weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoLess than 10 days after Helene made landfall, Florida braces for another hurricane, potentially a Category 3www.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up1632arrow-down18
arrow-up1624arrow-down1external-linkLess than 10 days after Helene made landfall, Florida braces for another hurricane, potentially a Category 3www.cnn.comweirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square247fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·3 months agoYou can’t really be claiming that houses are no safer than boats in a hurricane.
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoYou can when the boat is half way up the coast in the Chesapeake bay.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·3 months agoExactly how fast do you think a sailboat someone lives on goes?
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoMove the boat north before hurricane season starts. Sounds like a major pain, now that I think about it.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoDepends on the hurricane and how close it is. Boats can be better in flood conditions but there’s the potential to capsize them. There’s going to be a bit of risk calculus going on.
minus-squarebbuez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoThen why have we invented houseboats? It’s clearly the best of both worlds
minus-squareblusterydayve26linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoOh gods no. I’m saying get the fuck out of the southeast US while you still can!
Just like houses!
You can’t really be claiming that houses are no safer than boats in a hurricane.
You can when the boat is half way up the coast in the Chesapeake bay.
Exactly how fast do you think a sailboat someone lives on goes?
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Move the boat north before hurricane season starts. Sounds like a major pain, now that I think about it.
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Depends on the hurricane and how close it is. Boats can be better in flood conditions but there’s the potential to capsize them. There’s going to be a bit of risk calculus going on.
Then why have we invented houseboats? It’s clearly the best of both worlds
Oh gods no. I’m saying get the fuck out of the southeast US while you still can!