While elected officials blather about “zero-carbon” footprints, nothing is done to prepare for weather events that have happened before and can always happen again.
Exactly!
Waves pound the shore from approaching Hurricane Harvey on August 25, 2017 in Corpus Christi, Texas.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
“We are not ready for a return to 1950’s weather, let alone something unprecedented.”
As evidence of the above, we have Hurricane Harvey as a case in point. While elected officials blather about “zero-carbon” footprints, nothing is done to prepare for weather events that have happened before and can always happen again. International accords and conferences like the last one in Paris do nothing for a vulnerable place like Houston.
Consider this article A Texas newsroom predicted a disaster. Now it’s close to coming true. published at Columbia Journalism Review. Excerpts below.
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE AND PROPUBLICA last year published a multi-part investigation looking at what would happen if Houston was hit by a major hurricane.
The reporters partnered with scientists at several universities in Texas to conduct simulations, gaming…
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