week and I live in a major city!!!

[@dubspool]

God really hates Florida apparently

[@alcoholic1638]

@@hajojo I’m kind of hoping it does because I’m not going to be affected by any of this and I want to see what happens.

[@hajojo]

@@alcoholic1638 absolute weirdo and loser behaviour.

[@beautifulbbqchip6493]

Every town I lived in growing up in western NC is basically leveled right now. My college town got severe flooding and I had to evacuate my house. Marshall NC, Asheville NC, Barnardsville NC, and Hot Springs NC are all devastated and I grew up in all of these places. It feels unreal to see them all destroyed or at the very least extremely devastated.

[@arielcheeze]

My dad’s family is from Erwin. I went to school in Asheville. The footage is heart-crushing.

[@beautifulbbqchip6493]

⁠@@arielcheezeoh man, I saw pictures and such from Erwin as well. I wish the best for your dad’s family.

[@TomikaKelly]

Im from South Florida, but I went to college in Raleigh. I used to visit Asheville every Fall to see the colors along the Blue Ridge mountains. It's quite devastating.

[@danielmorton9956]

Western NC was devastated with record floods. Several towns have been wiped off the map.

[@psychosalad6653]

I hope people pick up this side of the story. I’m one of the luckier people in WNC. I was lucky enough to have my place of work open, which was one of two grocery stores open in my area. It was a madhouse. We had to limit people coming in for fire safety, lines wrapped around the entire store (it’s one of the bigger ones around as well), gas pumps have no power, the registers have no scales for weighted produce. And we are cash only, which meant to EBT.

[@exDivinityFPS]

What's crazy is this is the third tropical system to dump somewhere around that magnitude of rain on NC this year alone.

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

Once in a (mosquito's) lifetime

[@bananadane]

Breaking news we are All living multiple lifetimes!

[@Jay-gl6oz]

I tried to get to western NC towns today to help distribute as much food and water as I possibly could along with basic medical care, I drove over 12 hours in all today and the flooding hasn't stopped, our roads are destroyed and some towns are gone, like forever, they're under sand, nothing left. All I could do was pick up people attempting to flee on foot, people are dead and dying, I had to use paper maps because my cell service went out. It's too much, I was going to get a hotel in a near by city but I just can't go back, it's fucking horrifying, the site of towns hundreds of years old just gone caused me to have a nervous breakdown knowing I could only do so much on my own. I'm heading back east now, but I think it's going to take a while for me to be able to get over what I saw.

[@arielcheeze]

I’m from NE TN. The destruction in Southern Appalachia is absolutely heart-crushing.

[@TigerHighaf]

Remember when people knew how to trip plan with only an atlas... ahh the good old days may return

[@1Dropboys]

Katrina will be hard to top but will get easier every year :(

[@mememachine-386]

Having just watched When the Levees Broke again, I don't know how people don't take the increase in stronger, more dangerous hurricanes seriously.

[@fungdark8270]

Katrina wasn’t bad because of storm strength, it was bad because of where it hit. How do people still not get this?

[@ecoRfan]

Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a hurricane that is worse than Katrina before the end of the decade.

[@fungdark8270]

@@ecoRfan Katrina wasn’t even a bad hurricane, New Orleans was simply woefully unprepared for ANY hurricane. Y’all, please stop with the notion that Katrina was some superstorm

[@ecoRfan]

@@fungdark8270 I was referring to the amount of damage. Of course it hit a major area that wasn’t prepared.

[@hugegamer5988]

These storms are so strong if you’re caught in one it probably will be once in a lifetime.

[@rmc3375]

Asheville NC is a liberal oasis in the state. We need them ready to vote in a month

[@arturo0727]

Today i was watching local FL news. And they interviewed one guy in his 60's or something and his home had severe damage. The reporter asked what can be done and the old guy mentioned they should expand "citizens" the low cost state driven home insurance. The reporter asked him if he would be okay on giving insurance to more people and increase taxes to pay for such insurance, he immediately backpadel, but he still wanted his home to be covered by citizens. The reporter told him that desantis has weaken insurance claims and makes far more difficult for clients to be compensate fairly. He immediately said fake news and goes rabbit on the reporter. I swear this boomer Floridians are one step from going left but the moment you tell them it will also benefit others, they go rabbit right and they will rather go down with the ship. As he said Paradise has a price. Very republican of them low cost insurance for me but not for thee.😂😂

[@trinodot8112]

I've been through like 5 "once-in-a-lifetime" hurricanes. During Ian, which was 2 years ago, I watched my neighbor's houses get literally shredded to pieces by it.

