10-10-24, 07:26 PM
I really grow disgusted with the alarmist hype.
Helene was a monster, no one was really prepared for. The majority of the damage was due to torrential rains and flooding. The response by local governments was too little too late. The people were left to fend for themselves for almost a week before FEMA was shamed into ponying up. Private citizens like Elon Musk ponied up crucial communications equipment that was stopped by FEMA and the FAA. A Biden/Harris blunder which cost lives.
Along comes Milton and Florida was ready. When Milton came ashore it was just a category three storm. First look after Milton passed shows minor infrastructure damage. The people of Florida did what was necessary to keep themselves safe and the pre-staging of supplies and equipment will make recovery very fast. This was not done in areas that Helene hit.
This evening there are hordes of alarmist posts that this was caused by fossil fuels and CO2. Neither of these storms was caused by these. These storms were generated by ocean heat, an organized low pressure and very little upper-level wind shear. The energy was placed by 3-4 years of El Niño flows. Now the earth is trying to throw off that energy by moving the energy to the poles.
Nothing about these storms is unusual or out of place (except that the Biden Harris administration was absent for Helene).
Helene was a monster, no one was really prepared for. The majority of the damage was due to torrential rains and flooding. The response by local governments was too little too late. The people were left to fend for themselves for almost a week before FEMA was shamed into ponying up. Private citizens like Elon Musk ponied up crucial communications equipment that was stopped by FEMA and the FAA. A Biden/Harris blunder which cost lives.
Along comes Milton and Florida was ready. When Milton came ashore it was just a category three storm. First look after Milton passed shows minor infrastructure damage. The people of Florida did what was necessary to keep themselves safe and the pre-staging of supplies and equipment will make recovery very fast. This was not done in areas that Helene hit.
This evening there are hordes of alarmist posts that this was caused by fossil fuels and CO2. Neither of these storms was caused by these. These storms were generated by ocean heat, an organized low pressure and very little upper-level wind shear. The energy was placed by 3-4 years of El Niño flows. Now the earth is trying to throw off that energy by moving the energy to the poles.
Nothing about these storms is unusual or out of place (except that the Biden Harris administration was absent for Helene).