Yeah I was just looking at Georgia and comparing it to North Carolina and it's crazy how close together they are. All those Georgia people are moving to Atlanta and North Georgia. In 20 years that's not going to be anymore peaceful mountains in Georgia.
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Misc 2021 Spring/Summer Whamby Thread
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smast16
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Meh, the 2021 influx of new Yorkers and California's just made up for that.
I've also seen a lot from Ohio.
LickWx
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Nah , there’s always been an influx of those groups . NC is becoming a pricier state , if your middle class Raleigh is become less and less accessible really fast.
TCs are boring, wind/rain, low clouds and BN temps and repeat
LickWx
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thats only because you live 300 miles from the nearest ocean.
Meh the below normal temps low clouds suck, even if I lived at the coast, wind is fun and all tho ig
LickWx
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I mean most TS suck for me too, im just dying for the big one that doesnt suck! Though ive gotten some decent wind and massive rain from storms like matthew. they dont compare though to what can happen
smast16
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Dippin into some old school for a meme. I love it.
LickWx
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lmaoooo i reported one of my own posts in the 95l thread because I need help. I can't be shown that without weeneing out lmao. ahahah they banned me from posting in it till tomorrow! I bet it was @metwannabe he has been anxious to place a ban for a while lol!
. Im dying of laughter rn!
reason for ban : being bigger weenie than brick ?
. Im dying of laughter rn!reason for ban : being bigger weenie than brick ?
I hope no TCs happen close by, often it screws up our lapse rates for a week after if there’s still a nice juicy airmass , which mean storms have no lightning
cd2play
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I think weather system moves over a bird area at some point.
How is it cooler in AL than ND???!? Am I doing this right
LickWx
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NoSnowATL
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Looking at 10+ days hurricane forecast.
Avalanche
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Thor
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This current decade should be the boom, its wild what has happened in just the past 12 months on my end. The stage is being set for the metros and surrounding counties to become much bigger. Infrastructure(public transport and roads) is probably the only reason it didn't blow up this past decade. But I don't see a reason why the less populated counties really grow much, so more or less what you have been seeing with them. I also question our census numbers since there were some politically driven bias happening....But it's the best we have.
cd2play
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I think bird man has been cheating on me.
LickWx
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The state canned a bunch of road projects following covid , or at least delayed them . One of them was the widening of 64. I doubt it though, don’t personally think this decade grows anymore than the one before it . Less Americans moving around , less people moving to America , and the state has become considerably more expensive . We will see though. Why do you think there political bias at play? A desire to prevent us from gaining more seats ?
Thor
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DOT was broke because of financial mismanagement but we have one of the largest budget surplus's(extra 7bil+ next couple years) in history stacking up right now, because of all the Covid/Fed money coming down and now the infrastructure bill is looming on top of that. Im seeing a lot of dormant DOT projects coming back and contractors getting busy again, they were stalled for a few years.The political part is just the same old crap drawing dividing lines in districts for votes(that favors one way or another), and I heard the census was cut a bit short due to the election in certain areas. But we are a battleground state so manipulation is expected unfortunately.
Tarheel1
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Well all you Wake Co. boys dust off those mask
LickWx
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I’m not wearing it ! Shoot.
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So do I have to put my mask on when I cross into wake county #confused
LickWx
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Our taxpayer dollars are going to fund the protection of the homes of wealthy Americans who usurped the local populations on our barrier islands with their fancy homes, freaking Kooks. The barrier islands I have said time and time again were not meant for the kind of development we see today on them. Prior to the heavy commercialization of the islands, locals lived in cheaply built homes further from the beach as they understood that permanent structures on shifting sand were impossible. Now look, here we are spending millions in taxpayer funds to help save the homes of these poor poor poor rich people. All it takes is one bad noreaster or hurricane and half your island's gone, or the beach erodes 2000 feet of sand and your home is suddenly being lapped by the waves.
www.wbur.org
islandfreepress.org
History of NC-12 is fascinating, but roads arent viable on the OBX, rather they should have gone with a system similar to carova beach where there are no paved roads to my knowledge just sand.
Of course, here you go... the biggest motivator for all this $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
On North Carolina's Outer Banks, A Preview Of What Might Be In Store For Mass. Barrier Beaches
We look to the Outer Banks, where beaches and seaside homes are succumbing to the encroaching ocean, as a possible harbinger of what's to come for barrier beaches here in Massachusetts as the climate warms, storms become more frequent, and erosion worsens.
www.wbur.org
NC12 Task Force tackles a thorny problem — keeping the road viable | Island Free Press
At the third meeting of the NC 12 Task Force, held on Aug. 11 at the Dare County Administrative Building, the complexity of maintaining NC12 on Hatteras Island was the focus of attention. As stakeholders discussed confronting the challenges of the road now and in the future, two concerns, in...
islandfreepress.org
History of NC-12 is fascinating, but roads arent viable on the OBX, rather they should have gone with a system similar to carova beach where there are no paved roads to my knowledge just sand.