[@ekrak0ski87]

Wind and storm surge are correlated- the higher the wind speed the higher the storm surge.

[@ladyeowyn42]

Because both are driven by low pressure. Well, technically the wind is driven by high pressure gradients.

[@bitey-facepuppyguy2038]

Actually, I think the correlation can be rather weak. For a given wind-speed, hurricanes with a larger diameter tend to produce higher storm surge. The depth and slope of the continental shelf and the geometry of the shoreline are also important factors. If a hurricane causes strong offshore winds, the wind can actually push water away from the shore and cause unusually low water levels.

[@David_Last_Name]

"Thank god climate change is a hoax, or else we'd be fucked." -Every republican in Florida right now.

[@Koolah666]

Just got out of Asheville it was a nightmare

[@narnar4088]

I live in west NC and we have been DEVISTATED. Please if any of you have money to spare we really need help. Asheville and Boone have been destroyed. My favorite local shops are gone.... even if you guys can't help directly, please spread the news. We need help.

[@Witherman_Main]

Chimney Rock is being dissolved

[@jamesewing6591]

Lost power for 50 hours. Threw the spoiled food in the fridge away today. I still consider myself one of the lucky ones.

[@darkcrystalmagik3369]

In the area around Tampa/ St Pete, hit by this storm, most younger Firefighter/ EMTs usually earn Under $50K/year, BEFORE taxes (w/out overtime). For some Depts, it's under $40k. Quite revealing about what we actually value... If nothing else, it sure proves how dishonest ppl can be giving their POV in public about valuing FF/EMTs/medics, 1st responders in general publicly - how MUCH we value their hard work & sacrifice... so much lip service is paid - Yet what *Never* gets PAID instead is what they Want, Need, & DESERVE... Just, FAIR COMPENSATION ! 😡 Plenty of disengenuous displays of gratitude & respect... especially from politicians, business owners & wealthy homeowners... who all solemly CLAIM to "honor" FFs/ EMTs/medics. Yet the difference is enormous between genuine appreciation V. performative gratitude... loud empty gestures & cringe posturing, the usual hero worship rhetoric ... But probably the worst is bad faith promises to support the labor unions, & financially support Depts needs... The latter is common & easily visible among the more affluent & powerful. So effin Gross to say you appreciate someone saving your asshole Boomer Dad, then vote AGAINST an increase spending for the local FD... NOT even for a RAISE for the existing FFs, but to HIRE a few new ones, to add Just ONE additional FF to each shift, so they can at least bust their asses **under SAFER working conditions**. Not to mention, this vastly improves their ability to SAVE the lives of the public, as well. these professionals show up for us night & day, regardless of danger or weather, to aid ppl in their worst moments - to save what they most value - to clean up ppls messes/deal w/ consequences of their reckless disregard of safety, the consequences of their idiocy... To reassure, comfort & assist ppl, during what very often are chaotic & terrifying circumstances. A real sad commentary on American values. It's not even cheap to live in Central - or likely ANYWHERE- in FL anymore! And it hasn't been in well over a decade! All FF/ EMTs there, even veteran ones there, w/ 20+ yrs experience, earn Under $24/hr... FFS... In multiple Depts, FF/ EMTs working there under 5 yrs, risk their lives to SAVE ppls asses for under $20/ hr. I've even heard of under $18/ hr. It's vile.

