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Why Hurricane Helene Could Finally Change the Conversation Around Climate Change | The massive personal and economic toll of unexpected inland flooding may represent a turning point. (insideclimatenews.org)
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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

It won’t

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 2 points 7 hours ago

Well, Hurricane Katrina happened in 2005.

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 hours ago

Best I can do is thoughts and prayers -Politicians

[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

So basically white settlers didn't care about it until it effected them.

[–] Mighty@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

Remember how many people made fun of those bumper stickers that said "when the last tree has been felled" and stuff like that? Yeah seems like they were right. It "may" represent a turning point, after a hurricane...