Click this gift link

[pixy0stix]

wapo.st/4fgksXh

It's an article to find your chances of being in a climate disaster.

BUT beyond that we've had people say they can't access WaPo gift articles. So:

1. Can you access the article?

2. If no, what is it telling you? Can you provide a screenshot? Are you on a phone or computer? What browser are you using?

[Susie]

1. Yes (via Safari)

ETA:  and yes I have a WaPo subscription.

[sonrisa]

I was able to open it on an iPhone, using safari

I put in some different counties to see risk levels, and have some skepticism. Miami-Dade is listed as having ‘low’ coastal flooding risk. Doesn’t Miami have streets that regularly flood during king tides?

[picksthemusic]

Yes via Chrome. But I have a WaPo account.

[pixy0stix]

Oct 22, 2024 17:12:39 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

I was able to open it on an iPhone, using safari

I put in some different counties to see risk levels, and have some skepticism. Miami-Dade is listed as having ‘low’ coastal flooding risk. Doesn’t Miami have streets that regularly flood during king tides?

I also had skepticism as my county is low across the board. Except we've seen wildfires and "100 year floods" fairly frequently.

[pixy0stix]

Oct 22, 2024 17:18:13 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Yes via Chrome. But I have a WaPo account.

Oh, that's another factor. Gift links should work without an account.

[lilypad1126]

I do not have a wapo account and I was able to open it on my iPhone in safari.

I’m not one bit surprised that my county is “very high”. The county that I will likely be moving to in the next year is “very low” so I’m happy to see that.

[Michelle]

Thank you

Works for me

No surprises on my county but love that I can search for others!!

[4speedy]

I have questions regarding gift links.

1). Is there a limited number of times the link can be opened.

If so…

2). I have a WaPo account. If I click on the link is it counted against the number of times it’s gifted?

I open links so that I can participate in the discussion, but if it is preventing someone else from opening it, I’ll search out the article on my own.

[underwaterrhymes]

I can open it, but I have a WaPo subscription.

I also looked up my county. We are low risk or very low for everything except inland flooding, where we are a medium.

[bsp36]

Yes can open. TY.

[pierogigirl]

The first time I clicked the gift link, it told me I had to create an account to use it. I then went back and clicked the link a second time and it opened up without asking me to create an account.

Edit - using Chrome on a laptop

[klee23]

Ditto pierogigirl

I could open this link on chrome on my phone without issue. An article you linked in the last week I was unable to read and the popup said I had to create an account. I forget which post it was but I imagine that prompted this post since others mentioned not reading it either. That was chrome on my laptop

[DotAndBuzz]

I can open - have a WaPo acct.

Overall risk very low.
Only one in the "medium" category was inland flooding. Heat and drought low, coastal flooding, hurricane, and wildfire very low.

I feel like it's kind of accurate, but not entirely. Warmer winters have meant more ice, less snow. Ice is WAY more damaging, causing massive power outages, downed trees, and harder to deal with. We've seen that even in just the past 5 years. The thunderstorms that come through are also much more severe. So no, we won't get hurricanes, but straight-line winds can still reach tropical storm, and even hurricane force, and our buildings aren't built for that up here.

[klee23]

Oct 22, 2024 17:57:48 GMT -5 klee23 said:

Ditto pierogigirl

I could open this link on chrome on my phone without issue. An article you linked in the last week I was unable to read and the popup said I had to create an account. I forget which post it was but I imagine that prompted this post since others mentioned not reading it either. That was chrome on my laptop

pixy0stix I opened the link from a few days ago,same device/browser and unable to read the other article still. Today's article is fine

[pixy0stix]

Oct 22, 2024 17:57:48 GMT -5 klee23 said:

Ditto pierogigirl

I could open this link on chrome on my phone without issue. An article you linked in the last week I was unable to read and the popup said I had to create an account. I forget which post it was but I imagine that prompted this post since others mentioned not reading it either. That was chrome on my laptop

I couldn't remember who it was, so I'm glad you responded! Wawa was having issues in another post, too, so I think something might have changed with WaPo.

[pixy0stix]

Oct 22, 2024 17:31:18 GMT -5 4speedy said:

I have questions regarding gift links.

