Eco-nomics: Texas floods show threat of climate disaster, debt

[C_Clayton_Jones]

“The disastrous flooding in the Texas Hill Country is at the confluence of two crises: climate change and a torrent of U.S. debt. They are related, and the federal response is making both worse.

First, climate change: Current average global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. This is the low end of the threshold established in the Paris agreement to avoid tipping points on the planet. Warmer air holds more moisture, and heat and low humidity increase the risk of drought and wildfires. We are experiencing more frequent, severe and costly storms, droughts and fire events in the U.S. and across the globe; a new abnormal. The floods along the Guadalupe River and East Coast are the latest examples of extreme events.

Like the Texas flood waters, the costs of climate disasters are rapidly rising. In 2023 there were 28 separate weather and climate disasters with damages of $1 billion or more. The total cost of disaster in 2023 was $94.8 billion. The Asheville, North Carolina, floods in 2024 are estimated to have cost between $48 billion and $53 billion. The estimated cost of this year’s Los Angeles fires is between $135 billion and $150 billion. Guadalupe River flood damage is estimated between $18 billion and $22 billion.

The Trump administration has responded by waging a war on climate science. Virtually every climate science program in every agency has been eliminated or drastically cut including: NOAA, the National Weather Service, the EPA, NASA, Energy and FEMA. These are the programs that conduct climate research, provide early severe weather alerts, hurricane and fire warnings, and emergency management preparedness. They are also cutting funding to state and local governments for disaster relief while shifting more responsibilities to them. In addition, they have also cut tax credits for clean energy while increasing subsidies for fossil fuels. These policies are literally throwing gas on the fire and then cutting funds for the fire department.”

Eco-nomics: Texas floods show threat of climate disaster, debt | HeraldNet.com

We’re seeing what happens when the crises of a warming world and debt limit our ability to respond.

www.heraldnet.com

Trump and Congressional Republicans – both have contempt for sound, responsible governance, ignoring the fact, and dangers, of human-caused climate change.

 

[Donald H]

“The disastrous flooding in the Texas Hill Country is at the confluence of two crises: climate change and a torrent of U.S. debt. They are related, and the federal response is making both worse.

First, climate change: Current average global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. This is the low end of the threshold established in the Paris agreement to avoid tipping points on the planet. Warmer air holds more moisture, and heat and low humidity increase the risk of drought and wildfires. We are experiencing more frequent, severe and costly storms, droughts and fire events in the U.S. and across the globe; a new abnormal. The floods along the Guadalupe River and East Coast are the latest examples of extreme events.

Like the Texas flood waters, the costs of climate disasters are rapidly rising. In 2023 there were 28 separate weather and climate disasters with damages of $1 billion or more. The total cost of disaster in 2023 was $94.8 billion. The Asheville, North Carolina, floods in 2024 are estimated to have cost between $48 billion and $53 billion. The estimated cost of this year’s Los Angeles fires is between $135 billion and $150 billion. Guadalupe River flood damage is estimated between $18 billion and $22 billion.

The Trump administration has responded by waging a war on climate science. Virtually every climate science program in every agency has been eliminated or drastically cut including: NOAA, the National Weather Service, the EPA, NASA, Energy and FEMA. These are the programs that conduct climate research, provide early severe weather alerts, hurricane and fire warnings, and emergency management preparedness. They are also cutting funding to state and local governments for disaster relief while shifting more responsibilities to them. In addition, they have also cut tax credits for clean energy while increasing subsidies for fossil fuels. These policies are literally throwing gas on the fire and then cutting funds for the fire department.”

Eco-nomics: Texas floods show threat of climate disaster, debt | HeraldNet.com

We’re seeing what happens when the crises of a warming world and debt limit our ability to respond.

www.heraldnet.com

Trump and Congressional Republicans – both have contempt for sound, responsible governance, ignoring the fact, and dangers, of human-caused climate change.

Sound responsible government!

Add to that: Spending tax dollars to minimize the effects of manmade climate change.


(that they don't believe in)

And now there's nobody else to vote for.

 

[lennypartiv]

Let's look at the real problems. Local leaders let them build camping cabins for kids in a flood plain. Then local leaders refused to spend money on a warning system.

