[ExI] Hurricane-proof building

spike at rainier66.com spike at rainier66.com
Sat Sep 3 13:55:55 UTC 2022



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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
BillK via extropy-chat

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>> ...That sounds a lot easier to me than struggling to stop global warming.
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> spike
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>...I think you are under-estimating the cost of making property
hurricane-proof.
First you have to distinguish between hurricane-resistant and
hurricane-proof.
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>...I think that both will be required.
Stronger buildings and measures to reduce global warming.

BillK
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Ja, but one alternative would be stronger buildings and measures to increase
global warming.  Reasoning: if increased hurricanes mean more rain it might
be a good tradeoff.  Or never mind measures to reduce global warming, for
they may become much less popular in the immediately foreseeable future.
This winter, when the green energy alternatives prove inadequate, perhaps
most of Europe will be asking: What's so terrible about global warming?

With all the talk about tornadoes and hurricanes, I got caught up in this:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1565957772264366081

spike



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