Bad day in Oklahoma
Right Jose, there were no big hurricanes until mean humans started mucking
about.
Of course there were hurricaines. Big ones too. Even humongous ones.
But the ecosystem was able to absorb them in a manner that it cannot any
more. There are unintended consequences to everything we do, and the
bigger we do them, the bigger the consequences. This must be borne in
mind when we decide what to do and how to do it.
Swampland serves many valuable functions, including helping to moderate
the effects of a hurricaine on the shore. When we build levees to hold
the water back, we affect the wetlands. When we build a big city where
those wetlands were, build a wall to hold the water back, and then heat
the earth more than it would normally be heated, it's not surprising
that the water level rises a bit.
It doesn't take but a bit.
Jose
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