 

[Edgetho]

Let's look at the real problems. Local leaders let them build camping cabins for kids in a flood plain. Then local leaders refused to spend money on a warning system.

Not quite right.

The problem was not that there wasn't a warning, the probem is that there are too many warnings.

I live in South Florida, the Hurricane Capital of the known Universe.

I'll give you a personal example. Before Irma hit, the talking heads, NOAA, the NHC.... All of them were telling us to Evacuste or Die!! So a lot of people did. Even my wife fell for it and made me evacuate to higher ground. A long story.

So did a lot of other people. A girl told me a few days after that she tried to get her husband to leave and he refused but told her that if she wanted to, go ahead and he'd stay and hold the Fort down. She did. She loaded up the SUV with a coupld of gas cans, the kids, the dog and drove to the only place she knew to go to -- Her Parents house in Nawlins. 600 miles or so. (ETA: The girl who evacuated to Nawlins? Her house here got nothing. Didn't even lose their electricity!..... NOTHING)

She told me horror stories about Gas lines, people wandering around in Rest Areas with no Cops anywhere to be found, nowhere to sleep nowhere to use a bathroom, Bumper to Bumper traffic everywhere.

My Boy's wife talked him into evacuating too. To Pensacola. Her Father's place.

Same shit. Loaded up his F-150 with him and his Wife, a 12 year-old boy, her Parents (Mother and step dad) a 95lb Labrador, fuel, food, blankets....

Same shit. Bumper to Bumper traffic. No bathrooms, no Cops in Rest Areas, no Gas Stations, no place to eat, sleep or get something to drink and 20 hours on the road one-way. To go about 300 miles.

And keep in mind. They all had to go through the same bullshit on the way back.

The problem isn't not giving people warnings. They do. They did here and they did in Texas.

The problem is, they're so wrong so many times that people have learned to ignore the warnings. The people doing the warning are simply incompetent. So they get ignored.

Then, down here a couple years later, Ian hits. Same shit, same warnings, we're all gonna die. And people were like '**** You, we listened to you last time and you were totally wrong'

You have no clue how difficult it is to evacuate from a hurricane warning until you've done it. None

Hundreds died. No matter what you read on the DISGUSTING FILTH, hundreds died down here during Ian.

It's not they don't give warnings, it's that the people giving the warnings are incompetent and can't get it right.

If you want to ***** about that, go ahead. I'm with you. Incompetence kills

 

[Hafar1014]

“The disastrous flooding in the Texas Hill Country is at the confluence of two crises: climate change and a torrent of U.S. debt. They are related, and the federal response is making both worse.

First, climate change: Current average global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. This is the low end of the threshold established in the Paris agreement to avoid tipping points on the planet. Warmer air holds more moisture, and heat and low humidity increase the risk of drought and wildfires. We are experiencing more frequent, severe and costly storms, droughts and fire events in the U.S. and across the globe; a new abnormal. The floods along the Guadalupe River and East Coast are the latest examples of extreme events.

Like the Texas flood waters, the costs of climate disasters are rapidly rising. In 2023 there were 28 separate weather and climate disasters with damages of $1 billion or more. The total cost of disaster in 2023 was $94.8 billion. The Asheville, North Carolina, floods in 2024 are estimated to have cost between $48 billion and $53 billion. The estimated cost of this year’s Los Angeles fires is between $135 billion and $150 billion. Guadalupe River flood damage is estimated between $18 billion and $22 billion.

The Trump administration has responded by waging a war on climate science. Virtually every climate science program in every agency has been eliminated or drastically cut including: NOAA, the National Weather Service, the EPA, NASA, Energy and FEMA. These are the programs that conduct climate research, provide early severe weather alerts, hurricane and fire warnings, and emergency management preparedness. They are also cutting funding to state and local governments for disaster relief while shifting more responsibilities to them. In addition, they have also cut tax credits for clean energy while increasing subsidies for fossil fuels. These policies are literally throwing gas on the fire and then cutting funds for the fire department.”

Eco-nomics: Texas floods show threat of climate disaster, debt | HeraldNet.com

We’re seeing what happens when the crises of a warming world and debt limit our ability to respond.

www.heraldnet.com

Trump and Congressional Republicans – both have contempt for sound, responsible governance, ignoring the fact, and dangers, of human-caused climate change.

