Risk from extreme weather set to rise

[longknife]

An interesting article that discusses the increased impact of extreme weather on human populations in the wrong places.


It looks pretty so we want to build our home there. But, humans often forget that Ma Nature isn't designed to accommodate human wishes. Waves grow too hight – homes get flooded. A drought makes everything tinder dry and fires break out – destroying human habitations.


Let's just go ahead and bypass all the stuff about “man-made climate change” in the article and get down to the part of the destruction coming because humans have made far too many bad choices.


Read the article @ BBC News - Risk from extreme weather set to rise

 

[Old Rocks]

In other words, let us ignore the primary reason that the number of extreme weather events is on the rise. A one foot rise in sea level increased the damage that Sandy did. The increase in the severity of the droughts in North America and Northern China were predicted in Dr. Hansen's 1981 paper.

Yes, people do build in foolish places, however, we are seeing places damaged that have been there for 100 to 200 years without suffering this kind of damage. In fact, it is not uncommon now to see a pair of 100 year floods in a decade, followed, in the next decade, by a 500 year flood.

The big re-insurance companies, Swiss Re and Munich Re are warning people concerning the increase in extreme weather events, and the increasing cost of insurance.

 

[Billy_Bob]

LOL... Follow the monies... More Bullshit form the alarmist camp.

Their lies have not come to fruition because the models are wrong. they fail miserably. and yes you can follow the suns cycles and predict stronger storms etc. Its not going to happen for about another 20-30 years as the cool phase will last that long. Not until the heat imbalance changes positive will the storms become more destructive.

 

[Pop23]

LOL... Follow the monies... More Bullshit form the alarmist camp.

Their lies have not come to fruition because the models are wrong. they fail miserably. and yes you can follow the suns cycles and predict stronger storms etc. Its not going to happen for about another 20-30 years as the cool phase will last that long. Not until the heat imbalance changes positive will the storms become more destructive.

If they believe this crap, why don't they support clean, renewable nuclear energy?

Reduced fossil fuel comsumpsion and plenty of energy for all.

A win/win

 

[Saigon]

LOL... Follow the monies... More Bullshit form the alarmist camp.

Their lies have not come to fruition because the models are wrong. they fail miserably. and yes you can follow the suns cycles and predict stronger storms etc. Its not going to happen for about another 20-30 years as the cool phase will last that long. Not until the heat imbalance changes positive will the storms become more destructive.

And yet just twodays ago YOUR OWN SOURCE (British Antarctic Survey) told you the same thing.

YOU posted it - and now you're saying it's all bullshit?

Maybe it's time to grow up a little, eh, Bob?

 

[Saigon]

LOL... Follow the monies... More Bullshit form the alarmist camp.

Their lies have not come to fruition because the models are wrong. they fail miserably. and yes you can follow the suns cycles and predict stronger storms etc. Its not going to happen for about another 20-30 years as the cool phase will last that long. Not until the heat imbalance changes positive will the storms become more destructive.

If they believe this crap, why don't they support clean, renewable nuclear energy?

Reduced fossil fuel comsumpsion and plenty of energy for all.

A win/win

I totally support nuclear.

Many environmentalists do - and many don't. I think you can make a case either way, but I do agree with you on this.