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I wish climate-linked disasters in other countries mattered. (social.coop)

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I wish climate-linked disasters in other countries mattered.

The #LAFires wouldn't be a "wake-up call" if we were paying attention when floods, typhoons, and fires hit countries like #Bangladesh, #India #Philippines and #brazil #pinoy

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@ncoca

I've had a theory for a while now that people on the right in the US will not actively talk about climate change until something catastrophic and irreversible happens to major city in a red state. That way it can't be dismissed as something else. My money is on Miami, Florida but it could also be a city in Texas (not Austin). And even then, it won't be talked about directly because it is such a deep part of the culture wars.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@[email protected] But will it? The massive flooding far inland due to a freak Hurricane #Helene in North Carolina didn't seem to have much of an impact, despite clear links to climate change. Nor the Texas grid crisis from a few years ago.

Grew up partly in Kansas myself so certainly understand the challenge in red America.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

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Right? Houston has been repeatedly flooded, and 10 years ago there was a made-for-TV movie about that city getting hit by a tornado swarm, which is plausible.