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Ashville NC which is kinda the epicenter of where the worst of the reporting is coming out of is 250 miles from the coast and located in the mountains. This isn't just "yeah you built in Florida you signed up for extreme weather events" this is "the fucking Appalachian mountains flooded!" This should be the wakeup call the climate change is coming for everyone and will make more extreme weather events for everyone
Maybe they should have built on higher ground if they didn't want to get flooded. Like ISS modules.
Fall 2036: Breaking! Freak hurricane floods ISS!
Quick, someone contact Randal Monroe, we need a what-if for this. I think we're going to need some water from somewhere though.
New video where the Dutch take over the ISS?
Yeah, there's an upper limit of ~70m average global sea level rise if all the ice melted.
Jesus, that's still pretty damn impressive.