[@danlowe8684]

Two hurricanes hit western No. Carolina within a week in 1916. A historical account: And it has been raining a lot this summer, of 1916. The ground is already saturated from the rain when a category 3 hurricane hits the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Florida. A few days later, on July 7 and 8, the weakened storm drops heavy rainfall over the region. The rains continue from July 9 to July 14. On July 14 a category 2 hurricane makes landfall along the South Carolina coast near Charleston. On July 15 and 16 this storm reaches western North Carolina. The area has now seen 10 days straight of rain. In Henderson County ten inches of rain fall in less then 24 hours. The National Weather Bureau recorded 22.22 inches of rainfall in one day at Altapass near Grandfather Mountain. At this time it is the greatest 24-hour precipitation total ever recorded in the United States. The French Broad River crests at an estimated 21 feet. That’s 17 feet above flood stage. The average width of the river near Asheville is 381 feet in 1916. During the flood the width grows to approximately 1300 feet. The blaring of textile mill whistles, the ringing of fire bells, and the ringing of church bells wake those not already alerted by the thunderous roar of landslides and the rushing torrents of flood waters. Only one telegraph office in Asheville is working. One message reads: “Asheville and Biltmore are flooded. The water is up to the ceiling in the depot. It is six feet deep in Dr. Elias’ house in Biltmore. It is in All Soul’s church-it is in the hospital-the beds are floating-the patients are drowning! The tannery is washed away-bridges are gone. Captain Lipe and some of the nurses are drowned at Biltmore. Other people are up in trees, surrounded by water, and they cannot get them out of the river. The Swannanoa is a mile wide! Box cars are floating down the French Broad. All the dams at Hendersonville have broken.” All the dams in the area break. Many bridges are destroyed. Miles and miles of rail are destroyed as they are often laid along river corridors. The total number of fatalities is unknown but it is estimated that at least 80 people died. The known deaths occur in the cities and towns. There are an unknowable number of fatalities in the secluded hills and hollers.

[@karaltar7914]

1:04 Moist Critikal boutta live up to his name 💀

[@cathyosbourne6986]

First 😂 today!

[@thierry1026]

No worries everyone, this is the part where aquaman comes in and buy every houses and save the day.

[@GabrielAlmeida-ce9jb]

This will be in the billions. A town next to our Chimney Rock national park no longer exists and these areas are currently inaccessible to the outside world without helicopters. Thankfully Biden has approved federal disaster assistance but people are still dying this was an insane disaster that literally altered the course of the river in thr area for good (fact check that last bit)

[@DannyYankou]

Weather models are showing another possible hurricane in the same general area next week. The scenes from North Carolina too have been heartbreaking.

[@psychosalad6653]

The town of Chimney Rock is gone. Nothing left. Asheville has been cut off, accessible only by air. Interstate 40 had chunks of it wash away. I was lucky enough to ONLY lose power. Running water came back today. I went to work at one of the only two grocery stores open in my town. Lines wrapped around the whole store. It was insane.

[@arielcheeze]

@@psychosalad6653 The I-26 bridge over the Nolichucky in Erwin is totally severed as well. The amount of lost infrastructure alone is just terrifying to contemplate.

[@arielcheeze]

I’m from northeastern Tennessee. East TN and western NC have been absolutely devastated by this catastrophic flooding. Florida and coastal areas are used to this. Southern Appalachia has never experienced this level of destruction. People were absolutely not prepared, not told to evacuate until it was too late. Flash floods are called flash floods for a reason. Lots of people are still missing, many are trapped because basically all the roads and bridges are wiped out, without power or water. Both interstates (40 and 26) between NC and TN are respectively half washed away or completely severed. Entire towns are just gone. It will take years for the region to recover.

[@irenafarm]

Stay safe! I’m near Rutherfordton.

[@iluxius8216]

I was under the impression it would just be another storm, hell, I stayed up the night because I thought, “oh it’s just like the previous ones, it’ll be a bit of rain, a fell tree here or there.” We were not ready.

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

When "once in a century" events are occurring every other year - need to recalibrate. Isn't that why insurance companies are abandonning Florida (their actuaries know)?

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

5:23 once a Boy Scout, always a Boy Scout. 5:49 he earned his Andy Warhol moment.

[@50043211]

What is this "we" stuff? Its US corporate media you have to talk to.

