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Hurricane Katrina vs. Hurricane Helene (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Eventually there won't be any insurer's left in those areas and most people will just abandon them. Of course the federal government will keep giving them flood insurance to rebuild over and over.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

oh hey, all those east coasters can sell their worthless flooded houses to the west coast coasters selling their worthless burnt down houses fleeing the fires since no insurers will cover anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Then those people living along the Mississippi can sell their worthless houses to the people from new Orleans. It's foolproof.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Aquaman: "On second thought I'll fix climate change AFTER a few purchases."