dohboi wrote:Sorry to hear that she died. How many more will follow?
I hate to put a barbaric edge to it; but we will not run out of people who will kill themselves in moving water. Fortunately, all swift water rescue training harps relentlessly on the "do not become a victim" rule; so smart, well educated, wise people will not harm themselves trying to save darwin award winners.
And yet more proof that events alone, no matter how extreme, do not necessarily change minds.
Ask yourself: Which is more important, saying the words "climate change", or incorporating the current science in precipitation models and building appropriate infrastructure to handle the changes to rainfall (&SLR/subsidence) and land use. Personally, I vote for infrastructure minded people.
And again, I'll note, Houston, and Texas in general handled the rainfall and flood event marvelously. Friggin work of art as far as I'm concerned. I'm gonna end up with enough firewood for centuries worth of bbq though. (3 large oaks, and 2 massive oaks down... uggg!)