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[pisskop]

lol. Your country needs your expertise.

[Akura]

My mother is trying to get me to use my remaining vacation time this Thanksgiving to go visit my brother. Which I really don't want to do. Last I heard he's a right-winger, possibly a Trumpist, definitely anti-vax/anti-mask.

Also, he lives in Florida. That's a reason.


And then there's the fact that my job probably won't let me use that week for vacations, since enough people almost certainly have already booked that week that they won't be able to spare anyone else.

[Frumple]

Also, he lives in Florida. That's a reason.

stay away

don't come

it sucks down here

november still isn't cold enough

the bugs are still awake

also maybe hurricanes

just stay away

sincerely,
resident of the hellswamp

[pisskop]

hurricanes are the real reason id live anywhere else.

how south cali?

[Iduno]

resident of the hellswamp

You're in Michigan?

[Frumple]

hurricanes are the real reason id live anywhere else.

how south cali?

better in most ways, from what I understand... except the cost of living i guess

also, uh, earthquakes i think and their forestry management is somehow dumber than a sack of bricks so it's basically on fire a good chunk of the year these days or something

probably still better than florida, but bamboo splinters jammed under your nails are probably better than florida so *shrugs*

resident of the hellswamp

You're in Michigan?

michigan's a hellbog at worst, which makes it a notable improvement over florida 'cause sometimes it actually cools off

[MrRoboto75]

how south cali?

why is south cali?

[Naturegirl1999]

how south cali?

why is south cali?

when is south Cali?

[JoshuaFH]

resident of the hellswamp

You're in Michigan?

michigan's a hellbog at worst, which makes it a notable improvement over florida 'cause sometimes it actually cools off

Depending on the year, and depending on whether a Polar Vortex is paying a visit to fucking clobber us, Michigan can definitely be much colder than warmer.

[MaxTheFox]

November isn't cold enough? And here in Russia, Novermber is pretty much a winter month with extra steps. At least where I live, there is often snow everywhere by late October.

[lemon10]

also, uh, earthquakes i think and their forestry management is somehow dumber than a sack of bricks so it's basically on fire a good chunk of the year these days or something

Nah, "its the forest management" is fox news's talking point they use to pretend that the fires are all the fault of dumb democrats so there should be no federal aid for California wildfires and so that they can pretend climate change doesn't exist.

The actual primary cause of the massive fires in California (and Montana, and Australia and Greece, and Canada and Siberia and......) over the last few years is extreme heat and drought caused by global warming.

I'm pretty sure that the fires are going to get *much* worse over the coming few decades, although its not like the rest of the US/World is going to avoid the other problems (eg. superstorms, massive floods, and extreme lethal heat waves) so its not like there is really anywhere to run.

[MrRoboto75]

There's a chance it gets better, if y'know, we run outta trees to burn...

[Frumple]

I'unno, what I've picked up from fox hostile sources was that while the drought et al isn't exactly helping, cali (among a number of other places, sure) forest management has in fact been a clusterfuck for a long while now, in ways that specifically encourage massive wildfires.

The drought and heat being less the major contributing factor and more the trigger for decades of screwing up to come home to roost -- lot of NIMBY horseshit causing insufficient controlled burnings and problems with that whole "fire response was heavily reliant on basically fucking penal slavery" thing, among other stuff.

GOP's no doubt trying to play stupid games chock full of bullshit to fuck people over, 'cause that's basically all they do anymore, but problems with fire control out west actually seem to exist.

[Laterigrade]

also, uh, earthquakes i think and their forestry management is somehow dumber than a sack of bricks so it's basically on fire a good chunk of the year these days or something

The actual primary cause of the massive fires in California (and Montana, and Australia and Greece, and Canada and Siberia and......) over the last few years is extreme heat and drought caused by global warming.

(at least in australia they were worsened by the government, influenced by the environmental lobby, not letting landowners cut down certain trees, the cutting-down of which would have made the fires spread much less)
(your point’s right in the main, though, I just like to throw my two cents at whoever’ll take ‘em)

[King Zultan]

According to an article I read a while back homeless people were starting a lot of the big fires in California.