In Southern Russia terrible floods caused by unprecedented rainfall have killed three hundred souls mostly as they slept. In England where there have been bad floods caused by unprecedented July rainfall followed by unprecedented June rainfall no one has yet died. Despite what may appear ro be the case, many flood defence works planed and executed several years ago have ket many rivers from flooding leaving just surface water flooding to wreck homes and property, rather than take lives.
It is time to tackle the cause of these floods rather than the consequences of them. In England our climate future may well be Spring droughts and Summer floods; hose pipe bans in February and water everywhere in July.
The point about global warming is that it changes the climate we know not how. Generally most of those who have studied the likely changes of this most complex of subjects think more intense, more extreme weather will happen over the times when the climate slowly changes. The changes may be subtle when taken over a hemisphere, but drastic when taken over a city or a county.
The rain will not fall forever, Drought may return but before it does we must fear the wind. After the equinox Britain traditionally experiences gales. If the gales are stronger than normal the effect of wind on trees which keep their leaves longer as a result of the changing climate and are anchored in soft ground as a result of these unprecedented summer rains will mean that gales will fell many trees, risking not just life but also property.
It is not too late to insure against these events; insurance must be bought in terms of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and emission control, not just by the United Kingdom, but by the whole world.
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