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As an older person, I remember similar articles written about the dangers of such a hurricane hitting New Orleans and the disaster that would result due to the
by StanislavPetrov 6y ago
As an older person, I remember similar articles written about the dangers of such a hurricane hitting New Orleans and the disaster that would result due to the vulnerable levy system. Like this piece, those articles were lightly regarded and ignored. Unfortunately its not a matter of if, but when.
- redis_mlc 6y agoYup, and Galveston was literally scrubbed off the face of the earth by a hurricane in 1900. There's something weird in politics/organizations that everybody feels compelled to be a yes-man and put a positive spin on what is certain to happen. Often I'll hear, "Didn't somebody handle that?" when they already know that nobody was assigned for that. An illustration is provided by corona, where everybody tried to draw conclusions when there was literally no useful data for months, and even in Aug. 2020 there's precious little that one can say conclusively.