Tag: hurricanes

The storm has also revealed cracks in emergency preparedness, as rescue efforts struggle to keep up with the scale of destruction.

According to Climate Central, a research organization specializing in climate impacts, the record-breaking sea temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico provided the fuel that allowed Hurricane Milton to intensify at an unprecedented pace.

Not everyone is struggling. In fact, some actually benefit economically from these extreme weather events.

The disaster-relief agency, under fire after Hurricane Maria, won’t release the plan, even as a comparable document for Hawaii remains public.

“People are going to die from cancer and have mold for the chaser.”

Financial firms are still fighting to get billions out of the bankrupt island as it tries to rebuild.

“I hate to tell you Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack.” –Donald Trump in Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 3rd

The price: the planet.

If Trump succeeds in ramping up military spending and gutting everything else, we’ll be left with a bunch of nukes and an underfunded state – and no one but China to keep us afloat.

The damage suffered by Houston, Tampa and Miami is not an anomaly. It is the beginning of the end.