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The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Re: The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Post by kulahan »

1attice wrote: post #10
kulahan wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's awful to see dozens of people running and knowing they're all gone. It wasn't even close. They were so small compared to that absolute FORCE .

This is true, and, relatedly, is the feeling I have about all of climate change. By the numbers, it won't be close. Of course, this little preview is itself anthropogenic. This horrific disaster is the thinnest tendril of the monster we have unleashed.

Both figuratively and literally, this experience was the tip of the iceberg. Terrifying. People might think I'm crazy, but I'm choosing my retirement location 100% based on resistance to climate change. Local water, too much humidity for massive fires, too cold for insane heatwaves... you get it.

Re: The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Post by debo_ »

glimshe wrote: post #6

I haven't yet been able to properly internalize the horror of this scene. Maybe because we're exposed to so many images from disaster and action movies/videogames, I got somewhat desensitized to the "graphics", so to speak. It's like my brain is denial. At the same time, I know this is real and a tragedy in an unimaginable scale. Every "little walking figure" is a full human being with dreams, fears and a rich life s…

About 18 years ago, some guy at work was laughing at a video of someone being blown to pieces by an explosive device. People kept walking by his desk and laughing, I suppose because it looked so cartoonish that it felt more like looney tunes than real life.

As an experiment, I showed the same video to my 85-year old grandmother, and she cried out in horror and prayed for the people in the video for a solid hour afterwards.

Re: The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Post by ferguess_k »

kulahan wrote: post #11
1attice wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is true, and, relatedly, is the feeling I have about all of climate change. By the numbers, it won't be close. Of course, this little preview is itself anthropogenic. This horrific disaster is the thinnest tendril of the monster we have unleashed.

Both figuratively and literally, this experience was the tip of the iceberg. Terrifying. People might think I'm crazy, but I'm choosing my retirement location 100% based on resistance to climate change. Local water, too much humidity for massive fires, too cold for insane heatwaves... you get it.

Which places have you found? I'm in Canada and figured most of the places are going to suffer more rain falling in the next decades.

Re: The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Post by bamboozled »

glimshe wrote: post #6

I haven't yet been able to properly internalize the horror of this scene. Maybe because we're exposed to so many images from disaster and action movies/videogames, I got somewhat desensitized to the "graphics", so to speak. It's like my brain is denial. At the same time, I know this is real and a tragedy in an unimaginable scale. Every "little walking figure" is a full human being with dreams, fears and a rich life s…

What scares me about climate change is how frequent these “little figures” are getting wrecked.

In Japan we have had these sudden flood events this year, people just die as their cars are washed away.

Never in my life have I considered checking the weather forecast and flood watch warnings almost every time I get in the car but I do this year.

We have really fucked the climate and this is just the beginning.

Re: The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Post by sandeepkd »

1attice wrote: post #10
kulahan wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's awful to see dozens of people running and knowing they're all gone. It wasn't even close. They were so small compared to that absolute FORCE .

This is true, and, relatedly, is the feeling I have about all of climate change. By the numbers, it won't be close. Of course, this little preview is itself anthropogenic. This horrific disaster is the thinnest tendril of the monster we have unleashed.

I do not know if I would consider stopping the climate change as a solution for all such events.

Watching the video makes you realize how small you are in front of the nature. It feels painful to even watch it but its an eyeopener at the same time. Its a misconception to think that the climate would always remain same, nature is an constantly moving/changing entity. What might be perceived as destruction is also the mechanism how creation of life or life like conditions happened in the first place. Just makes me feel like appreciating the day even more.

Re: The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Post by blondie9x »

pm2222 wrote: post #2

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-nepal-tibet-glacie... CCTV footage is there. Horrific scene. When you see it coming at you it’s already too late.

I don't understand why the push so hard on AI and the greenwashing / misleading information about its impact on the natural world.

Re: The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Post by blondie9x »

kulahan wrote: post #11
1attice wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is true, and, relatedly, is the feeling I have about all of climate change. By the numbers, it won't be close. Of course, this little preview is itself anthropogenic. This horrific disaster is the thinnest tendril of the monster we have unleashed.

Both figuratively and literally, this experience was the tip of the iceberg. Terrifying. People might think I'm crazy, but I'm choosing my retirement location 100% based on resistance to climate change. Local water, too much humidity for massive fires, too cold for insane heatwaves... you get it.

Honestly there is no safe haven while humans over-consume continue to waste in the chase of excess. We have seen in the last few years all the supposed climate safe areas get hit hard.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/09/nx-s1-5137024/climate-haven-h...

Re: The mechanics of the Nepali flash flood

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Post by IG_Semmelweiss »

blondie9x wrote: post #19
kulahan wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both figuratively and literally, this experience was the tip of the iceberg. Terrifying. People might think I'm crazy, but I'm choosing my retirement location 100% based on resistance to climate change. Local water, too much humidity for massive fires, too cold for insane heatwaves... you get it.

Honestly there is no safe haven while humans over-consume continue to waste in the chase of excess. We have seen in the last few years all the supposed climate safe areas get hit hard. https://www.npr.org/2024/10/09/nx-s1-5137024/climate-haven-h...

birth rates are falling off the cliff in all developed nations, most are below replacement rate already
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