Climate change global warming natural disaster freak weather etc. (2 Viewers)

[hydromancer]

Worlds largest Banyan tree behind the house on the left seems to be a local landmark

 

[hydromancer]

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[pete]

Worlds largest Banyan tree behind the house on the left seems to be a local landmark

Yeah it’s (was?) pretty huge alright

 

[hydromancer]

Devastating Floods Displace Thousands in Somalia, after Prolonged Drought

storyteller.iom.int

 

[magicbastarder]

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[Anthony]

Worlds largest Banyan tree behind the house on the left seems to be a local landmark

All we can hope is that some rich people with political sway lost houses.

 

[egg_]

George Monbiot blathering on ...

Yes we need to stop burning fossil fuels, yes we need to re-wild ... but overthrow capitalism? What does that actually mean, in practice, and how would one go about it? It's like something a teenager would say

 

[magicbastarder]

he needs to keep that quiet to prevent them fighting back.

 

[ann post]

Yes we need to stop burning fossil fuels, yes we need to re-wild ... but overthrow capitalism? What does that actually mean, in practice, and how would one go about it? It's like something a teenager would say

Anything that moves towards a circular economy would qualify anywhoo. I'm not monibot but it's a way to intervene without overthrowing 180+ governments.

 

[ann post]

he needs to keep that quiet to prevent them fighting back.

They have been doing that since the late sixties at very least.

 

[ann post]

on a similar topic.

Cautionary Tales – Chicago when it sizzles

July 1995. A deadly heat wave gripped Chicago – bridges buckled; the power grids failed; and the morgue ran out of space – but some neighbourhoods saw more deaths than others. Of course…

timharford.com

Interesting listen. 1995 - nearly 30 years later people are still asking for the same stuff in cities.

 

[pete]

Ireland will have to prepare for much heavier rainfall, storm surges, and coastal flooding because of climate change, says Met Éireann advisory – TheStory.ie

www.thestory.ie

 

[Space]

Ireland will have to prepare for much heavier rainfall, storm surges, and coastal flooding because of climate change, says Met Éireann advisory – TheStory.ie

www.thestory.ie

I wrote a thesis in 2006 saying the same thing.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I wrote a thesis in 2006 saying the same thing.

Yeah but often genius isn’t recognised in its lifetime.

 

[Space]

Yeah but often genius isn’t recognised in its lifetime.

My point was more that this shouldn't have to be headline news at this stage.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

My point was more that this shouldn't have to be headline news at this stage.

I know. Don’t take my compliment as an attack!

 

[ann post]

It's getting hard to keep up. At present i know about:

Canada massive wildfires ongoing, likely two towns in the firing line and the worst named lake on earth
Hawaii wildfire catastrophe with 114 victims to date
Ireland mild mid summer storm, electrical grid damage
LA tropical storm hitting today.
Flood landslides in India.
China 24 rivers have breached their banks in flooding

 

[magicbastarder]

couple of weeks ago:

Slovenia floods 'worst-ever natural disaster'​

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interesting that i'm pasting the link to the actual BBC page but the it's the media in the page that's being embedded. @pete, is this expected?

 

[ann post]

temperature records last month in air and sea

July 2023 sees multiple global temperature records broken | Copernicus

climate.copernicus.eu

and july being the wettest ever in ireland

 

[ernesto]

We are fucking blessed location-wise