Climate Change/Mass Extinction Megathread

[Syt]

Meanwhile there's a small and persistent chorus of people saying the disaster shouldn't be politicized (same people who call climate change predictions "fear mongering" on disaster-free days), there's always been floods, it just looks worse because we measure more, etc.

[Zanza]

@Syt and German speakers:
https://mobile.twitter.com/SoerenLorensen/status/1415417178132783105

[Syt]

@Syt and German speakers:
https://mobile.twitter.com/SoerenLorensen/status/1415417178132783105

Basically that, yes. Gotta laugh to not cry.

[celedhring]

God damn, this is terrible.

[Syt]

Also, this guy:

https://twitter.com/postillleaks/status/1415915026645504000?s=20

Translation of his comments at the start basically: "Whoa, what a disaster! White water rafting"
When he spots the white car in front of him: "LOL he's floating! He's just floating there! ROFL!"
*keeps driving*
"Oh no, I'm floating too! I fucked up! I fucked up big time!"

I'm partially wondering what he thought would happen when he sees a guy floating with his car in front of him, and keeps driving towards him.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Also, this guy:

https://twitter.com/postillleaks/status/1415915026645504000?s=20

Translation of his comments at the start basically: "Whoa, what a disaster! White water rafting"
When he spots the white car in front of him: "LOL he's floating! He's just floating there! ROFL!"
*keeps driving*
"Oh no, I'm floating too! I fucked up! I fucked up big time!"

I'm partially wondering what he thought would happen when he sees a guy floating with his car in front of him, and keeps driving towards him.

He thought that the candy ass was faking it and he was an alpha male who wouldn't even notice obstacles.

[Sheilbh]

What's likely not helping is that Germany has decades of of straightening rivers and creeks (sometimes putting them in concrete beds), building on flood land etc. which obviously exacerbates weather events like this.

There's a similar thing that always happens with floods here - they are normally made worse due to reductions in the amount of river-dredging to stop rivers becoming too narrow and rapid which makes flash flood more likely.

And I'm sure it is part of the problem, but in the context of a global climate emergency it feels like a relatively small detail that some people choose to fixate on to avoid looking at climate.

Really devastating pictures - it'll take a long time for those communities

[Syt]

Words fail.

[Maladict]

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Lots of evacuations here and lots of flooding, but we seem to escape the worst of it.

Retracted. Reports now of a breach and imminent dike collapse.
I thought we had our shit together for once. 

[Zanza]

A home for intellectually disabled persons was flash-flooded at night and the water level rose to the ceiling within a minute. Twelve inhabitants drowned just there as the nightguards could not evacuate them fast enough. 

[garbon]

A home for intellectually disabled persons was flash-flooded at night and the water level rose to the ceiling within a minute. Twelve inhabitants drowned just there as the nightguards could not evacuate them fast enough. 

[Maladict]

A home for intellectually disabled persons was flash-flooded at night and the water level rose to the ceiling within a minute. Twelve inhabitants drowned just there as the nightguards could not evacuate them fast enough. 

Oh no 

[Sheilbh]

Oh that's awful

[Syt]

A home for intellectually disabled persons was flash-flooded at night and the water level rose to the ceiling within a minute. Twelve inhabitants drowned just there as the nightguards could not evacuate them fast enough. 

Read about it this morning; this stuff is heartbreaking.

[crazy canuck]

Heart breaking