Human caused climate change is the lie of the century and the solutions are worse then the problem which doesnt exist. Green energy casnt meet demand of AI which is the future. It will create an energy shortage catastrophe. Thats why Trump killed it and supports fossil fuel and nuclear. In 10 years the wind turbines will be trash. Any nation that depends on wind and solar will drive manufacturing out of their country.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Climate Change causes Left Wing retardation

 

[Edgetho]

Climate Change causes Left Wing retardation

Negatory. They're BORN retarded.

 

[Anathema]

Trump and Congressional Republicans – both have contempt for sound, responsible governance, ignoring the fact, and dangers, of human-caused climate change.

No. Whst they have contempt for, rightfully so, is spending Federsl money on things not delineated as powers of the Federsl Government in the US Constitution.

 

[22lcidw]

Not quite right.

The problem was not that there wasn't a warning, the probem is that there are too many warnings.

I live in South Florida, the Hurricane Capital of the known Universe.

I'll give you a personal example. Before Irma hit, the talking heads, NOAA, the NHC.... All of them were telling us to Evacuste or Die!! So a lot of people did. Even my wife fell for it and made me evacuate to higher ground. A long story.

So did a lot of other people. A girl told me a few days after that she tried to get her husband to leave and he refused but told her that if she wanted to, go ahead and he'd stay and hold the Fort down. She did. She loaded up the SUV with a coupld of gas cans, the kids, the dog and drove to the only place she knew to go to -- Her Parents house in Nawlins. 600 miles or so. (ETA: The girl who evacuated to Nawlins? Her house here got nothing. Didn't even lose their electricity!..... NOTHING)

She told me horror stories about Gas lines, people wandering around in Rest Areas with no Cops anywhere to be found, nowhere to sleep nowhere to use a bathroom, Bumper to Bumper traffic everywhere.

My Boy's wife talked him into evacuating too. To Pensacola. Her Father's place.

Same shit. Loaded up his F-150 with him and his Wife, a 12 year-old boy, her Parents (Mother and step dad) a 95lb Labrador, fuel, food, blankets....

Same shit. Bumper to Bumper traffic. No bathrooms, no Cops in Rest Areas, no Gas Stations, no place to eat, sleep or get something to drink and 20 hours on the road one-way. To go about 300 miles.

And keep in mind. They all had to go through the same bullshit on the way back.

The problem isn't not giving people warnings. They do. They did here and they did in Texas.

The problem is, they're so wrong so many times that people have learned to ignore the warnings. The people doing the warning are simply incompetent. So they get ignored.

Then, down here a couple years later, Ian hits. Same shit, same warnings, we're all gonna die. And people were like '**** You, we listened to you last time and you were totally wrong'

You have no clue how difficult it is to evacuate from a hurricane warning until you've done it. None

Hundreds died. No matter what you read on the DISGUSTING FILTH, hundreds died down here during Ian.

It's not they don't give warnings, it's that the people giving the warnings are incompetent and can't get it right.

If you want to ***** about that, go ahead. I'm with you. Incompetence kills

You are absolutely right. Thes people cause panics. And of course, when the worse does happen they pat themselves on the back. To me, unless an area gets a lot of destruction of property, getting the power on again is the most important priority after life. Some of those gas station restrooms were disease laden.

 

[Dekster]

“The disastrous flooding in the Texas Hill Country is at the confluence of two crises: climate change and a torrent of U.S. debt. They are related, and the federal response is making both worse.

First, climate change: Current average global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. This is the low end of the threshold established in the Paris agreement to avoid tipping points on the planet. Warmer air holds more moisture, and heat and low humidity increase the risk of drought and wildfires. We are experiencing more frequent, severe and costly storms, droughts and fire events in the U.S. and across the globe; a new abnormal. The floods along the Guadalupe River and East Coast are the latest examples of extreme events.

Like the Texas flood waters, the costs of climate disasters are rapidly rising. In 2023 there were 28 separate weather and climate disasters with damages of $1 billion or more. The total cost of disaster in 2023 was $94.8 billion. The Asheville, North Carolina, floods in 2024 are estimated to have cost between $48 billion and $53 billion. The estimated cost of this year’s Los Angeles fires is between $135 billion and $150 billion. Guadalupe River flood damage is estimated between $18 billion and $22 billion.