Of course, here you go... the biggest motivator for all this $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Can NC afford to keep maintaining its beaches amid increasing climate change?
As the seas rise and temperatures increase, will North Carolina's oceanfront communities be able to maintain their beaches?
www.starnewsonline.com
Bless your heart.Our taxpayer dollars are going to fund the protection of the homes of wealthy Americans who usurped the local populations on our barrier islands with their fancy homes, freaking Kooks. The barrier islands I have said time and time again were not meant for the kind of development we see today on them. Prior to the heavy commercialization of the islands, locals lived in cheaply built homes further from the beach as they understood that permanent structures on shifting sand were impossible. Now look, here we are spending millions in taxpayer funds to help save the homes of these poor poor poor rich people. All it takes is one bad noreaster or hurricane and half your island's gone, or the beach erodes 2000 feet of sand and your home is suddenly being lapped by the waves.
On North Carolina's Outer Banks, A Preview Of What Might Be In Store For Mass. Barrier Beaches
We look to the Outer Banks, where beaches and seaside homes are succumbing to the encroaching ocean, as a possible harbinger of what's to come for barrier beaches here in Massachusetts as the climate warms, storms become more frequent, and erosion worsens.
NC12 Task Force tackles a thorny problem — keeping the road viable | Island Free Press
At the third meeting of the NC 12 Task Force, held on Aug. 11 at the Dare County Administrative Building, the complexity of maintaining NC12 on Hatteras Island was the focus of attention. As stakeholders discussed confronting the challenges of the road now and in the future, two concerns, in...
History of NC-12 is fascinating, but roads arent viable on the OBX, rather they should have gone with a system similar to carova beach where there are no paved roads to my knowledge just sand.
Of course, here you go... the biggest motivator for all this $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Can NC afford to keep maintaining its beaches amid increasing climate change?
As the seas rise and temperatures increase, will North Carolina's oceanfront communities be able to maintain their beaches?www.starnewsonline.com
LickWx
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Did you read anything I posted! If you disagree which there is no possible way you can, I mean how do you justify the destruction of these islands for the benefit of a wealthier minority? How do you justify having to continually pour millions of taxpayer dollars to keep them?
I read all of it. It's just a losing battle. Just wait till your wife wants to move to the beach and you tell her no and see what happens.
LickWx
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So why fight a losing battle? You know they can be saved right? The fight we are putting up only leads to the permanent loss of these islands. They are very important pieces of nature, but also as stated in a couple of the articles, are very big generators of tax dollar revenue for these counties and our state. We can't afford to lose highly lucrative sources of revenue. What does it require? Well either some sort of insane engineering breakthrough that has man winning against mother natures most powerful weapon, the ocean, or we have to compromise with some areas being abandoned, others being redeveloped into less dense areas that coexist better with the shifting nature of those islands. We need to coexist, those islands cant support massive hotels and condos.
Good luck getting a town to say they want to abandon their houses.
LickWx
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Hah, I don't need to get them to say that, in my article, it's made clear that many homes were already lost to the ocean. Suppose this is an instance where people's rights have to be trampled on and they all got to be forced out, at least that's the "easy" ( obviously not) solution. We just sit by and let the greed of a few lead to a loss for us all?
I don't get paid enough to participate in this thread. I'm going on break.
LickWx
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Where is your passion!
Living at the beach.
LickWx
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Fine but I don't want to help pay for it! Get you a trailer or RV and live on the beach. Cheap, easily movable, and replaceable. Not going to lie though, I would love to live at the beach. Freak it lets fight the ocean and sink with the islands, Ill take my fancy condo!
Nearly $26B dollars in tourism annually in NC and those beaches are a huge reason why, not to mention over 230k jobs created. "You" aren't paying for it
I had a couple classes at state where we actually had a decent portions of the class related to the geography/geology/ecology of the obx and development. I'd urge you to look for them and take them if you can if you are this passionate about it. They are much more eye opening than internet articles. I'll see if I can find an old copy of my transcript tonight to find the class number might even have the textbook in the attic
LickWx
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Our federal and state taxpayer dollars go back into protecting those beaches and private properties. The jobs created are low-wage service jobs that don't provide enough income for those working them to even live on those islands. Job creation is good but if we lose those beaches its all gone. Which is all the more reason to find an actual solution!
By tons of students, transfer students, etc... invaluable experience, not too mention small businesses owners who make more than that but would go out of business. But that's ok, let's spend those tax dollars on unemployment benefits and increase taxes to make up for tourism loss revenues.
LickWx
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What? You are missing the point here which is heavy commercialization of the islands is causing us to lose them. You won't have any island to generate tourism revenue...come on mets you're better than that, don't misconstrue my post into something it was not suggesting!
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