There are apparently a frightening number of “Christians” who believe that the earth is the creation and gift of God, and it’s okay to destroy it for money.
Mother nature has been pushed that way all by us. We would be in a cooling trend if we hadn’t have pumped gigatons of fossil H2O since the 19th century. By 1970 we had reached the limit and the heat trapping gasses were doing their job.
And while people debate whether was caused global warming they completely ignore that it is happening. Some, like the Florida Legislature, bury their heads in the sand and prohibit the words, “climate change” and “global warming” in official government documents.
Personally, I do believe we contribute to it. Earth has been hotter in the past, but the rate of heat increase over past century is unparalleled in geologic history. We need a two-pronged attack: abate and adapt.
I’m catching up on my Scientific American reading. The August issue had an article on “Fleeing the Sea.” Traditionally, communities have rebuilt after a storm. Sometimes, they required the houses to be rebuilt on stilts and they would call in the Army Corps of Engineers to go out to sea, dredge up some sand and make a new beach.
I remember as a kid playing in the sand at Rockaway Beach in New York. We had a hurricane and the beach went away. So the Corps of Engineers dredged Jamaica Bay and made us a new beach. It was not the same kind of sand, nor was it the same beach. That was almost 50 years ago. The beach is now eroded away again. Lather, rise, repeat.
A similar situation exists with the Outer Banks in North Carolina which nature wants to make the Inner Banks.
The once in every 100 years floods are now happening several times a decade.
Some communities are giving up. They are buying out the houses, demolishing them and relocating the people. It’s a politically difficult thing to do. People do not want to leave their homes, even if they do get flooded three years in a row.
Eventually, the economics will catch up. I’ve seen plans to dam up New York Harbor and have flood gates to prevent storm surge. This would increase it on Long Island and New Jersey, not to mention what to do with all that dammed up water that falls upstream of the harbor.
There are also plans to build a sea wall around Manhattan sort of like Holland. Since New York was once Nieu Amsterdam, this is poetic justice.
For other communities the rising premiums on flood insurance will decide the outcome.
Sisu60 over 5 years ago
Isaiah 51:6 the earth will wear out like a old garment
Ignatz Premium Member over 5 years ago
There are apparently a frightening number of “Christians” who believe that the earth is the creation and gift of God, and it’s okay to destroy it for money.
gigagrouch over 5 years ago
Nature bats last
zippykatz over 5 years ago
How about we start with birth control? Oh, wait…
cb795 over 5 years ago
BTW… today, Oct. 4, is the feast of St.Francis in the Roman Catholic Church. Happy Feast Day, “il Papa!”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Mother nature has been pushed that way all by us. We would be in a cooling trend if we hadn’t have pumped gigatons of fossil H2O since the 19th century. By 1970 we had reached the limit and the heat trapping gasses were doing their job.
DanFlak over 5 years ago
And while people debate whether was caused global warming they completely ignore that it is happening. Some, like the Florida Legislature, bury their heads in the sand and prohibit the words, “climate change” and “global warming” in official government documents.
Personally, I do believe we contribute to it. Earth has been hotter in the past, but the rate of heat increase over past century is unparalleled in geologic history. We need a two-pronged attack: abate and adapt.
DanFlak over 5 years ago
I’m catching up on my Scientific American reading. The August issue had an article on “Fleeing the Sea.” Traditionally, communities have rebuilt after a storm. Sometimes, they required the houses to be rebuilt on stilts and they would call in the Army Corps of Engineers to go out to sea, dredge up some sand and make a new beach.
I remember as a kid playing in the sand at Rockaway Beach in New York. We had a hurricane and the beach went away. So the Corps of Engineers dredged Jamaica Bay and made us a new beach. It was not the same kind of sand, nor was it the same beach. That was almost 50 years ago. The beach is now eroded away again. Lather, rise, repeat.
A similar situation exists with the Outer Banks in North Carolina which nature wants to make the Inner Banks.
The once in every 100 years floods are now happening several times a decade.
Some communities are giving up. They are buying out the houses, demolishing them and relocating the people. It’s a politically difficult thing to do. People do not want to leave their homes, even if they do get flooded three years in a row.
Eventually, the economics will catch up. I’ve seen plans to dam up New York Harbor and have flood gates to prevent storm surge. This would increase it on Long Island and New Jersey, not to mention what to do with all that dammed up water that falls upstream of the harbor.
There are also plans to build a sea wall around Manhattan sort of like Holland. Since New York was once Nieu Amsterdam, this is poetic justice.
For other communities the rising premiums on flood insurance will decide the outcome.
gammaguy over 5 years ago
“Mother nature”. Isn’t that a pagan concept?