Thread: Climate sceptic? Met 40,000,000 thirsty people

After a warm, clear day here, it just started raining heavily again.

Back on water for a second"Roughly half the world’s population currently faces severe water scarcity at least part of the year."....quote

bring on the revised...note revised....Bradfield Scheme Mk11.....it would work...whats a few billion? political campaign money....

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

If you're not going to spend any time in the mud army, how about some time on empathy training?

how about some starc reality checks?

I showed empathy nominating the mud army....didnt you read that bit?

where did I say that I wasn't going to spend any time with the mud army?

did I mention that I opened my laundry/ bathroom / spare sleeping facilities for some that need it.?

jumped in half cocked did we?

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Back on water for a second"Roughly half the world’s population currently faces severe water scarcity at least part of the year."....quote

bring on the revised...note revised....Bradfield Scheme Mk11.....it would work...whats a few billion? political campaign money....

Sadly the Bradfield scheme has been thoroughly debunked as not viable..Fact Check: Why has the Bradfield Scheme been rejected so many times? much to Barnaby and Pauline's disappointment

Regards,
Tote

A far greater impact upon previously unflooded properties, by climate change, is developer's greed.
Developers are prepared to wreck environments, carving up any type of land, in their endless quest for obscene wealth.
As a case point, consider North Lakes, between Kallangur and Redcliffe Queensland.
It has always been open ground with a smattering of fruit stalls and a small cultivated area of mango trees; for good reason, it was a natural flood plain, regularly going underwater in moderate rain.
Development saw the area built-up and leveled, increasing the average elevation over two metres.
Almost 8,000 miniscule residential blocks were formed plus a massive commercial and retail precinct. The area is now more than 90% covered in bitumen and concrete. The result is twofold, firstly all the water that used to drain into the area has to now go elsewhere and secondly, all the rain that fell and soaked into the ground there, now has to also go elsewhere. That elsewhere is Rothwell and beyond, flooding houses that previously never flooded, even in 1974.
But hey, that's alright, the rich are getting richer at the expense of ordinary, working Australian families. The council officers who approved this development were either on the take or grossly incompetent.
This is not an isolated case, this is happening all over Australia.

Originally Posted by scarry

And more rain forecast here for end of week and weekend

Which is a worry, I live on a bit of a hill and water is still seeping out of my front lawn into my drains, and I can hear water roaring in the storm water drains in the streets around my place, I suspect the most of SEQ is like this, so any rain is just going to sheet off.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

A far greater impact upon previously unflooded properties, by climate change, is developer's greed.
Developers are prepared to wreck environments, carving up any type of land, in their endless quest for obscene wealth.
As a case point, consider North Lakes, between Kallangur and Redcliffe Queensland.
It has always been open ground with a smattering of fruit stalls and a small cultivated area of mango trees; for good reason, it was a natural flood plain, regularly going underwater in moderate rain.
Development saw the area built-up and leveled, increasing the average elevation over two metres.
Almost 8,000 miniscule residential blocks were formed plus a massive commercial and retail precinct. The area is now more than 90% covered in bitumen and concrete. The result is twofold, firstly all the water that used to drain into the area has to now go elsewhere and secondly, all the rain that fell and soaked into the ground there, now has to also go elsewhere. That elsewhere is Rothwell and beyond, flooding houses that previously never flooded, even in 1974.
But hey, that's alright, the rich are getting richer at the expense of ordinary, working Australian families. The council officers who approved this development were either on the take or grossly incompetent.
This is not an isolated case, this is happening all over Australia.

Yarrabilba is another example of huge development.Even the road going out there from Waterford is still one lane each way,a real joke.They have been flooded in since Saturday,and the water is still up today.

What about the people in some areas that bought land,built houses,on a condition the land is flood free,and now it’s under 2 M of water.This has happened in both Gympie and Lismore.

I recon we are slowly completely wrecking the place.Even Koalas are now on the endangered list

It’s definitely greed on the part of developers,happening everywhere.
The run off from all the new roads and houses must produce a lot more water than 20 yrs ago,but those in the council,government,what ever don’t give two hoots.

Originally Posted by scarry

Yarrabilba is another example of huge development.Even the road going out there from Waterford is still one lane each way,a real joke.They have been flooded in since Saturday,and the water is still up today.

What about the people in some areas that bought land,built houses,on a condition the land is flood free,and now it’s under 2 M of water.This has happened in both Gympie and Lismore.

I recon we are slowly completely wrecking the place.Even Koalas are now on the endangered list

It’s definitely greed on the part of developers,happening everywhere.
The run off from all the new roads and houses must produce a lot more water than 20 yrs ago,but those in the council,government,what ever don’t give two hoots.

A house built on a flood zone in a little place I have seen flooded or impacted frequently by high tides has me amazed. Its a new build in Port Fairy on the river in a tidal zone