Welcome to the new norm. It may take several years for wealthy Americans to feel the impact of climate change as acutely as the people of India have, but the time will come.
A rhetorical, but significant question: What do we do when 500-750 MILLION climate refugees come seeking stability in Europe and the USA?
This is going to get ugly.
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Beautiful pictures have depicted nature’s anger, human helplessness and evergreen humane attitude of the Indian army in always rescuing affected people in such calamities. I have also seen innovative way of rescuing people with the help of a crane in Karachi.
Not shown here but in such calamities the so called Hindu fundamentalist organisation RSS is always in the forefront for rescuing people irrespective of caste, class and religion. They don’t beat their own trumpet but silently indulge in the job, which is so dear to them. Politicians only go for photo ops but not RSS.
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Whenever I see all the catastrophes around the globe, I feel lucky. Some of my friends thank their god and encourage me to do likewise, but I feel simply lucky. I get this dreadful sense that this luck is temporary and fleeting, and wonder if the earth is just going to crack open under my New England feet. I'm sorry for the misery, and helpless to have any effect upon it. What a deadly mess, and no end in sight. I don't expect news like this to get any better in my lifetime.
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How about some reporting on the fact that some of these places are extremely affected by drought, with drinking water being trucked into parts of Karnataka this year. The floods come every monsoon season. Where does all this rain water go? Why is it not being properly stored for future use?
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I suggest a follow-up article that provides some numbers re the intensity and quantity of the rain throughout the region this year in comparison to other years. May we attribute this to global warming?
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@Bill Allen
Without question you may attribute to global warming. How is it that places that have had scanty rains for centuries are getting so much flood where life is threatened.?
It’s monsoon season in India and it’s not unusual for heavy rainfalls especially in the southern states. This year seems to be more than usual. These are not places that had scanty rain for centuries. There is no doubt that erratic weather is effect of global warming.