[@BobZombie8806]

Tornadoes are getting bigger too. My very first storm chase ever I found an EF-3

[@brunohommerding3416]

Lots of "once in a lifetime" natural disasters happening every year. We are soooo screwed

[@Tsurael]

In Augusta, GA. This is pretty easily worst storm in living memory. Stronger than expected winds (and from what I heard, small tornados) wrecked all the infrastructure and left a ton of roads blocked. Pretty much all the damage from falling trees and just some flooding here and there, so its a disaster, but not nearly the nightmare some of these flooded areas in the video

[@gwilson664]

I lived through two so called hundred-year floods in TN in the span of 6 years. I'm out now, fool me once shame on me, fool me twice and I'm moving.

[@irenafarm]

I’m sorry that you’re experiencing that. There’s gonna be climate issues no matter where you land, I’m afraid.

[@ironickrempt]

I have family who are stranded in western North Carolina. I am worried for them. No ocean access obv, so all the rescues, emergency supplies, etc have to be done by helicopter.

[@TomikaKelly]

Is your family okay? ❤

[@areyousureaboutthat5500]

Georgia viewer here. the last few hurricanes didn't affect my family that much. I never tracked it or looked at the news. I thought it was still a tropical storm, never knew it made it to cat 1 until after it was gone... nothing was destroyed and we had plenty of water and food but my parents lost power and water. and ofc I couldnt complete the many assignments I had put off. (last time our power only blinked off for a couple hours, it's been days). next time I'll pay more attention and prepare better

[@leoscaremporium2007]

The Southern Appalachian mountains are in real bad shape. Whole towns have been washed away.

[@tylerhackner9731]

They’re too terribly common tbh

[@Birdy084]

I’ve lived in Florida my entire life, I live in a house that’s over a century old. Never once has this house flooded in that time. Then Helene came, house was flooded. Like Katrina vitcims my dad and I waded through water until we found shelter. Needless to say we’ve agreed to leave the state now

[@joegibbskins]

Imagine if Asheville getting wrecked depresses the blue vote in NC and that is why we get Trump and Mark Robinson. Just a cursed world

[@alexmacdonald9182]

it's proven that increased ocean temps (caused by global warming) intensifies storms

[@AuntieMamies]

And will continue to do so. So this is not once in a lifetime. This is about once a year

[@fungdark8270]

@@AuntieMamieseveryone is messing the point that it was called “once in a lifetime” because of how long it’s been since a major hurricane hit Tallahassee.

[@AuntieMamies]

@@fungdark8270 that's a coincidence. They've been saying once in a lifetime storms and flooding in particular for years. They said the same thing when Kentucky flooded back in, I believe, 2022, but don't quote me on that. The point is that these "once in a lifetime storms" are happening basically every year

[@fungdark8270]

@@AuntieMamies yes, when a large hurricanes point of landfall COINCIDES with an area that hasn’t seen a major hurricane in A LIFETIME, the news media may use that term to make it sound worse/get people to take it seriously

[@AuntieMamies]

@@fungdark8270 well, it's kinda the boy who cried wolf kinda thing though. The thing that should make people take it seriously is that well over 100 people died

[@iluxius8216]

I live in Western NC. It’s bad. Chimney Rock, a nearby town, is just. *Gone*. It doesn’t exist anymore. The last I had of the Lake Lure dam, it was under threat of breaking but still holding. Many people still don’t have power. It’s a damn ocean now, all around us. I don’t think people understand just how bad flooding is - everywhere you know, the places you’ve been, it all *changes.* Asheville lost an entire district to the French Broad river. The target of revival, where so much of our funding has gone to - it’s just gone. I cannot stress enough how bad it was - the bridge into the city is vast, it feels taller than the world. And the waters were so *close,* the whole area I used to love driving through, it’s just completely underwater. There’s severe looting in Swananoa, one of my coworkers witnessed people getting shot just for cutting in line. Who’s to say if they were even doing that. Tensions are high, the few gas stations that have power and gas have lines for miles, police are directing traffic around them. I’m one of the lucky ones. The houses around me all have collapsed trees, one house got hit three times. I have a video of a nearby farm that just. Is a lake now. The cows were all huddled in the one corner that still have land. The road out to Tennessee collapsed, and it won’t be back for months at minimum. The gorgeous pass through the mountains, the place I used to travel through to go on adventures, the very thing that symbolized my childhood ventures. No one can get through. People are missing. People who need insulin can’t get it. People can’t get food easily, there definitely aren’t enough shelters. The water plants burst, everyone’s boiling water if we even have it running. The flood is worse than the previous historical one, back in 1916. Biltmore village went under, there’s a picture going around of the Wendy’s there only having the top of its roof showing. I wonder about the Biltmore mansion. Don’t come here. Not for some time. Wait for our signal to return and hope the people you know are ok. And again. I was one of the lucky ones.

