Nice touch of detail.
As someone who has always been around people speaking broken English, it becomes very easy to interpret word jumbles and mistranslations.
He is trying to say that we use energy (presumably he is talking specifically about fossil fuels) for everything and in ways that people may not even realize it. He is saying that without fossil fuels society can't function.
Assisted full self driving is an oxymoron.
Yeah remember the storm is very big so before it makes landfall or even without making landfall, it is still affecting a wide area.
It appears they preserved Melbourne, FL moreso than Melbourne, Australia.
The article is about North Carolina. That's where the devastating flooding outside of flood zones was. Obviously there are wider implications nationwide but it's not a Florida specific problem.
What surprised me most about Helene was the ground speed. I don't remember seeing any hurricane make landfall in the US moving at over 20mph. As a casual observer I have anyways seen 12 mph as a quick storm and 6 mph as slow.
They are habitable with the correct building codes. Northern Florida historically got very few hurricanes so the buildings are not hurricane resistant. The fact that their house floated away is the red flag that the home could never survive a hurricane. Houses in South Florida are concrete block exteriors. In the Keys you can't have any living space at all on the first floor too.
It does make it much more expensive to build but I see that rule becoming necessary in all coastal areas.
The extreme damage will be when hurricanes start making regular landfall in even less historically hurricane prone areas (see Western NC getting hit by the same storm at a fraction of the strength it hit Florida with). We already had hurricane Sandy fuck up NJ. It won't be pretty when a similar storm hits Philly, NYC, DC, etc.
Western Carolina is a place I have thought would be ok as climate change progresses...
I would argue there are limits. An art piece being used as a suicide booth falls into the category of not being essential enough that it must remain openly accessible to the public. A bridge or train tracks being used for suicide should not be closed off.
They have a trigger safety. It looks almost like a tiny trigger within the trigger. Essentially means that it will only fire if you pull the trigger. It makes sense for trained personnel since they won't be pulling the trigger unless they intend to fire and mistakenly leaving a safety on when you need to shoot can get you killed. Still seems very sketchy to me even though I understand that logically, it's just as safe.
It's essentially just a jig to use regular utility blades to quickly cut strips of equal width.
He had a knife, had stated he was going to kill them, and was allegedly charging at them. Apparently they also used tasers on him but they were ineffective. But otherwise yes, safety is one factor.
Tess of Tuberville: a modern take on a classic.
Nah cut here to open is worse. It's always an inch above where you actually need to cut.