The Trump administration has responded by waging a war on climate science. Virtually every climate science program in every agency has been eliminated or drastically cut including: NOAA, the National Weather Service, the EPA, NASA, Energy and FEMA. These are the programs that conduct climate research, provide early severe weather alerts, hurricane and fire warnings, and emergency management preparedness. They are also cutting funding to state and local governments for disaster relief while shifting more responsibilities to them. In addition, they have also cut tax credits for clean energy while increasing subsidies for fossil fuels. These policies are literally throwing gas on the fire and then cutting funds for the fire department.”

Eco-nomics: Texas floods show threat of climate disaster, debt | HeraldNet.com

We’re seeing what happens when the crises of a warming world and debt limit our ability to respond.

www.heraldnet.com

Trump and Congressional Republicans – both have contempt for sound, responsible governance, ignoring the fact, and dangers, of human-caused climate change.

I blame Jimmy Carter. If he hadn't created FEMA by Executive Order, Trump wouldn't be able to decimate it by imperial decree.

 

[Winston]

Human caused climate change is the lie of the century and the solutions are worse then the problem which doesnt exist. Green energy casnt meet demand of AI which is the future. It will create an energy shortage catastrophe. Thats why Trump killed it and supports fossil fuel and nuclear. In 10 years the wind turbines will be trash. Any nation that depends on wind and solar will drive manufacturing out of their country.

You got to be a damn idiot. I am usually up and gone before the sun comes up. It is 75 ******* degrees, day in and day out. That shit ain't normal. Hasn't snowed here in two years. That shit ain't normal.

Yes, AI sucks power, maybe we should regulate it. Oh wait, now we can't.

 

[1srelluc]

Folks have Alert! fatigue....Got two this afternoon on "severe thunderstorms"....Might have rained a half inch.

 

[SeaMajor7]

“The disastrous flooding in the Texas Hill Country is at the confluence of two crises: climate change and a torrent of U.S. debt. They are related, and the federal response is making both worse.

First, climate change: Current average global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. This is the low end of the threshold established in the Paris agreement to avoid tipping points on the planet. Warmer air holds more moisture, and heat and low humidity increase the risk of drought and wildfires. We are experiencing more frequent, severe and costly storms, droughts and fire events in the U.S. and across the globe; a new abnormal. The floods along the Guadalupe River and East Coast are the latest examples of extreme events.

Like the Texas flood waters, the costs of climate disasters are rapidly rising. In 2023 there were 28 separate weather and climate disasters with damages of $1 billion or more. The total cost of disaster in 2023 was $94.8 billion. The Asheville, North Carolina, floods in 2024 are estimated to have cost between $48 billion and $53 billion. The estimated cost of this year’s Los Angeles fires is between $135 billion and $150 billion. Guadalupe River flood damage is estimated between $18 billion and $22 billion.

The Trump administration has responded by waging a war on climate science. Virtually every climate science program in every agency has been eliminated or drastically cut including: NOAA, the National Weather Service, the EPA, NASA, Energy and FEMA. These are the programs that conduct climate research, provide early severe weather alerts, hurricane and fire warnings, and emergency management preparedness. They are also cutting funding to state and local governments for disaster relief while shifting more responsibilities to them. In addition, they have also cut tax credits for clean energy while increasing subsidies for fossil fuels. These policies are literally throwing gas on the fire and then cutting funds for the fire department.”

Eco-nomics: Texas floods show threat of climate disaster, debt | HeraldNet.com

We’re seeing what happens when the crises of a warming world and debt limit our ability to respond.

www.heraldnet.com

Trump and Congressional Republicans – both have contempt for sound, responsible governance, ignoring the fact, and dangers, of human-caused climate change.

Marxists never let a "crisis" go to waste.

 

[TimFitz]

Sound responsible government!

Add to that: Spending tax dollars to minimize the effects of manmade climate change.


(that they don't believe in)

And now there's nobody else to vote for.

If they achieve his heart’s desire,you need not worry about ever voting again.

 

[leftwinger]

This is how they do it*************************

Progressive Democrat and former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner had to buck her own party to point out that the financial cuts liberals were screaming about hadn’t been been implemented yet.

