Rob Moore

As peak hurricane season nears, how much sand is left after Folly Beach's $23M renourishment? Nearly all of the new sand is still on Folly Beach a year after Army Corps began 2024 renourishment project, a good sign ahead of peak hurricane season.

Story on "beach nourishment" project in South Carolina contains all-too-predictable sentiments that illustrate the futility of these projects

1) you can't just spray sand and expect it to stick
2) identical project done in 2014 and 2018 (see 1 above)

www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...

It's quiet out there...thank goodness.

Inside the MR2025 Conference: Planning for Adaptation, Mobility and Relocation in a Warming World — AMERICA ADAPTS The Climate Change Podcast Inside the MR2025 Conference: Planning for Adaptation, Mobility and Relocation in a Warming World. Ep. 233.

If you missed Columbia University's Climate Mobility conference in June, you can learn more about it on @americaadapts.bsky.social.
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How weather conspiracy theories moved from online fringes to state laws On Monday, Florida’s attorney general warned, “We don’t jeopardize public health so we can bend the knee to the climate cult.”

But this is gaining ground w the administration's supporters??
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NOAA was developing a tool to help communities prepare for future rainfall. Trump officials stopped it. The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation.

Does that make sense to anyone? In the aftermath of a flash flood that led to 120+ fatalities?

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Senator Raises Climate Warning Amid Texas Floods and Trump’s Tax Bill Sheldon Whitehouse will give his 300th floor speech on climate on Wednesday, less than a week after Congress rolled back clean energy incentives.

Beautiful Spending Bill That Makes Climate Change Worse Protects Chickens From Climate Change
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FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

Put down you Rolex Sec. Noem.

Times Up!

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

As President Trump heads to Texas, let's reflect on some of his previous disaster site visits, as told in this book.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Whose-...

Trump announces 35 percent tariffs on Canada The levy injects fresh turmoil into a strained bilateral relationship as Prime Minister Mark Carney negotiates a new economic partnership with the United States.

We've done this a couple times earlier...right?

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Trump administration backs away from abolishing FEMA As Trump heads to Texas to see the impact of last week’s deadly flash floods, the White House has backed away from plans to abolish FEMA, officials said.

I think that's what's so troubling

“Without any official action,” the official said, “you’re already seeing the theory” of the administration’s new approach “taking place in Texas.”

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E&E News: FEMA leader is a no-show after deadly Texas flooding David Richardson hasn't made public appearances, statements or social media postings since last week's flood. Former FEMA officials say that's concerning.

FEMA Administrator...I mean Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator (kinda)...nowhere to be seen.
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Just gaming this out, IF these were weather control devices...

Why would such a device be in the hands of a local tv affiliate and not an entity a bit higher up on the food chain, like a Bond villian or something?

What motive would the TV station have for creating such a storm?

Conspiracy theorists certain that weather radars operated by local
tv stations are weather control devices.

Not sure how we win this war of the minds. How does one correct such an amazingly off-kilter belief?

In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and li...

Sec Noem's personally approving any expenses in excess of $100,000 at DHS and FEMA

In the wake of disasters in TX and NC, that's a lot of reviewing and not much delivery of much needed services.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...

I don't hear that very often. 😆

"Let me be a little more direct, sir. I didn't come out of concern for you running down your battery...but for my retinas."

"Well, I have the tailgate open, so when I close it the lights will auto shutoff a few minutes later."

"Yes, see, you're behind the car, and the headlights are in front, so I'm sure they don't bother you, nor are you using them."

At the fireworks...people pulling in and setting up chairs and insist on leaving their headlights on.

me: "Can you please turn off your headlights?"

"Oh yeah, they'll turn off in a few minutes."

me: "How about you turn them off now...using the switch?

Land deal ends controversial mining fight near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp The landmark deal ends a years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places.

Some much appreciated good news. Congratulations and thank you to @conservationfnd.bsky.social @selc.bsky.social and all who kept this mine from happening and saved one of the truly wild places in Georgia.

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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

If states want to follow the lead of FL, LA, and CA...they're well on their way.

Risk reduction is their only way out of this downward spiral.

And states could demonstrate a new model for insurance, via their FAIR plans.

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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the G.O.P. Tax Bill

File under "short-sighted", "small-minded", and "predictable"

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/c...

When people complain about FEMA it’s most often that they want FEMA to be doing more (and better), not less. These comments support that.

Live Update: Trump and Musk Attack Each Other in Remarkable Break

File under "inevitable"

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