Daily "Once in a Century" Floods
Mother Nature's revenge: Over the last month alone, all corners of the world were hit by major floods. While this is anecdotal, does it not feel like we're witnessing a new natural disaster each day?
Picture this:
You come home to find one of your windows broken. It costs $500 to fix so you call someone to get it done.
The next week you come home and the same window is smashed. You chalk it up to bad luck and begrudgingly fork out another $500 to have it fixed.
The next week you come home and are shocked to discover 5 of your windows are smashed. Do you have $2500 to fix them? You find the money, but cut back on eating out for dinner.
The next week those same 5 windows are smashed again. Yet another $2500.
You've already cut unnecessary expenses and soon face a tough decision: do you fix the windows or stop contributing to your child's education fund? Do you fix the windows or make your mortgage payment?
Now imagine every person on your block also had their windows broken, forcing them to cut the same expenses and make the same impossible choices.
This is how climate change erodes civilization. A relentless onslaught of expensive disasters, draining energy and resources from what makes life livable.
Disaster relief or social programs? Reconstruction or eldercare? Rescue efforts or defense?
There comes a day when you can't have it all. Then, slowly but surely society is bled dry by a thousand cuts. Mother Nature wins.
It's already happening.
Over the last month alone, all corners of the world were hit by major floods. While this is anecdotal, does it not feel like we're witnessing a new natural disaster each day?
We may face the impossible choices sooner than expected.
Sarah Connor