“The GOP’s budget cuts to NOAA are set to take effect at the start of fiscal year 2026, which begins on October 1, 2025,” she wrote on the social media website X. “Anyone making the deaths of the children in Texas about partisan politics is morally bankrupt. Please reflect.”

 

[jknowgood]

“The disastrous flooding in the Texas Hill Country is at the confluence of two crises: climate change and a torrent of U.S. debt. They are related, and the federal response is making both worse.

First, climate change: Current average global temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. This is the low end of the threshold established in the Paris agreement to avoid tipping points on the planet. Warmer air holds more moisture, and heat and low humidity increase the risk of drought and wildfires. We are experiencing more frequent, severe and costly storms, droughts and fire events in the U.S. and across the globe; a new abnormal. The floods along the Guadalupe River and East Coast are the latest examples of extreme events.

Like the Texas flood waters, the costs of climate disasters are rapidly rising. In 2023 there were 28 separate weather and climate disasters with damages of $1 billion or more. The total cost of disaster in 2023 was $94.8 billion. The Asheville, North Carolina, floods in 2024 are estimated to have cost between $48 billion and $53 billion. The estimated cost of this year’s Los Angeles fires is between $135 billion and $150 billion. Guadalupe River flood damage is estimated between $18 billion and $22 billion.

The Trump administration has responded by waging a war on climate science. Virtually every climate science program in every agency has been eliminated or drastically cut including: NOAA, the National Weather Service, the EPA, NASA, Energy and FEMA. These are the programs that conduct climate research, provide early severe weather alerts, hurricane and fire warnings, and emergency management preparedness. They are also cutting funding to state and local governments for disaster relief while shifting more responsibilities to them. In addition, they have also cut tax credits for clean energy while increasing subsidies for fossil fuels. These policies are literally throwing gas on the fire and then cutting funds for the fire department.”

Eco-nomics: Texas floods show threat of climate disaster, debt | HeraldNet.com

We’re seeing what happens when the crises of a warming world and debt limit our ability to respond.

www.heraldnet.com

Trump and Congressional Republicans – both have contempt for sound, responsible governance, ignoring the fact, and dangers, of human-caused climate change.

There is no human caused climate change. The earth is more powerful than any of us.

 

[Edgetho]

There is no human caused climate change. The earth is more powerful than any of us.

There is AGW. No doubt about it.

You rip a big fart and it affects the climate. You turn on your stove and fry a burger you add to Climate Change. There is simply no question about it.

The question is -- How much?

70% is caused by AGW? No? Too Much? How anout 40%? Still way too high, maybe 20%? Nope, not even close.

I'm thinking maybe 1% of Climate Change is Anthropogenic. Tops.

Don't forget, we're still coming out of the Mini Ice Age. What? dimocrap FILTH never mentioned that to you? The geeks say we came out of it in 1850. Bullshit. We're just now seeing the end of it.

How about Axial Tilt? Very few dimocrap scum even know what that is. They're way, way, WAY too stupid. Didja know, the Earth's tilt is currently decreasing, which will cause milder seasons in the near future.

How about the Magnetic Field? That's changing and it has a Bigly effect on climate. How about the Ocean Currents like the Gulf Stream? They change and they affect climate, too. Big time.

dimocraps are scum. Of that, there can be no doubt, no argument to be made. They are scum. Any time they can scam The People, they will. What started as a curiosity and a legitimate attempt to stop the filthy pollution of our Lakes, Rivers, Atmosphere and everything else, dimocrap FILTH grabbed hold of it and turned it into a grift like they do everything else they get involved in.

That's going to change soon, hopefully. We'll have to battle it out in The Deep State (the Judiciary) but if we prevail, common sense and prosperity may return.

Axing EPA’s ‘endangerment’ BS will unleash a new era of US prosperity

Hooray for President Donald Trump and EPA chief Lee Zeldin for moving to roll back trillions of dollars in federal mandates by undoing the Obama-era greenhouse-gas “endangerment” finding.

nypost.com

Never forget -- dimocraps are scum

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Sound responsible government!

Add to that: Spending tax dollars to minimize the effects of manmade climate change.


(that they don't believe in)

And now there's nobody else to vote for.

Chinese CO2 = (USA *2) + India