Oh fuck (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/world/middleeast/libya-floods-dams-collapse.html?unlocked_article_code=jduWsIZFD3Su51SaKMkJScD_-X8an_WQa3Zp1RrZIcsi8B7WaXvLnUdjsVJzpn7pm8j8o8OCLOO_eUoQlVwabEkdcSwX36p-YpC8CB0uXm5YFS7dfVxu_rFOkUY11sO-PL-90H6a8Y3W9Zty8vB-1TbGsWKA3PzQHGEwUeTGNn8YKwlGwyQlIPC_nfjQK3hjgpgUDfkr9xi0atku8Ub4qvzkvjKTxmNFbCe6s7fXO8HIBXfcLhHEammx8f1gMwIBXXZ0SHdYXyQTRBMHFTKSxVdH2kGIuEMHm5ngdsNm8q_zj9L7no5yI0oShw8L_LVmCLJaSxT5CxVmmjNhSdm4V_l1SmRm89dKRK5J5dI&smid=url-share). I don't care who these people are, who they worship or who they love, hate or follow. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. Entire city neighborhoods, literally washed out to sea in an instant.
Think something like this couldn't happen here in a developed nation? Think again (https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/weather/leominster-massachusetts-flooding-rhode-island-tuesday/index.html). Serious flooding already, dams at risk, ground saturated and more rain predicted for Thursday. And then there's the business of a certain storm (https://www.npr.org/2023/09/12/1198996108/hurricane-lee-now-very-large-is-raising-wind-and-surf-dangers-along-the-east-coa) expected to hit the area on Saturday.
Death toll from what I've seen is about 5,300 people and expected to rise.
Quote from: majorhavoc on September 12, 2023, 08:58:13 PMOh fuck (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/world/middleeast/libya-floods-dams-collapse.html?unlocked_article_code=jduWsIZFD3Su51SaKMkJScD_-X8an_WQa3Zp1RrZIcsi8B7WaXvLnUdjsVJzpn7pm8j8o8OCLOO_eUoQlVwabEkdcSwX36p-YpC8CB0uXm5YFS7dfVxu_rFOkUY11sO-PL-90H6a8Y3W9Zty8vB-1TbGsWKA3PzQHGEwUeTGNn8YKwlGwyQlIPC_nfjQK3hjgpgUDfkr9xi0atku8Ub4qvzkvjKTxmNFbCe6s7fXO8HIBXfcLhHEammx8f1gMwIBXXZ0SHdYXyQTRBMHFTKSxVdH2kGIuEMHm5ngdsNm8q_zj9L7no5yI0oShw8L_LVmCLJaSxT5CxVmmjNhSdm4V_l1SmRm89dKRK5J5dI&smid=url-share). I don't care who these people are, who they worship or who they love, hate or follow. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. Entire city neighborhoods, literally washed out to sea in an instant.
Think something like this couldn't happen here in a developed nation? Think again (https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/weather/leominster-massachusetts-flooding-rhode-island-tuesday/index.html). Serious flooding already, dams at risk, ground saturated and more rain predicted for Thursday. And then there's the business of a certain storm (https://www.npr.org/2023/09/12/1198996108/hurricane-lee-now-very-large-is-raising-wind-and-surf-dangers-along-the-east-coa) expected to hit the area on Saturday.
My sentiments too, TBH I had a word with myself after my initial knee jerk reaction.
It's just awful, ordinary people like the rest of us suffering this😔