[@iluxius8216]

If anyone needs info, I’ll try and pass on what I know. I’ve been playing courier the past few days. It’s the best I can do.

[@Balrog-tf3bg]

Damn… is there really any federal response? If that Dam fails anyone downstream is screwed

[@iluxius8216]

@@Balrog-tf3bg The national guard got deployed here. I’ve only seen their plane, which I suppose is a good thing because that means my specific area doesn’t _need_ their help.

[@deadfr0g]

6:27 Notice how the physical pain of having to explain his own joke has caused him to leak cerebral fluid.

[@kyero8724]

Not really

[@milionkornblatt9993]

I live in Florida, I’m only 22, and I can’t even remember how many of these “once in a lifetime” storms that I’ve lived through.

[@sashashahriari8244]

Stating though a hurricane is gambling the life of a first responder. Do better.

[@tylershropshire352]

I never expected my former hometown (Newport, TN) to pop up in a Vaush video, hahah. The effects of the post-tropical storm were traumatic and nearly fatal to a couple of my family members. I lost touch with my Nana for over 24 hours since my only means to reach her is through her landline phone, but I found out yesterday morning that she safely evacuated before she was trapped. She lives in a low-income housing community that was very close to being flooded. I have several friends and family whose homes are destroyed due to the dam failures/flooding, not to mention how bad the damage is in Western NC and many other areas. Newport will take a LOT of time to rebuild from this... Beyond your video's perspective, I want to go into brief detail about online groups of people who use politics or religion to justify this disaster. I have seen Facebook posts/comments that say that this hurricane happened because of "America's disobedience of God." Every single one of these statements are a slap in the face when it comes to people I love that have lost their livelihoods and homes despite that the overwhelming majority of them are Christian. Newport is a small town and imperfect in so many ways. However, the people there deserve as much of a chance as anyone else to have a stable home and receive recovery assistance. President Biden has stated that he will spare every resource to aid those who were affected by Hurricane Helene, and I HOPE that my hometown gets some type of help. I'm not optimistic about his word, but I will pay attention to his competency in the coming months. In contrast, former president Trump has directly stated during Hurricane Helene's emergence that he still plans to dismantle the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That would destroy any chances of places like my hometown receiving any emergency assistance if he followed through with that statement. 36 days. Make your vote count.

[@CrocTV42]

Letting the days go by

[@alusteratrocious5936]

Vaush uncharacteristically correct. It's the storm surge that kills the wind is secondary.

[@chopomo]

I’m in SC/GA and we’ve got tons of people without power for upwards of a month.

[@31webseries]

It was for me. I lost a huge tree and the whole city lost power. This sux. I’m no where near the coast! WTH???

[@mscnhou1]

A peninsula surrounded by potential hurricanes every year. Best of luck.

[@justincrawley1654]

Western NC is completely decimated, spectrum was down in piedmont for 2 days, I40 is destroyed, this is the worst event North Carolina has faced in decades and I don’t think we have the infrastructure to fix this. My heart goes out to the small rural communities in western NC and Asheville😢

[@irenafarm]

I’m optimistic that we can rebuild but it’s going to take everyone being patient, empathetic and generous.

[@rannyacernese6627]

Boaters without shelter head out to sea to ride out weather.

