Further note on the Tocobaga, there's no evidence that the Tocobaga temple and burial mounds were meant specifically to ward away hurricanes. It's a local myth propagated by the current, non-Native residents of Tampa Bay, almost more of a joke that's told when yet another hurricane centered on Tampa Bay jukes south for Fort Myers.
I'm confused by the hurricane streaming section. Surely the death rate for not evacuating is extremely low in absolute terms? I don't see how this is different from e.g. base jumping, which has a death about every 2000 jumps.
I think death rate isn't the right way to measure this. What's much higher probability is the chance they get injured in some way, or end up stranded in a bad situation that requires rescue. Those are fairly common scenarios after major hurricanes that happen to lots of people who don't evacuate.
I definitely don't only come here for the random links at the end, but I hope that they never ever ever stop.
I'm curious what percentage of people care about the main stories in the weekly scroll update, vs the link section, vs the memes/posts.
Further note on the Tocobaga, there's no evidence that the Tocobaga temple and burial mounds were meant specifically to ward away hurricanes. It's a local myth propagated by the current, non-Native residents of Tampa Bay, almost more of a joke that's told when yet another hurricane centered on Tampa Bay jukes south for Fort Myers.
I'm confused by the hurricane streaming section. Surely the death rate for not evacuating is extremely low in absolute terms? I don't see how this is different from e.g. base jumping, which has a death about every 2000 jumps.
I think death rate isn't the right way to measure this. What's much higher probability is the chance they get injured in some way, or end up stranded in a bad situation that requires rescue. Those are fairly common scenarios after major hurricanes that happen to lots of people who don't evacuate.
I.e., Why should responders risk their lives for people who deliberately put themselves into serious danger for clicks?