[Note, no more updates to this story as of 1pm Tuesday; there is an updated story here .] ...so said the chief executive of Kerr County, Texas, Rob Kelly. He went on to say, "We had no reason to believe that this was going to be anything like what's happened here, none whatsoever." I'm sorry to report that he is probably correct. The flood was underforecast and the "emergency" warnings were later than they could have been. In fairness, as of the time of this update, 1:30pm Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey has determined this was the highest crest on the Guadalupe River at Hunt, Texas, since the river gauge was installed. As of 1p Tuesday , 105 have been confirmed to have been killed and "dozens" are missing. Those numbers imply a total death toll near 130. This past autumn, Hurricane Helene killed 249. In 2011, a single tornado killed 161 in Joplin. We must stop these mega-disasters! This is another tragic example of why America desperately n...
My comment on the linked article:
ReplyDelete"Climate change is a monumental problem ..." and the explicit link to CO2 emissions is to overlook the absolutely fundamental positive role of CO2 in life on this planet. Only now recovering from near-catastrophically low levels in recent ice ages, the increase in CO2 levels is measurably boosting crop yields around the globe. "Global greening" is an established fact, and we have higher CO2 levels to thank.
CO2 is not a pollutant .... It is the stuff of life.