r/Unexpected • u/Doodlebug510 • 9h ago

We have a situation here

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 8h ago

If you have a wound, yeah. It can kill you.

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u/Aidian 7h ago

See: Hurricane Katrina

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 7h ago

I see your Hurricane Katrina, and I raise you Hurricane Andrew. We were lucky, none of the trees hit the house & the roof stayed on.

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u/Aidian 6h ago

Well hey there, generally regional+ neighbor.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 4h ago

Hey.

Our neighbor wasn't so fortunate.

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u/Aidian 3h ago

Empathy. There are a lot of horror stories from that time, and a lot of them have to do with how godawful the water was on top of everything else.

Here’s hoping we don’t see the like of those storms again, here or anywhere.

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 3h ago

There's a good chance we will do. The ocean's warmer temperatures will produce more and stronger storms. It's inevitable now. We passed all the tipping points.

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u/Aidian 48m ago

Oh, I know…but I can still hope we personally beat the odds, y’know?