"Hurricane Harvey Probably Isnt a 500-Year Event Anymore"

[suffragette]

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-probably-isnt-a-500-year-event-anymore/



Once in 500 years? Hmmm. Here are a couple of relevant illustrations from the Fourth National Climate Assessment, which was recently made public:




Down on the Gulf Coast, the number of “precipitation events” that exceed the largest amount expected over five years has already gone up 40 percent since 1901. By about 2030, what used to be a 5-year event around Houston will occur every two months. This means that Hurricane Harvey used to be a 500-year event, but maybe not anymore. Maybe it’s now a 20 or 30-year event.

[BigmanPigman]

1. My mind has been thinking that since Thursday.

Yet, the Federal government isn't addressing any of the issues that climate change is causing and will only worsen. The states do not have the money for infrastructure, housing, emergency equipment and manpower, etc. This is real, this is now and this is our future.

Many red states are literally and figuratively going to be up the creek without a paddle. Yet, they voted for this by choice!

[suffragette]

2. Yes and he's cutting experienced staff at the time they are most needed.