The Anonymous Widower

Is This Bad Summer Caused By Climate Change?

It may be but there are many other factors at work.

I went to a lecture given by an eminent scientist from Cambridge about the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

He said that much of the trouble around the nuclear power stations was caused by inadequate sea defences against a known risk. However in Tokyo, everything swayed, but there were only two deaths, as buildings were designed to withstand a much larger earthquake.

The moral is that we should build to withstand the worst that nature can throw at us.

So that means no building on flood plains and probably moving some of our most picturesque villages to safer places.

Incidentally, my father always said that if you buy a house, make sure it’s on high ground and doesn’t get flooded.

James Miller

July 11, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | News | Global Warming/Zero-Carbon, Weather