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I_UndergroundPanther

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1. I have worried

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2024, 07:01 AM

Aug 2024

About oil refineries nuclear plants and industrial sites and factory farms with deadly pink ponds swarming with waste and bacteria the impact of all this vile toxic mess during natural disasters.

Glad but sad there was a word invented for it.

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The coinage of a new word in climate science: "natech," as in "natech disasters." [View all] NNadir Aug 2024 OP

I have worried I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2024 #1

This was a huge problem in MS after Katrina. intheflow Aug 2024 #2