[@joshuakrumholtz]

Chat being all: "You can't build storm resistant buildings." Meanwhile, Japan with thunder tsunami earthquake hail typhoons that are so numerous they're listed as numbers instead of names:

[@Galworld761]

Talk of climate change is verboten in Florida

[@widget0028]

My white west coast conservative family pissed me off over Katrina. Blaming people for not helping themselves. They think they're going to moprh into Rambo when the The Big One tm hits and they fall into the ocean and get covered by volcanic material

[@PowderedToastMan3]

FL already has very specific building codes for houses because of hurricanes. However you cannot build homes that withstand a dozen feet of storm surge in 110+ mph winds. It is simply not possible. You’re talking thousand of pounds of water crashing against a structure for hours and hours. The only thing you can do is raise the home on stilts or similar and hope for the best.

[@piccalillipit9211]

TOTAL BS. you guys built your houses out of cardboard and sticky backed plastic and relied on vast amounts of electricity to keep them livable in deserts and swamps. Honestly, my sister's stable block is built to higher specifications than your houses. You would not be allowed to build a US house to keep a car in in the EU. But building ultra cheap houses and making them livable with vast amounts of electricity - THAT will only get you so far. When the water runs out or the water is 6 feet higher they still become unlivable. If you build a house in a flood area the bottom floor should be designed to flood - 2 feet thick stone walls and terracotta tiled floor that slopes down to the door so you can wash it out after the flood. "However you cannot build homes that withstand a dozen feet of storm surge in 110+ mph winds." OF COURSE YOU CAN but not profitably that the deal. There are houses in Europe that have been under 12 feet of water 30 times in their 300 year life

[@IchorOfTheManndrake]

This isn't true lmao. I grew up on the edge of a ghettoized, predominantly African and immigrant community. They did not care about building codes whatsoever.

[@True_NOON]

The yearly "once in a Millenium" hurricanes

[@packers12to80]

Ppl always say "just dont live there" . Its not that easy always, not to mention family heritage and traditions matter to some ppl so they dont leave their home area. Also, these ppl who are above Florida prob never imagined their houses would be demolished like this. The weather can destroy anyones home....location be damned.....clearly

[@irenafarm]

Also climate CHANGE means people are being exposed to novel climatic risks. There’s nowhere to hide from climate change.

[@Damatrixed2]

I'm in upstate SC and the whole county hasn't had power in 3 days, sleeping hot is the new normal baby

[@shanesprecher8290]

Thank God it isn’t summer. We had a hurricane in Florida where the power in my neighborhood was out for a week in September, it was in the 90’s every day after the hurricane. Your best bet is to sleep on the floor with a mattress, wish you the best.

[@tyisamess]

People need to move out of areas where hurricanes happen if they can. They will only get worse and these areas will eventually become uninhabitable.

[@sephose7441]

the land will just become cheaper and cheaper till its only the poor and vulnerable

[@ASDeckard]

"People need to just move out of 40% of human habitable territory." There, I fixed it for you. From Mexico City all the way north to Boston, hurricanes happen. That is 38% of the American population, and nearly 80% of the Mexican population. Fun fact, 28% of the American population lives in area's that receive East Pacific Hurricanes, which have been shockingly absent for the last few decades, but are unlikely to remain absent.

[@feihceht656]

​@@ASDeckard it remains true however, stay and billions in property damage and lives lost will continue to occur. Staying in natural hazard prone areas at some point stops being acts of god and the fault of arrogant mankind. Governments will need to address climate change and make the necessary mitigation efforts to relocate and protect people. Neither will be cheap

[@jeltoninc.8542]

These storms aren’t bad if you don’t have 1. too many people living in these areas and 2. Homes built to withstand winds. Waterfront property should be abandoned though. It’s too dangerous.

[@Saturnia2014]

​@@jeltoninc.8542Are you from Florida?

[@carymarshallfelton9188]

I lived in St. Pete and Tallahassee since 1979. I've never seen it this bad. Now they may get another. Those storms used to miss us and got to Louisiana.

[@snicksss]

I was somewhat relieved when Helene narrowly missed me. Now my area is getting a turn with Milton. Mother nature does not give a shit. Really hoping it’s not going to be Ian 2.0. We literally just got our house repaired from that.

