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>"If you've never had to deal with it, you don't comprehend the danger." I don't believe you need to experience something first hand in order to comprehend the
by bogomipz 5y ago
>"If you've never had to deal with it, you don't comprehend the danger."
I don't believe you need to experience something first hand in order to comprehend the danger. I've never visited an active conflict zone but I fully comprehend the danger of traveling to one for a holiday. Conversely I have friends in New Orleans who didn't evacuate for Katrina who also didn't evacuate for Ida. They obviously comprehended the danger very well. There will always be people who are stubborn, careless or possibly just have a much higher risk profile regardless of their personal history.
It's also odd to think that people wouldn't understand the danger of flash floods given that in the last 5 weeks alone we have seen the flash floods in Henan Province China as well as the flash flooding in Eastern Germany. These two flash flood events were major international news stories and you would be hard pressed to not have seen those images.
- pessimizer 5y ago> I've never visited an active conflict zone but I fully comprehend the danger of traveling to one for a holiday. Do you, really? Without even knowing which conflict zone, or doing any research? All areas of violence have had and will have a similar danger level?
- bogomipz 5y ago>"Do you, really? Without even knowing which conflict zone, or doing any research?" Where did that even come from? I neither stated or even implied any of that. I haven't visited an active conflict zone precisely because I did research. It's somewhat bizarre you would make those assumptions when you know nothing about me.
- umanwizard 5y agoI think you mean Western Germany, assuming you’re talking about the floods that happened in July. Or were there more recent ones in the East too?