(August 31, 2017 at 10:51 am)Shell B Wrote: Yeah, I'm going with "this is a disaster that was fairly unlikely." Shit's going to go wrong. People should be evacuating anyway.
I disagree. The earthquake in Japan that caused the Tsunami was also "rare". But that still does not negate all the regular things between that are adding up over time. It is adding up over time. It still remains that our species pumping out too much CO2 is creating more weather hyper activity and more frequency and more extremes.
Nobody is saying, "lets ban cars because people have accidents", but we still try to improve that technology. The GOP wants to stick with "let the rich do whatever they want".
And the mayor of Houston made a great point, while houses are not perfect, trying to evacuate 6 million people at once would clog the highways in cars they would be far more at risk in during the brunt of a storm. I think it is far better policy to work long term on materials that are wind resistant and flood proof, and have local sanctuaries to prevent clogging of highways. Not to mention just because some have the means and money to leave, does not mean everyone does.
"Evacuate" is an over simplification. Especially when you have a GOP that guts funding for everything.
