We need more than a finger in the dike this time
I post rarely (not necessarily a good thing), but I have a couple of things on my mind ...
First, the next time I have a discussion with somebody and they state that radical climate change is an exaggeration, or a political ploy, or the like, I will be bitchslapping (figuratively, of course ;-)) that person so hard ... this stuff is not deniable anymore. Anybody carrying water for these anti-scientific Luddites is worse than a flat earther; at least, flat earth beliefs don't hurt anybody.
Gov. Cuomo had it right. We're in a new reality, and we have to start hardening our infrastructure against the severe weather that's a major part of that new reality.
Perhaps we can emulate the place from which our city and region drew their original names, which is also the site of the largest flood protection project, containing the largest surge barrier, in the world. Can you say stimulus? Can you say jobs program on steroids?
(Yeah, I posted this same passage on FB ... so sue me, much good it'll do you ... )
First, the next time I have a discussion with somebody and they state that radical climate change is an exaggeration, or a political ploy, or the like, I will be bitchslapping (figuratively, of course ;-)) that person so hard ... this stuff is not deniable anymore. Anybody carrying water for these anti-scientific Luddites is worse than a flat earther; at least, flat earth beliefs don't hurt anybody.
Gov. Cuomo had it right. We're in a new reality, and we have to start hardening our infrastructure against the severe weather that's a major part of that new reality.
Perhaps we can emulate the place from which our city and region drew their original names, which is also the site of the largest flood protection project, containing the largest surge barrier, in the world. Can you say stimulus? Can you say jobs program on steroids?
(Yeah, I posted this same passage on FB ... so sue me, much good it'll do you ... )