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09-02-2020, 04:42 PM
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Are Storms Getting Worse or is Society more Fragile.

For me I believe it is the latter.
The most annoying fact that I can see after each occurrence there is never enough sufficient deterrent's put up.
Whether it be floods, trees falling across the roads or train tracks,or rivers dredged making them deeper so that they can hold more water or support walls put in place so villages and towns do not get flooded.
So many things that can be done but no one cares enough.
No one prepares for the next one to hit.
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09-02-2020, 04:51 PM
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How long will it be before the snowflakes start whinging on about how they "lost" today because of the weather and they ought to have tomorrow off to compensate?
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09-02-2020, 04:57 PM
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Re: Are Storms Getting Worse or is Society more Fragile

Originally Posted by longfellow ->
Are Storms Getting Worse or is Society more Fragile.

For me I believe it is the latter.
The most annoying fact that I can see after each occurrence there is never enough sufficient deterrent's put up.
Whether it be floods, trees falling across the roads or train tracks,or rivers dredged making them deeper so that they can hold more water or support walls put in place so villages and towns do not get flooded.
So many things that can be done but no one cares enough.
No one prepares for the next one to hit.
I’m not sure that people don’t care, in today’s money obsessed society, it’s more a case of who’s going to pay for it...
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09-02-2020, 05:18 PM
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Re: Are Storms Getting Worse or is Society more Fragile

Interesting info, Omah!

It's just been in the last few years that we have named our storms too.

Better instruments and understanding of meteorology has made for better forecasting. Since weather is the number one reason people watch televised news, the more drama the better.

Now attorneys are stepping in pursuing liability claims for so much as wet hair on a rainy day, causing officials and businesses to close at the first stirring of a branch.

I vote we point the finger at lawyers.
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09-02-2020, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Surfermom ->

I vote we point the finger at lawyers.
Ditto
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09-02-2020, 05:25 PM
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A lot of wusses these days. Did they close schools and factories because of a bit of snow in the `old days`? No, they did not. Did the buses and trains keep running? Yes they did, and everyone managed to get to work.
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09-02-2020, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Baz46 ->
Try 'Sierra', as in the Ford car model name.
No! It's kee-rah
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09-02-2020, 05:52 PM
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No! It's kee-rah
As in Kira Nerisse for all you Deep Space Nine fans out there.
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09-02-2020, 06:15 PM
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Re: Are Storms Getting Worse or is Society more Fragile

Originally Posted by Baz46 ->
Try 'Sierra', as in the Ford car model name.
Originally Posted by Rhian ->
No! It's kee-rah
Originally Posted by Judd ->
As in Kira Nerisse for all you Deep Space Nine fans out there.
See! Why couldn't they have named it Coleen?
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09-02-2020, 06:37 PM
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See! Why couldn't they have named it Coleen?
so would that be Co ---- lean?
Or Col -------een?
 
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