And if they get hit with one, I suppose he'll come begging to the federal government for money because he wasted what they had on defending this terrible law.

just now heading into the peak of the season.
Nothing to see here, move on

by the assholery of their governor.

that prohibits disasters in North Carolina.

In the meantime, shouldn't this lousy excuse for a governor be impeached? Oh, wait....that would cost money too, wouldn't it?

I'm glad I'm way inland.

Some of the most damaging hurricanes affect areas far inland. Both Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham have been hit by hurricane force winds, tornados, and heavy flooding.

Hugo hit Charlotte, Fran hit the Triangle. Hit has been twenty years since Fran.

Arrest the ocean?

to new coastal development in North Carolina. They stuck their heads in the figurative sand to appease the real estate and construction lobbies.

"“It was just a few years ago where North Carolina was the punch line of a lot of jokes regarding this particular topic,” said Neal Andrew, a member of the CRC. “And I think the report that was done most recently by the science panel was very through, very professional, and is something we should all be proud of.”

The shorter time frame was not the only change that diffused the politically-charged situation. Frank Gorham, the CRC chairman, also fought off calls to put climate-change deniers on the Science Panel and set up two out-of-state peer reviewers.

“The process worked perfectly,” Gorham said. “Politics was not involved in this decision. We recognized the value of the science panel and they recognized the value of our peer-review group and they respected each other and we got the results in.”"

http://wunc.org/post/state-outlawed-climate-change-accepts-latest-sea-level-rise-report#stream/0

Is anyone selling beachfront property in Arizona yet?

upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, as well as inland areas of the provinces Quebec and New Brunswick.

I had survived high winds from Ivan and Isabel but was deposited on my roof by a microburst (apparently) during a fairly ordinary thunderstorm. Tornados are rare here but they can happen.

I'm sure Tom Tillis will let the market take care of everything.

but, of course, it won't be