Comment by pm2222
11 hours ago
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-nepal-tibet-glacie...
CCTV footage is there. Horrific scene. When you see it coming at you it’s already too late.
11 hours ago
https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-nepal-tibet-glacie...
CCTV footage is there. Horrific scene. When you see it coming at you it’s already too late.
It's awful to see dozens of people running and knowing they're all gone. It wasn't even close. They were so small compared to that absolute FORCE.
This is true, and, relatedly, is the feeling I have about all of climate change. By the numbers, it won't be close.
Of course, this little preview is itself anthropogenic. This horrific disaster is the thinnest tendril of the monster we have unleashed.
Both figuratively and literally, this experience was the tip of the iceberg. Terrifying. People might think I'm crazy, but I'm choosing my retirement location 100% based on resistance to climate change. Local water, too much humidity for massive fires, too cold for insane heatwaves... you get it.
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Deaths from. atrial disasters are the lowest in history: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/422084/climate-change-nat...
This event has nothing to do with climate change and is pure fear mongering.
This is the same adage used by the Governments with the "think about the children" campaigns, its a distraction. A cop out.
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I do not know if I would consider stopping the climate change as a solution for all such events.
Watching the video makes you realize how small you are in front of the nature. It feels painful to even watch it but its an eyeopener at the same time. Its a misconception to think that the climate would always remain same, nature is an constantly moving/changing entity. What might be perceived as destruction is also the mechanism how creation of life or life like conditions happened in the first place. Just makes me feel like appreciating the day even more.
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Is it correct to say that the video looks far worse than it actually is ?
As in, the dust/mud particles sprayed & floating in the air do not have the force to do harm beyond vision or breathing impairment, similar to the dust from a collapsing building, or the lead shockwave of a nuclear bomb detonation.
Of course, it looks terrible, and certainly somethingbut its not a reason to perish as long as you can stay away from the following water wall and mud current that does strike sometime after.
No, that's not correct.
The length of time between the spray you mention, and the impact of the water wall, is single digit seconds. It doesn't make a difference.
Exactly what you see on YT clickbait thumbnails but terrifyingly real.
I don't understand why the push so hard on AI and the greenwashing / misleading information about its impact on the natural world.