Super long form article on the politics of water, housing, development, farming and immigration in Arizona where the legislature is almost fully captured by MAGA nihilists and where the kinda-hero of the story is a Mormon zealot who believes in the divine inspiration of the Constitution

We’re fucking doomed y’all

  • Bloobish [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    18·
    5 months ago

    The first heat bulb event will likely be the beginning of the end for Flrida never mind the rising sea level wiping out profitable coastline housing and infastructure.

    • Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      5 months ago

      That’s what I had in the back of my head. Last week Kid Rock was rolling through our region and all the local hogs on the forums who wanted to go see him were saying:

      “😆😆😆 What heat wave?! 101 degrees is cool winter day to me. 😆😆😆”

      Maybe the first wet bulb event will happen at one of these country chud jamborees.

    • itappearsthat@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      5 months ago

      idk whether florida is that vulnerable to wet bulb events. You’re never that far from the coast (oceans moderate temperatures) and it is truly aggressively flat so there are no physical features to force a heat dome to stay in place for that long.

      • Bloobish [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        All it takes is rising humidity coupled with a longer hot period like what is currently being seen in certain areas of Mexico, heck even humidity around 50% with temps around the 100s will likely start seeing larger heat stroke events occurring.