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[-] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago

Welcome to the era of chaotic weather.

All previous climate norms are now over.

We are in uncharted territory.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

Only the beginning too. Imagine how bad shit will be in 10 or 20 years. 30-50 years will be completely fucked.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Chaotic eras always follow stable eras sooner or later.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Everything is fine.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Mmmmm, better round up some immigrants, it's gotta be their fault.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Sadly, I'm 100% sure some people actually think that.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This just happened a few days ago there and was reported in an arricle. Some dudes were going around arresting and beating immigrants and blaming them for the fires. They recorded themselves and posted it online.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Wasn't Greece just on fire? Was the rain at least over the burning portion or is it now burning and flooding at the same time?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

If it was - Forrest fires apparently make the ground hydrophobic in addition to burning away all of the ground cover. This can make flooding in those areas much worse.

This then washes away soil and makes it even harder for trees etc to grow back.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Wildfires lead to worse flooding as the plants no longer absorb water and the ash is hydrophobic increasing runoff

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

My goodness! Zagora, Greece recorded a jaw-dropping 528 mm (21 inches) of rain in just 10 hours - an additional 300-500 mm, locally up to 600 mm, of rain could fall by Thursday. A historic flooding event is underway!

Good use of metric, mm is much better than cm.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

mm is the common unit used to measure rainfall.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Also an additional 300-500cm of rain sounds terrifying.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Atlantis levels of rain

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm sure after 100cm or so, it doesn't even matter anymore.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Everyone knows you shouldn't put out a Greece fire with water

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