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AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

Herstory Begins Now posted:

E: worth noting: steel frame construction doesn't give a gently caress about really any windspeed, there were videos of super typhoon hitting built up areas and they do nothing to major buildings except break some windows

Unless you manage to flood a balcony or something, a high-rise is a solid place to ride out a storm and has the bonus of a nice view.

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AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

Oracle posted:

That one chef that went to Puerto Rico José Andrés has already landed some supplies after chartering a helicopter in to Abaco. Sandwiches and still-cold oranges and water.

https://twitter.com/chefjoseandres/status/1169444477066502144

Couldn't even send vienna sausages and skittles, sad!

AreWeDrunkYet
Jul 8, 2006

poverty goat posted:

incidentally LA has a man-made river which was designed to prevent exactly what's happening in texas right now. can't do something like that without the federal government (army corps) and imminent domain though, so welp. a major selling point of texas is being free of such oppression

Right, aqueducts aren't a new idea, they're just usually uncovered rather than in a pipe since because of the quantities required and lack of toxicity.

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