[@MrHat.]

It just seems like god is punishing Florida for electing Rob DeSantis 🤷‍♂️

[@IchorOfTheManndrake]

Magical thinking can arise from sadism in formerly rational beings. In short: shush lil bro

[@protoroc]

Its what you get for invoking God in your quest for political dominance. ​@@IchorOfTheManndrake

[@jarkeesedouglas1988]

You’re next 😬☝🏽

[@CF-3300]

What about all the people there who didn’t vote for him?

[@TylerShupe]

Did you know Florida isn’t the only state that got the storm

[@darkhelmet12e47]

1:08 "And this boat"

[@Trustworthy_McLegitimate]

its like being in a movie where we are constantly geting attacked by Kaijus , but we do NOTHING about it because their existence is not (probably) our fault.

[@tmc8195]

Karma for giving us Bush Jr (just a joke don’t think that way folks)

[@toataile6450]

I dispatch for a DR company, and it's insane, people hit by Helene are going to need federal relief funding, there just isn't enough money between individuals and insurance to handle it all.

[@exDivinityFPS]

In Brunswick County, NC, I've been through 3 once-in-a-lifetime floods since like 2018. THREE.

[@00sodapop00]

i'm in southern sc and i had to drive home at nighy in the worst of it because my work wouldn't let us go home. if that isn’t radicalizing, idk what is. that was ridiculous

[@wickersacrane]

“What are you doing out there?”, the probabilities involving human behavior lead me to think there’s always gonna be somebody out there in a sailboat during a hurricane.

[@adsventuresome7511]

Someone tell Vaus Atlanta is a 4 hour drive from the Ocean.

[@Rill154]

Right? Since when. Is Atlanta close to the coast.

[@jacobhaire4364]

im in ohio and there’s mass flooding here from the storm like the whole country is gonna get fuckdd by climate change

[@bitey-facepuppyguy2038]

You must live in the south part of the state east of Cincinnati. There was a narrow band of excessive rainfall there while most of Ohio did not receive excessive rainfall.

[@jacobhaire4364]

@@bitey-facepuppyguy2038 i live in cincy so we lost power and stuff and winds were crazy but my family in dayton had horrible weather. also my gf lives is in portsmouth and her dorm flooded and she gad to relocate.

[@intosound913]

when you have over 60 once in a hundred year storms a year, id say it's now a yearly storm 😅

[@cheeman5995]

It’s always been a yearly storm. Always has been. Always will be

[@donyoung7874]

More than that we need to stop with the 'flooding of biblical proportions' crap. It's nowhere near biblical.

[@galwhite7011]

Everything around Asheville is decimated man

[@allibababoo]

Born in 94, mine the the generation that first became desensitized to school shootings and GW related "historic" storms. We inherited the world halfways burnt to the friend, so far we've done about as well as i wouldn't figured at preserving it (not so well).

[@DevGreg]

I have a family member that got a direct hit in SC

[@d-5037]

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down

[@hajojo]

There's ANOTHER storm brewing right now and my place of residence is still without power! All my friends and family are forming evacuation plans in case the next hurricane hits cause things aren't looking great. Normally people sit through if they're not in the direct storm path, but this time with us weakened like this we feel like we have to go. I don't plan to stay in this Hurricane Bound region for the rest of my life, I just have to find work elsewhere :(

[@demodiums7216]

*hugs

[@jordancantrell6598]

I spent today collecting Kindling for a cook stove I found so I could have protein for the first time in 2 days. I had food almost bad in the freezer and cooked it in the emergency. Just got an update stating I MIGHT get electricity in 8 days. 8 days of no regular stove access and no internet as I’m unemployed and HAVE to apply to jobs to get unemployment. My laptop died day 1 and not a single store was open for 2 days. I’m literally playing Minecraft guys

[@jordancantrell6598]

And unfortunately Vaush I didn’t even HEAR about the hurricane until my power went out at 11pm before the real storm hit. No phone Alerts, no news discussion that I picked up, and I worked in FEMA and am keen to listen to them.