• Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    The Norwegian pamphlet features an aerial photo of the extreme weather Hans, that was 7~9 August 2023. Specifically it’s a cropped version of Nesbyen-12.png — a photo taken by Helitrans, free to use with credit, commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (who also made the pamphlet). Nesbyen is located in Hallingdal district in Buskerud. It looks like a very nice and scenic place when it’s not getting flooded to Hell.

    But yeah, I was off in the Land of the Seven Council Fires when old Hans came to town, it was honestly crazy to see a picture from a neighbor back home, showing our street looking like it had turned into friggin Venice overnight. So in that moment I was thinking, “Yup, we’re seeing the extreme weather of climate change here as well!” — And then a few months later, January 17th 2024, there was that crazy snow storm that just completely shut down half of Norway’s transit infrastructure for half the day, and I thought again, “If people are going to end up commuting by gondola in the summer and by snow scooter in the winter, I don’t think capitalism will survive for much longer, 'cause God Himself keeps calling general strikes, using precipitation as a divine picket line…”