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This isn't the time for that.

cylinder 9y ago
This is the best time for it. We are online and not in Houston so not like I can help them anyways. People need to live in tune with nature, not ignore it for short term monetary gain. Eventually places like Phoenix, Vegas, Miami, etc will face reckoning too.
- rhizome 9y ago
  So, "whaddya expect?" is the best response? People need to live in tune with nature, not ignore it for short term monetary gain. Amazing, I wonder why nobody thought of this before. UPDATE: "There will inevitably be extreme hottakes regarding flood planning and monday-morning QB-ing of officials. This is for context": https://twitter.com/CorbettMatt/status/901959336850804737 https://twitter.com/CorbettMatt/status/901959336850804737
StavrosK 9y ago
If now is not the time to remark that failure to plan and disrespecting the environment has consequences, then when? In a month, when this has been forgotten?
- rhizome 9y ago
  That's begging the question in a couple different ways, but who doesn't know these things? In what way isn't it apparent? What can be done about it now, while shit like this[1] is going on? I'm sure people are trying, but if "hurf durf shoulda built stuf. DUH" comes to mind, maybe keep it to oneself. And to take your point, "disrespecting the environment," what do you suggest we do to counteract that in a way that would have changed the outcome in Houston? Who are the best people working in that space? 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/6wd3mn/nursing_home_in_houston/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/6wd3mn/nursing_home_in...
  - StavrosK 9y ago
    What can be done about it now is what should have been done before and wasn't. Not for Houston, maybe, but for the next city. I don't accept that "yes, we should have planned better, but let's not talk about how we can prevent similar disasters now".
    - rhizome 9y ago
      What is the thing that should have been done that could handle 37 cubic kilometers of water?
      - enraged_camel 9y ago
        Not building Houston in the first place.

This is the best time for it. We are online and not in Houston so not like I can help them anyways. People need to live in tune with nature, not ignore it for short term monetary gain. Eventually places like Phoenix, Vegas, Miami, etc will face reckoning too.

rhizome 9y ago
So, "whaddya expect?" is the best response? People need to live in tune with nature, not ignore it for short term monetary gain. Amazing, I wonder why nobody thought of this before. UPDATE: "There will inevitably be extreme hottakes regarding flood planning and monday-morning QB-ing of officials. This is for context": https://twitter.com/CorbettMatt/status/901959336850804737 https://twitter.com/CorbettMatt/status/901959336850804737

StavrosK 9y ago

If now is not the time to remark that failure to plan and disrespecting the environment has consequences, then when? In a month, when this has been forgotten?

rhizome 9y ago
That's begging the question in a couple different ways, but who doesn't know these things? In what way isn't it apparent? What can be done about it now, while shit like this[1] is going on? I'm sure people are trying, but if "hurf durf shoulda built stuf. DUH" comes to mind, maybe keep it to oneself. And to take your point, "disrespecting the environment," what do you suggest we do to counteract that in a way that would have changed the outcome in Houston? Who are the best people working in that space? 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/6wd3mn/nursing_home_in_houston/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/6wd3mn/nursing_home_in...
- StavrosK 9y ago
  What can be done about it now is what should have been done before and wasn't. Not for Houston, maybe, but for the next city. I don't accept that "yes, we should have planned better, but let's not talk about how we can prevent similar disasters now".
  - rhizome 9y ago
    What is the thing that should have been done that could handle 37 cubic kilometers of water?
    - enraged_camel 9y ago
      Not building Houston in the first place.