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Did you let your kids walk on it (assuming some poor woman was drunk enough to pass out in your presence?)

Inquiry: why are insurance rates surging?
 
Heavy rains here today in Burlington. Normally it’s been 4-6 weeks since we’ve had any rain. Today Alamance Road and Maple Avenue were flooded. That has never happened (save during a tropical storm) since I’ve lived here. And I’ve lived here for over 50 years. I don’t care what anyone else says. Global warming is definitely happening. The ground, which is usually so hard this time of year that it is cracking, is saturated.
 
McAdooSmackinYou said:
Did you let your kids walk on it (assuming some poor woman was drunk enough to pass out in your presence?)

Inquiry: why are insurance rates surging?
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No I did not let my kids with some poor drunk woman walk on it. Not sure that’s a good “barometer” for climate change. What do you call the “let-your-kids-walk-on-it-back-in-the-day” measure and what are the units of that measure?

As for insurance rates, inflation and the cover provided from some recent high profile events could factor in just a bit
 
ColdBlueSteel said:
No I did not let my kids with some poor drunk woman walk on it. Not sure that’s a good “barometer” for climate change. What do you call the “let-your-kids-walk-on-it-back-in-the-day” measure and what are the units of that measure?

As for insurance rates, inflation and the cover provided from some recent high profile events could factor in just a bit
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There are more storms, more damage. Just ask an insurance agent. I will say that there are more homes near the shore. However, the # of CAT3+ hurricanes in the Atlantic basin has been rising.
 
ColdBlueSteel said:
No I did not let my kids with some poor drunk woman walk on it. Not sure that’s a good “barometer” for climate change. What do you call the “let-your-kids-walk-on-it-back-in-the-day” measure and what are the units of that measure?

As for insurance rates, inflation and the cover provided from some recent high profile events could factor in just a bit
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Property Insurers leaving Florida or raising rates substantially have created an opportunity for you to step in and take market share. It’s time to get rich.
 
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Duke Mu said:
There are more storms, more damage. Just ask an insurance agent. I will say that there are more homes near the shore. However, the # of CAT3+ hurricanes in the Atlantic basin has been rising.
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1moretimeagain said:
Property Insurers leaving Florida or raising rates substantially has created an opportunity for you to step in and take market share. It’s time to get rich.
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From trying to sell insurance to retirees who are suffering from the same inflationary pressure as the insurance companies?
 
Duke Mu said:
There are more storms, more damage. Just ask an insurance agent. I will say that there are more homes near the shore. However, the # of CAT3+ hurricanes in the Atlantic basin has been rising.
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Fair.
The C-130 hurricane hunter flight observation data 1850 vs 1925 vs 2024 really tells the story.
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Zoo_View said:
I sadly enjoy the idiocy of climate change deniers.

Remember the good ole days when bumeister would go toe-to-toe with their ignorant asses?
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Yeah - 2 graphs and an article...all you need to know. CO2 has a long half-life (decades) and is universally and homogenously distributed throughout the troposphere. Water vapor has a short half life and is very heterogeneous in the atmosphere changing hour by hour. Water vapor *can* amplify the warming effects of CO2.

Most of the CC denier stuff came from the O&G industry then politicized. The weather and even climate effects are complex because of interactions with ocean current oscillations, reduced albedo, etc...but the planet overall is warming, a little more near the poles. Because of reduced Arctic ice, the polar vortex is more likely to be displaced - so, even if the winters (especially nights) on average are warmer...periodic frigid spells and snow remain possible and likely, even into the deep South.

news.climate.columbia.edu

How Exactly Does Carbon Dioxide Cause Global Warming?

CO2 molecules make up only a small percentage of the atmosphere, but their impact on our climate is huge. The reason comes down to physics and chemistry.
news.climate.columbia.edu news.climate.columbia.edu

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Duke Mu said:
Yeah - 2 graphs and an article...all you need to know. CO2 has a long half-life (decades) and is universally and homogenously distributed throughout the troposphere. Water vapor has a short half life and is very heterogeneous in the atmosphere changing hour by hour. Water vapor *can* amplify the warming effects of CO2.

Most of the CC denier stuff came from the O&G industry then politicized. The weather and even climate effects are complex because of interactions with ocean current oscillations, reduced albedo, etc...but the planet overall is warming, a little more near the poles. Because of reduced Arctic ice, the polar vortex is more likely to be displaced - so, even if the winters (especially nights) on average are warmer...periodic frigid spells and snow remain possible and likely, even into the deep South.

news.climate.columbia.edu

How Exactly Does Carbon Dioxide Cause Global Warming?

CO2 molecules make up only a small percentage of the atmosphere, but their impact on our climate is huge. The reason comes down to physics and chemistry.
news.climate.columbia.edu news.climate.columbia.edu

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Appreciate that post.
 

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kyweathercenter.com

I don't think this will create waves so big that the best surfers in the world wouldn't surf them, but it could be very wet in terms of water.
 
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McAdooSmackinYou said:
Did you let your kids walk on it (assuming some poor woman was drunk enough to pass out in your presence?)

Inquiry: why are insurance rates surging?
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We went ice skating on a pond this winter. But while those freezes used to be common, it's only been possible twice in 9 years
 
aGDevil2k said:
We went ice skating on a pond this winter. But while those freezes used to be common, it's only been possible twice in 9 years
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Nova Scotia stopped measuring lake ice two years ago because the warmer winters were producing conditions where it wasn't worth the money to go and do the testing due to so few iced over days.
 
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