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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change.

NOAA falls under the U.S. Department of Commerce and is tasked with daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring. It is also parent to the National Weather Service.

The agency said its National Centers for Environmental Information would no longer update its Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database beyond 2024, and that its information — going as far back as 1980 — would be archived.

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[-] [email protected] 66 points 4 months ago

This won't fool the insurance companies. They're the ones on the hook for this.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Depends. Some of their CEOs will shamelessly bow to the party line, though not all. Definitely not Berkshire-Hathaway.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

What do you mean? They have to update their risk models or they'll go out of business unless I'm misunderstanding.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They will have to pick between lip service (and hiding the changes by, say, quietly pulling out of places?) and government retribution. Mark my words, at some point they will go after any kind of “climate agenda.”

And that balance will depend on leadership. I mentioned Berkshire specifically because (at the top level, at least) they’re pretty old school with a low tolerance for nonsense, and big enough to eat the retribution.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

No they'll just say what the government wants and do what they have to anyway. Hypocrisy is the way they operate already.

Trump only gives a shit about what people say publicly anyway. It's the single most important thing for him.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Uh, no they won’t?

The entire business model of insurance is to understand risk and assign a cash-value to it. Ignoring risk means their business model falls apart. They’re not going to ignore risk, in any dimension. And if they’re MADE to “ignore” risk in a particular dimension… they’re still going to analyze it and have actuarial tables around it, and will instead just factor it in by raising prices across the board.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I guess they can raise costs across the board, though if they don't all do this then most customers would leave to the competition.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

Lol no they aren't and don't give two shits.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Are insurance companies not on the hook for the properties they insure?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes. They can deny for any reason, mostly shareholders. It is primarily a for-profit scam industry who will sign anyone up for premiums that will pay out nothing.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago

The GOP Climate Change plan of action has been revealed. It is a three pronged plan:

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

...while being evil.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago

"If we stop testing for Covid or numbers will go down."

[-] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

OK. I assure you, the insurance industry will continue to track it.

This is the same logic as "if we stop testing, the disease goes away"

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Many cancers have been cured cos the person ignored it

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

This is the same logic as "if we stop testing, the disease goes away"

Which conservatives also spearheaded during covid, so we're par for the course.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Been screaming this. If climate change isn't happening, then why are the military and insurance companies making plans and adjustments.

OK, the entire insurance industry is woke. Say the military is a woke piece of shit. SAY IT.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Costs will go way down next year because the president x'd out hurricanes. All better now.

In other news, car crash injuries are up because seat belts keep saving those pesky survivors. The stats were better when corpses didn't count.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

Out of sight out of mind. Kind of like the wasteland the south is going to become after the next couple of years of storms.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The year is 2039, Florida has been perpetually under hurricanes for 3 weeks straight as hurricane after hurricane makes landfall. After careful review, it's been determined that the hurricanes have caused $0.00 in damage. There's nothing to be concerned about. FEMA has not been dispatched as there is no emergency.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Also, barely any Florida.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Every second the bastard exists is a fucking tragedy

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yes, that will really make it all better and stop any further damage from climate related issues. Just like not looking at the power bill means that I don't have to pay it.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Bye Florida

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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