We dodged the bullet. Outages and some damage all around us but we're ok, other than a bit of debris from who knows where in our yard.

Good to hear

Fiona wreaks havoc across Atlantic region, washes away homes in N.L.

vid at source

Towns in Cape Breton and on Newfoundland's southern coast declared states of emergency on Saturday as post-tropical storm Fiona -- one of the strongest storms to ever strike Eastern Canada -- continued to lash the region.
Rene Roy, editor of the weekly newspaper in Port aux Basques, N.L., said he saw evidence that nine homes, including a two-storey apartment building, were washed out to sea by a massive storm surge and wind-driven waves that soared about 25 metres into the air.

"Lower Water Street is devastated with damage," said Roy. "There are homes gone. There are homes in the street .... The RCMP are actively investigating whether people have been ....

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/fiona-wre ... -1.6082706

And here

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-envi ... -1.6082783

Over 400,000 without power in NS. That over 40% of the population. PEI nearly 100% this morning.

The storm was significantly worse than expected - it set records

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2528842

Well over half of Nova Scotians have had their power restored. A huge thank you to crews from Quebec and Maine.

Satellite images capture dramatic erosion on P.E.I.'s coastline and damage to sand dunes
Melissa Lopez-Martinez

When Hurricane Fiona made landfall over the weekend as a post-tropical storm, Prince Edward Island and one of its most important ecosystems endured significant damage as the storm triggered erosion on the province’s coastline.

Photos from the Canadian Space Agency showed the extent of the storm’s force as it swept through the province. Citizen scientists on the ground also captured its impact on the sand dunes of national parks, including Dalvay, Brackley and Cavendish Beach.

Chris Houser, a science professor at the University of Windsor, says the damage to the Dalvay national park sand dunes is unlike anything seen before

“The dune basically was cut in half,” Houser told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on ...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-envi ... -1.6086894

Number of vids at the site immediately below the headline

Couldn't deSantis just deny it's happening and that would make it all better.

You mean pass a "don't say storm" law?

The usual culprits.

Revealed: Huge gas flaring emissions never reported

Major oil companies are not declaring a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, a BBC News investigation has revealed.

The BBC found millions of tonnes of undeclared emissions from gas flaring at oil fields where BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell work.

More---> https://www.bbc.com/news/science-enviro ... gn=KARANGA

Storm surge at Ft Myers beach

https://twitter.com/itsbethbooker/statu ... 0943946752

Understanding the Basics of the Climate Crisis

Making sense of global warming, the changing climate and what it means for the earth is mandatory if we’re going to understand how best to tackle it all. Here we dive into the basics in an effort to solidify out knowledge of the complex issues of the climate crisis.

Are Climate Change and Global Warming the Same Thing?

Though “climate change” and “global warming” are often used interchangeably, global warming is one aspect of climate change

Global warming is the term used to describe the warming of the planet. It is widely accepted that the earth has been warming since the early 20th century.

Climate change refers to a broad range of changes that are happening to our planet. Included in climate change is global warming, rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers and shifts in flower/plant blooming times.

More recently experts have begun to use the term “climate crisis” to emphasize the urgency with which we need ...

https://www.thebermudian.com/news-and-c ... he-basics/

Thousands still without power in Atlantic Canada

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2538034



Over 5,500 customers without power in N.S. and P.E.I. two weeks after Fiona hit the region

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/over-5-500- ... -1.6102414

That's how privately-owned utilities work.

As thousands flock to Louisiana's insurer of last resort, its rates are set to skyrocket
Rate increases of 63% will kick in when homeowners renew their Citizens policies.
JOSEPH CRANNEY

Rates for the 100,000-plus homeowners who have home insurance policies with Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., will increase by 63% under an agency request approved by the Louisiana Department of Insurance on Monday.

The change takes effect Jan. 1, but the increase doesn’t kick in until a policyholder renews. That means that if a homeowner took out a policy on Oct. 1, their rates won’t change until the end of September 2023. It also locks in the current rates for any policies taken out before the end of this year.

Citizens, the state’s insurer of last resort, made the request because the costs of reinsurance shot up, according to state Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon. Insurers use reinsurance as a backstop in case there’s a groundswell of claims in the wake of a major disaster.

At the same time, state law requires Citizens’ rates in each parish to be at least 10% higher than ...

https://www.nola.com/news/article_ac355 ... 34fba.html

More than 80% of US waterways contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’

Analysis finds ‘widespread contamination’ in the US, with forever chemicals frequently exceeding federal and state limits

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/18/pfas-forever-chemicals-80-percent-us-waterways-contaminated