Starring: Mel Gibson
A real victim
MelodiousFunk 16 points 2 years ago
It's a complex.
Issue. Complex issue. Sorry, dunno what came over me.
Duamerthrax 3 points 2 years ago
Against the backdrop of thousands of regular people loosing everything, follow along the true story of a few producers loosing a fraction of what they own. "My personal 9/11", coming only to theaters this fall, because fuck house bound people.
werefreeatlast 1 point 2 years ago
In a world, burning with anxiety.... Mel, our uncanny hero.
SaharaMaleikuhm 3 points 2 years ago
🎵who can say where the road goes, where the day flows? Only time🎵
I_Has_A_Hat 42 points 2 years ago
Well, not the fires specifically, but the US has already begun the steps to monetize climate change. Why do you think there's a sudden interest in Canada and Greenland? That melting permafrost is gonna open up a lot of resources.
technocrit 3 points 2 years ago
Build the wall!!!! \s
OsrsNeedsF2P 30 points 2 years ago
Quick, sell flood insurance to California and wildfire insurance to Florida
negativenull 24 points 2 years ago
The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets.
- Baron Rothschild
lone_faerie 20 points 2 years ago
I saw rent in LA county has gone up 23% in the past week
itslilith 6 points 2 years ago
I'm of two minds about this. If an area is extremely disaster-prone, you shouldn't build there. But it sucks to already live there, and not get insured. I'd be fine if there were no new insurance contacts on new houses being built.
Another, local example: in Germany, a few years ago there was a catastrophic flood that killed several people and destroyed many houses located in a river valley, because the river had been artificially narrowed and straightened. With looming climate change there was already talks about flooding risk and insurance covering. After the disaster, a decent chunk of people planned to rebuild their houses in the exact same spots. Some were not even insured, and relied on government disaster relief money, afaik
GreatAlbatross 11 points 2 years ago
"What if we built a private water distribution system, that took priority over regular people's supply, then charged for access during wildfires?"
technocrit 9 points 2 years ago
Everybody's "mad" at insurance companies for telling people the truth and refusing to lose money on obviously doomed Malibu.
But it's the landlords who will continue to exploit the fuck out of LA.
hungryphrog 1 point 2 years ago
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