That is not a picture of Houston.
It is a picture of Mumbai.
Yesterday, Mumbai received a record amount of rainfall. This from an area prone to monsoons. A record.
We are recording more 100 year weather events all around the world.
Global warming increases, in places, the moisture content in the air and clouds, and when it comes down, it comes in record amounts.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Sit'n'Spin (Harvey) is coming back shore again, after a brief visit to the Gulf, and is aimed at both Texas and Louisiana.
Recovery efforts from this storm will likely reach in excess of $100 billion dollars. Texas conservatives are putting their socialist hats on. They'll put their conservatives hats back on when the damage is done to them damn Yankee lands.
Speaking of hats, President "Buy my beautiful $40 campaign hat" Trump came in for a quick sit'n'spin of his own. He is giddy with delight that he gets to deal with this big storm - THE BIGGEST EVER!!! - and is thrilled with the RATINGS and ATTENTION. Wow, FEMA guy! You're on TV so much you're going to be FAMOUS!!! Because that's what it's all about, isn't it? Ratings and fame.
With weather patterns changing, with storms intensifying, I fear this will not be the only storm that brings horrific damage and threat to life. We choose not to spend on global warming, developing saner methods of energy. Some of us even waste the Earth's time and resources denying its very existence.
The cost from the damages of these storms will far exceed the cost of becoming world leaders again in the fight to halt and reverse global warming. Catastrophe is more expensive than greening the economy.
Mumbai. Houston. New Orleans.
Who is next?
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