1). Is there a limited number of times the link can be opened.

If so…

2). I have a WaPo account. If I click on the link is it counted against the number of times it’s gifted?

I open links so that I can participate in the discussion, but if it is preventing someone else from opening it, I’ll search out the article on my own.

The last time I went looking to see if there was a limit I couldn't find the answer, so

[Jalapeñomel]

Yes on the app

[katfco]

The first time I tried to open it, it didn’t work, but the second time it did.

No surprise, central Ohio has a very low risk.

[cricketwife]

(I’m just a CEP lurker), Same as PP’s. The first time it didn’t work and said I needed to enter my email to create an account. Based on the feedback above, I tried a second time and it worked.

Safari on iPad.

[elleblue]

Yes. Phone via Chrome, no WaPo account anymore.

Now going back to read it.

[bee20]

Can't access it on my phone without creating an account, can access from PC.

Low risk of climate. We do get wildfire smoke every year and it is disruptive, but I live in a city and my house isn't going to burn from it.

[snapoutofit]

I was able to access the article. I’m on an iPhone and using google chrome.


Low risk for climate disaster

[wesleycrusher]

Chrome on laptop- 1st time wanted login, second time I was able to access the article.

I am in Western PA- it has us at low climate risk which I would agree with, except that I would say we are at higher risk for landslides which isn't counted on their list of natural disasters.

[arehopsveggies]

Safari on phone, yes I can open /read it

My overall risk is low, but drought is high and wildfire is medium.
Wildfire really disrupted my summer so… yeah…

[tiki]

I can open it. iPhone, Chrome browser, I am not signed in to WaPo.

We’re in new england. Overall risk is low, except surprisingly our hurricane risk is high.

[ellipses84]

I can read the article via the link in the Tapatalk App but the first time I opened it, it acted like I needed to login to a popup even to read the free gift version. I closed it and clicked on the link again and could see the article without that.

Everyone will be glad to know we moved to a low risk area after being climate disaster victims in our former high risk area 2x in less than 2 years. In our current home, we are in a particularly low risk neighborhood, although there still have been homes and neighborhoods destroyed in our city in the past year due to climate disasters.

[sent]

Safari on the iPhone, I was able to open it. I don't have a WaPo account.

[jlt19]

I can open it in Chrome on my iPhone. I couldn’t open one last week.

I’m in the Midwest and Medium due to inland flooding, which is not surprising at all. What gets me is that flood insurance here is hardly ever suggested, but earthquake insurance is practically mandatory and the deductible is 15%. Earthquakes aren’t even a part of the article equation. I should probably cancel that and get flood insurance!

[wawa]

Thank you for gift link testing! The link worked for me, but im a subscriber obvs so that means nothing.

County level risk is an interesting level of zoom, especially given the rest of the article talks about a tighter variation. Flooding in particular varies on a much more granular scale - like my county has a high level of inland flooding, i assume because we have one specific river valley that has had multiple catastrophic floods, and another stream with a a wide flood plain that includes a major highway in the most densely built up area of the county that floods at least once a year. When its very bad they have to close the southbound highway lanes, but there arent many homes in the path.

But very few homes are at risk (outside that one town in the narrow valley. Which are absolutely at horrendous risk) in part because most of the river valleys are pretty steep and/or are parks. Even if the river half a mile away spills its banks, my entire neighborhood is well above it on the ridge and nearly the whole valley is a park so there's very limited risk to life and major infrastructure.

Compare that to the next county over, which is on the bay and has miles and miles of coastline on all the many many creeks that make the Chesapeake's wildly wiggly coastline. The entire county averages out to medium coastal and inland flooding, but entire towns over there are very high risk. Downtown city of annapolis is a "keep the sandbags handy" kind of place looking to spend astronomical amounts of money to alleviate the regular tidal and storm flooding. There are so many older houses on the water only a few feet above a normal high tide.

So county level risk isnt telling the whole story when you are looking at a specific home price. But looking down the road to 2050...when the county/state/utility is having to demolish infrastructure they cant keep up due to repeated daily flooding? Prob a different story. Your house might be on the ridge and high and dry...but if the electrical substation or the only road in and out are flooded....youre still fucked.