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Well, do you think the parent comment meant 100 year storms anywhere, or did they mean in the same area, based on the context of what they said?

tedunangst 4y ago
Are we still talking about Katrina? Has New Orleans been hit by five Katrinas since 2005?
- selimthegrim 4y ago
  From insurance rates and lack of investment it would seem like it (I live here)
  - res0nat0r 4y ago
    Hopefully we're still not trying to be contrarians around climate change just because it's hard to imagine or scary, since it's obvious and affecting things around us every year. Another insurance company is leaving Florida: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/real-estate/os-bz-insurance-company-leaves-florida-20220825-iss6adgbarggdkgp7a3up2xqwi-story.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/real-estate/os-bz-i... 1/3 of Pakistan is currently underwater: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pakistan-floods-un-appeal-aid-monsoon-climate-change-rcna45219 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pakistan-floods-un-appeal... Greenland: https://apnews.com/article/science-oceans-glaciers-greenland-climate-and-environment-9cd7662658ebbeaba05682352de8aa87 https://apnews.com/article/science-oceans-glaciers-greenland... > Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters) -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday.
- nostrademons 4y ago
  They didn't all directly hit New Orleans, but: Ivan, Katrina, Rita, Wilma, and Michael are all cat-5 hurricanes that have hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in the last 20 years. There have been 37 cat-5 hurricanes since record keeping began in 1851; of those, 8 happened during the 2000s and 6 more during the 2010s, so about 37% of recorded cat-5 hurricanes have happened in the last 20 years of this 170-year period.

tedunangst 4y ago

Are we still talking about Katrina? Has New Orleans been hit by five Katrinas since 2005?

selimthegrim 4y ago
From insurance rates and lack of investment it would seem like it (I live here)
- res0nat0r 4y ago
  Hopefully we're still not trying to be contrarians around climate change just because it's hard to imagine or scary, since it's obvious and affecting things around us every year. Another insurance company is leaving Florida: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/real-estate/os-bz-insurance-company-leaves-florida-20220825-iss6adgbarggdkgp7a3up2xqwi-story.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/real-estate/os-bz-i... 1/3 of Pakistan is currently underwater: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pakistan-floods-un-appeal-aid-monsoon-climate-change-rcna45219 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pakistan-floods-un-appeal... Greenland: https://apnews.com/article/science-oceans-glaciers-greenland-climate-and-environment-9cd7662658ebbeaba05682352de8aa87 https://apnews.com/article/science-oceans-glaciers-greenland... > Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters) -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday.
nostrademons 4y ago
They didn't all directly hit New Orleans, but: Ivan, Katrina, Rita, Wilma, and Michael are all cat-5 hurricanes that have hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in the last 20 years. There have been 37 cat-5 hurricanes since record keeping began in 1851; of those, 8 happened during the 2000s and 6 more during the 2010s, so about 37% of recorded cat-5 hurricanes have happened in the last 20 years of this 170-year period.