That’s like slapping the kid around who sells foils on a street corner. They’re the lowly employees
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This El Niño has the potential to leave a mark that might last, though. We will probably be entering uncharted territory by a long way. It’s already the fourth highest in recorded history and there are still 3 months of warming to come. We don’t know what it will mean for us in Australia but obviously it has the potential to be catastrophic.
These ocean temps forecast for January are more than a little concerning. Places like Sydney could be knocking on the door of some scary wet bulb temps. Also, we have just entered positive IOD territory, so it’s likely going to be very dry across much of the country.
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It is horrible what the world is coming to, here in England we are seeing temperatures of over 30 degrees in the south and here where I am we have not had much significant rainfall.
This summer has been unbearable, there is not a single day that goes by where a story about a wildfire in a small village is making the headlines.
There has been a massive fire in suffolk near the Sizewell nuclear power station that has killed numerous people and caused many to flee and evacuate their homes.
We have had the driest July in history and we have had a hosepipe ban for a month now under Anglian water my local water supplier.
This climate crisis is ruining communities, killing people and tarnishing families. 4 years ago our fanbase at Lincoln city lost one of its most biggest fans fireman Dave Pickwell who died while fighting a large wildfire near King‘s Lynn on 19 July 2022 on the hottest day England has seen on record, (nearby Coningsby hit 40.3 degrees.) We had a minutes applause before the Exeter match 2 weeks later.
I never knew Dave myself but he is a victim just like millions of firemen and many other people around the world of the climate crisis. people like him who try to fight large fires and saving peoples lives are the real heros of these extreme summers like 2022 and 2026 they have given their lives to help keep us safe and save places and landscapes from decimation.
A lot of this summer I have been thinking of him, this is the same type of human induced fossil fueled climate change that has killed people like him at the expense of the big oil and gas multinationals like shell and chevron that are profiting from this, the rich don‘t feel bothered about us as long as they have their jet fueled air conditioning cooling down their mansions while we suffer.
No matter how hard we try to save our planet it‘s never enough, the big multinational giants have to cut down as well as America and China with their coal and as long as this continues its going to get worse.
I‘m fed up of hot temperatures and am extremely sensitive to them and I just hope that there is someone or something out there that finds a way to stop all this global warming.
Fly high Dave you are a hero to your community, I‘m sorry this had to happen
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There have been record highs all over Europe this past week but it seems to especially noteworthy that Austria has just broken its all time heat record for the second day in a row (41.2⁰C). They have had over a week of 38+ and that must feel confronting for a populace that isn’t used to that sort of thing. I can’t imagine too many dwellings would have aircon either. They have also broken minimum temp records so not really cooling overnight
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Trump attacks climate concerns caused by alarming data - by stopping gathering of data….
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He literally said during covid, “If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.”
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The concern is that he actually thinks this makes him the smartest person in the room rather than the dumbest person in the room.
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And his response to that would be to move to another room.
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One of Mrs Fox’s relatives sold their house in Lismore to NSW Government. It was a good deal for them, receiving a market valuation price as if there was no flood, plus all legal cost and taxes were covered, and the new place purchased in Ballina had all legal and taxes covered, plus all moving costs. Apparently the whole project is about 1800 homes and a cost of close to $1 Billion.
Not everyone is happy though and having to move a long way away from Lismore is the issue for many.
Seeing that floods in South Lismore are so regular it seems the only option, and it has gotten worse in the last 30 years.
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Yep. The cost to strip back and rebuild all of your house interior to the studs, (black mould being a long-tern major health hazard) added to the fact that they will never get insurance again, makes the decision an economic no-brainer. If you didn’t take the deal then good luck affording a move down the track.
They were (basically) economically forced out.
If you want a real world example of the immediate effect of human-induced climate change in Australia and the retreat of human settlement in the face of it, this is the prime one…
Major floods were recorded in Lismore in 1857, 1870, and repeatedly through the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Maybe they just shouldn’t have built there as was a flood plain.
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Basically every town in human history was originally founded on flood plains or at river mouths, because floodplains mean fertile soil and watercourses mean transport routes and food/water supply.
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@Houli_Dooli has addressed this but I add that since 1850s there have been 107 major floods recorded in this location. And major means 12 metres plus under water.
That people were allowed to build and rebuild houses here for 170 years is a scandal. There are many places around our Nation with similar history.
Not discarding effects of climate change, especially over past 30 years as floods have become larger and more often, but it is a very long term issue.
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@Houli_Dooli, NEWS FLASH - most of the major human settlements throughout recorded history have been built next to sources of water: rivers and on flood plains…
so we shouldn’t relocate them then?
Two opposite viewpoints:
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Our ancestors built there. It is part of the city. It is a downright p.ussy move to abandon all lower-lying civilization and run away with our tails between our legs. Let those who are prepared to take the risks possess that land. They can build higher.
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It’s an economic decision. Clear danger mandates codified. No government bailouts. Let the market decide. But with the housing crisis atm where are the new houses to relocate 2000 households to?
Water was over the roof of most of these homes, so how high could they build at what cost ?
Obviously sad for families who have been there for over a century, but time to move.
Government bailout is 75% complete.
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