Living near a major river, and having gone to school on an island in that river, flooding always was a topic. Especially when it went with two “once in a century” flood within less than a year.
two “once in a century” flood within less than a year.
that is scary… any person who says climate change isn’t real is a moron, because, i swear, it feels like every year i always something hear about the news about record breaking temperature, record breaking flood, etc.
i remember flooding in early 2020 (right before COVID hit) was the worst since 2007 in the province where i lived
People here are used to floodings. They usually come once or twice a year, but the heights have increased. Amazingly, most of this is not due to climate change, but due to the modernisation of the landscape, so the river is confined in a corset of dams which doe not allow for floodplains, andd similar issues.
But people here have experience how to deal with most of the floods. For example, there is a pub down at the promenade. The room is tiled to the ceiling, electrical outlets are all up there, and they can disconnect the bar from fresh and gray water and electricity, seal everything up, and roll it out and up to safety, while the waiters and waitresses put everything on pallets and move it likewise. In less than thirty minutes they can turn the pub into an empty room. After the flood, they just steam clean everything and move back in.
Living near a major river, and having gone to school on an island in that river, flooding always was a topic. Especially when it went with two “once in a century” flood within less than a year.
that is scary… any person who says climate change isn’t real is a moron, because, i swear, it feels like every year i always something hear about the news about record breaking temperature, record breaking flood, etc.
i remember flooding in early 2020 (right before COVID hit) was the worst since 2007 in the province where i lived
People here are used to floodings. They usually come once or twice a year, but the heights have increased. Amazingly, most of this is not due to climate change, but due to the modernisation of the landscape, so the river is confined in a corset of dams which doe not allow for floodplains, andd similar issues.
But people here have experience how to deal with most of the floods. For example, there is a pub down at the promenade. The room is tiled to the ceiling, electrical outlets are all up there, and they can disconnect the bar from fresh and gray water and electricity, seal everything up, and roll it out and up to safety, while the waiters and waitresses put everything on pallets and move it likewise. In less than thirty minutes they can turn the pub into an empty room. After the flood, they just steam clean everything and move back in.