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Climate Change? Nahhh ...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Riptide, Oct 23, 2015.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Inky_Wretch, Sep 15, 2022
    #2113
  2. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    #WhyMustIcyPlacesStayIcy?
     
    Spartan Squad, Sep 15, 2022
    #2114
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Sep 21, 2022
    #2115
  4. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    New record set yesterday in my hometown. 100 degrees on Sept. 20.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Sep 21, 2022
    #2116
  5. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    Without adding to the tedious weather reports appearing daily in this thread, the surest sign of climate change is a year after Ida and while noting my domicile is NOT in a flood zone, my insurer is graciously offering optional flood insurance at a not-insubstantial extra cost. Of course, if my mountaintop village every becomes an actual flood zone, you count on the insurer to pull it's coverage, those profiteering fukcheads.
     
    goalmouth, Sep 21, 2022
    #2117
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  6. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Isn’t flood insurance run by the federal government though?
     
    dixiehack, Sep 21, 2022
    #2118
  7. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Pretty much, yes.
     
    doctorquant, Sep 21, 2022
    #2119
  8. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    When is the next flood insurance adjuster practice?
     
    Regan MacNeil, Sep 21, 2022
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  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The NFIP program that was passed by Congress. ... you know, those profiteering fuckheads. ... who managed to design a program that isn't actuarilly sound (i.e. -- premiums don't even come close to reflecting the covered risk), currently owes the U.S. Treasury more $25 billion and growing, has 15 to 20 percent of its policyholders receiving a subsidy covering more than half of the cost of their already inaccurate premium, etc. The program is a complete shitshow from a fiscal standpoint, but probably the worst thing about it (and of course the thing most people don't get) is that the inaccurate pricing of risk obscures the true cost of building in flood-prone areas and encourages risky behavior that has the potential to end up costing way more down the line precisely because it has incentivized people to live in those places. And it's likely that risk has only gone up due to climate change.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 21, 2022
    #2121
  10. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Agreed, with the provision that I would amend "it's likely that ..." in your last sentence to "it's entirely possible ..."
     
    doctorquant, Sep 21, 2022
    #2122
  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

     
    Azrael, Sep 23, 2022
    #2123
  12. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    If they don't get this global warming thing in check, next thing you know it's gonna be in the 90s outside when Christmas decorations go on sale.
     
    doctorquant, Sep 23, 2022
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