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Looks like some areas need to recalculate their planning as the 200 year storms are now the 5 year storms.
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CARLISLE, England — After this ancient fortress city was hit by a crippling flood in 2005, its residents could take some comfort in the fact that it was the kind of deluge that was supposed to happen about once every 200 years.
But it happened again four years later. And again last winter, when Storm Desmond brought record-breaking downpours that turned roads into rivers, fields into lakes, living rooms into ponds.
“I really felt like we were in danger of death,” said Jonathan Bryant, who scrambled out of his car — helping his wife, Diane, their two children and a cat — after they were hit by a wall of water and had to wade a quarter-mile back to their house, through rushing torrents, pelting rain and 60-mile-per-hour wind in the pitch black.
In many places, the threat of climate change can still feel distant, even theoretical. But not here, a city of about 74,000 in the far northwest corner of England, where one of its rivers swelled to about 30 times its normal volume last year.
Amazing how many people are in such deep denial about climate change.
You would think parents would be concerned about what kind of world they will be leaving for their children and grandchildren. However, fear, for many people is so huge it overrides logic and vision.
So one small region is having a wet spell and we're supposed to believe... what?
The area I live in had an 8 year drought that has now ended. What should I extrapolate from that?
Some areas experience a greater impact like this village this I snot the only region with repeat flooding an severe storms. Before Hurricane Sandy hit the predicted risk for a storm like that was once every 1000 years, I don't believe that is the case any longer but we will see. The storm that flooded out baton Rouge was also around a thousand year probability.
The point is that the projections seem to be understating risk.
Some areas experience a greater impact like this village this I snot the only region with repeat flooding an severe storms. Before Hurricane Sandy hit the predicted risk for a storm like that was once every 1000 years, I don't believe that is the case any longer but we will see. The storm that flooded out baton Rouge was also around a thousand year probability.
The point is that the projections seem to be understating risk.
The same people who constantly yammer about 'climate change' also predicted a huge increase in Atlantic hurricanes and storm intensity.
The same people who constantly yammer about 'climate change' also predicted a huge increase in Atlantic hurricanes and storm intensity.
Hasn't happened.
You not paying attention to weather this hurricane season? These storms are different.
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