Six months worth of rainfall in just 36 hours has devastated Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, leaving nearly 36,000 people unhoused and at least 14 people dead. The disaster affected roughly 100 cities. One of Italy’s more wealthy regions, Emilia-Romagna is home to cities such as Parma, Bologna and Ravenna. Making matters worse, the flooding has caused landslides as the historic rainfall erodes mountains. Researchers have linked recent unprecedented floods in Italy to accelerating climate change.
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Climate change? Nah!
Obviously someone in Italy, after visiting Venice, made a wish as they were blowing out their birthday candles…
“I wish all Italy was like Venice”
not realizing the consequences…
The carbon footprint of Italians is only about a third that of Americans (5.5 vs. 16 tons), not even counting the higher embodied carbon from imports (about 4 tons per American vs. 2 tons for Italians). Having personally watched a couple of Alpine glacier retreats in the nearby Swiss alps, e.g. Tremorgio, over the decades, it seems a bit unfair that such long-stable cultures pay such a price for climate disruption. I wonder what Ron DeSantis, who is of Italian heritage, plans to do about it. He could, for example, propose to bring US carbon emissions per capita to an Italian level.
These types of disasters (all types, including landslides, flooding, drought, tornadoes, hurricanes, excess heat, and yes, even cold) will become much more frequent in the coming years. Mother Earth is pushing the extremes to new levels.
This level of flooding is coming PDQ to Miami, and a host of other cities in his State. He’ll capitalize on the damage and misery and brand it as a tourist attraction, just like a new Venice.
Everyone worries about the humans, as do I, but those poor pigs drowning breaks my animal loving heart.
Climate change? Nah!
Obviously someone in Italy, after visiting Venice, made a wish as they were blowing out their birthday candles…
“I wish all Italy was like Venice”
not realizing the consequences…
The carbon footprint of Italians is only about a third that of Americans (5.5 vs. 16 tons), not even counting the higher embodied carbon from imports (about 4 tons per American vs. 2 tons for Italians). Having personally watched a couple of Alpine glacier retreats in the nearby Swiss alps, e.g. Tremorgio, over the decades, it seems a bit unfair that such long-stable cultures pay such a price for climate disruption. I wonder what Ron DeSantis, who is of Italian heritage, plans to do about it. He could, for example, propose to bring US carbon emissions per capita to an Italian level.
These types of disasters (all types, including landslides, flooding, drought, tornadoes, hurricanes, excess heat, and yes, even cold) will become much more frequent in the coming years. Mother Earth is pushing the extremes to new levels.
This level of flooding is coming PDQ to Miami, and a host of other cities in his State. He’ll capitalize on the damage and misery and brand it as a tourist attraction, just like a new Venice.
Everyone worries about the humans, as do I, but those poor pigs drowning breaks my animal loving heart.