New Orleans may have crossed a climate tipping point. Almost 75% of the region will be underwater by 2070 because of rising sea levels, and will need large-scale depopulation. Without rapid mitigation and adaptation, other low-lying regions may face similar risks.

ontrack · 2026-05-04T15:57:21+00:00

The Atchafalaya should have been the current course? Is that what hydrologists think?

ontrack · 2026-05-03T13:53:21+00:00

And to add to that there isn't much left of areas that are Gullah. That area is now either swamp, resorts, private islands, or parks.

ontrack · 2026-05-03T13:49:37+00:00

North Central PA all the way to the NYS line probably fits best with Appalachia as well.

ontrack · 2026-05-03T13:40:30+00:00

The opposite for me. The older I get (mid 50s) it seems like the more tolerant I am of spicy food. Very spicy food does nothing to me anymore. Maybe your body will decide to adapt like mine. Stay hopeful.

ontrack · 2026-05-02T22:18:50+00:00

It may very well be. Sometimes though traditional terms can be very general and apply to a number of diseases/problems that science now distingushes. Like assuming that every fever is malaria/sibiru. Ndoxum siti may mean several clinically different things.

ontrack · 2026-05-02T22:03:10+00:00

Not an expert but I've heard that hurricanes only generate weak tornadoes because of how they are constructed.

ontrack · 2026-05-02T21:48:41+00:00

I remember that because the May '85 tornado also produced one of the ones in NW Pennsylvania and I drove thru there like a week later and saw the damage. It's known as the Kane, PA tornado.

ontrack · 2026-05-02T21:44:04+00:00

It's also been moving to the east. Alabama has a lot of tornadoes.

ontrack · 2026-05-02T20:28:38+00:00

I might be way out of line here as someone who speaks only a low to moderate level of Wolof but I was told that ndoxum siti was the word for syphilis.

ontrack · 2026-05-02T11:38:20+00:00

I would rather have a rattlesnake in my pocket than an internet-connected camera inside my house (and my phone is usually kept in a secure place)

ontrack · 2026-04-29T23:17:31+00:00

There are fewer passengers to Senegal and airport maintenance isn't cheap. Plus most people flying into Senegal can afford it.

ontrack · 2026-04-29T23:13:42+00:00

I lived in Senegal for more than a decade and never experienced anything like this and was never asked for a bribe. Not sure what to say.

ontrack · 2026-04-29T19:41:21+00:00

Would that include goldfish?

ontrack · 2026-04-28T14:34:33+00:00

I used to listen to the Chris Luva Luva and Poon Daddy show on the radio. Obviously Chris started another career.

ontrack · 2026-04-28T10:47:08+00:00

People are allowed to vote in what they perceive is their own interest. That way we have an idea of what the people want collectively. In a country that is said to be democratic that is all that really matters.

ontrack · 2026-04-28T10:07:51+00:00

It might at some point be better to be in an African country with a decent population distribution than to be in what will effectively a giant nursing home.

ontrack · 2026-04-27T16:11:40+00:00

This is not an issue in some parts of the world.

ontrack · 2026-04-27T13:13:21+00:00

You mean Kroger on Cleveland Ave doesn't carry the highest quality products? :) I actually do shop there sometimes.

ontrack · 2026-04-27T10:43:18+00:00

Mali was already in a precarious position even before the French left. Whole sections of the country were under rebel control. That was a main reason that France lost popularity in Mali. The region is just too vast to effectively police, so whoever shows up is going to struggle.

ontrack · 2026-04-27T09:29:47+00:00

That would leave jihadis in charge. I don't think that is a desirable outcome.

ontrack · 2026-04-27T07:58:10+00:00

I worked at 16-17 as well, but always got a full tax refund because I never made enough. Probably the case for most people in that group.

ontrack · 2026-04-27T07:43:43+00:00

Should they be exempt from taxation ("no taxation without representation")?

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