• easily3667@lemmus.org
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    7 days ago

    Well, yes, but it’s still trivially small even if it moves from 1 major storm every 4 years to every 2 or every 1, its still not a particularly large impact in terms of deadliness.

    Hurricane proofing houses with boards is…I guess effective. But most homes in hurricane prone areas should really have proper shutters.

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      7 days ago

      Covering windows doesn’t do that much. The big dangers are the wind ripping the roof off, large trees being blown onto the house, and floodwaters rising above the level of the ground floor. I think windows breaking is more of a concern with tornadoes.

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        7 days ago

        Id think the reverse, except the tree point. Lots of people put trees in their lawn that are not suited. Giant palm trees stories high are fine, but a short bushy tree might fuck your house up.

        The reason windows are protected is hurricanes while not anywhere as fast as a tornado can still pick up small stuff at ground level and send it through anything near. If a tornado is picking stuff up and throwing it at you, a shutter wouldn’t help.

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      7 days ago

      if people aren’t evactuating they are going to get more deadly. On top of that increased frequency means less time for areas that are affected to recover before the next one hits. Florida could very well end up effectively uninhabitable due to how many of even “minor” ones they are getting.

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        7 days ago

        Definitely in some areas, but it’s not like we’re losing all ability to track these storms. It’s not like we’re back in 1910. More likely is there would be more false alarms (turned at the last second due to things we no longer know how to predict) leading to some people refusing to heed the warnings.

        I’m not arguing on habitability just deadliness.