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Hurricane Katrina vs. Hurricane Helene (lemmy.world)

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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

it’s different from people refusing to evacuate since that’s on them

It isn't though, you need to examine why those people were unwilling or unable to evacuate.

This is a systemic failure; our systems failed to adequately enable and incentivize people to evacuate. Do you judge a country's covid response by the number of people killed by covid, or just chalk that up to people's individual choices too?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The former. Which was my point. They were not deaths caused by the hurricane itself.

[–] MonkeyDatabase@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

~~Guns~~ Hurricanes don't kill people.