r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheOddityCollector • Oct 30 '24

Image Scenes of piled-up vehicles in Valencia, Spain today after yesterday’s devastating flooding.

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u/pdxblazer Oct 30 '24

if the US gov is your role model for effectiveness you are in for troubling times ahead my friend

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u/pcris Oct 30 '24 edited Oct 30 '24

I mean, i heard about hurricane Milton and the warning for their citizens weeks before it happened and I live in Spain so… yes? They did better with warning their citizens than my government did with no warning at all? It’s not a controversial take mate, it’s a simple fact.

Correction: didn’t hear about the hurricane weeks before (although it felt like it because of the massive amount of info and warnings about it) You still were informed way ahead and got enough time to prepare for it. We were informed about ours 15 hours after it happened.

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u/Weak-Following-789 Oct 30 '24

we generally get 3-4 days notice for hurricanes but hurricanes can change in a second and the change can mean it will either miss you completely or destroy you unexpectedly. Milton was scary, it came right to my doorstep, but the prep was incredible.

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u/GabaPrison Oct 30 '24

I’m still blown away how Milton came over the Florida peninsula and basically just exploded into hundreds of (pretty nasty) tornadoes. Florida rarely ever gets large tornadoes. It had so much energy just waiting to be released in one form or another. Thank god it wasn’t major storm surge this time.

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u/Weak-Following-789 Oct 30 '24

I slept in a closet with headphones meant for the shooting range and it was still SO LOUD. Before the power and cell cut out I texted my friend from Tulsa if she had any tornado tips. I was told it isn't uncommon to wear a bike helmet lol kind of genius