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Daily “Once in a Century” Floods<\/a><\/h3>\n

Mother Nature’s revenge: Over the last month alone, all corners of the world were hit by major floods. While this is anecdotal, does it not feel like we’re witnessing a new natural disaster each day?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo by Chris Gallagher<\/a> \/ Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n
Picture this:<\/p>\n

You come home to find one of your windows broken. It costs $500 to fix so you call someone to get it done.<\/p>\n

The next week you come home and the same window is smashed. You chalk it up to bad luck and begrudgingly fork out another $500 to have it fixed.<\/p>\n

The next week you come home and are shocked to discover 5 of your windows are smashed. Do you have $2500 to fix them? You find the money, but cut back on eating out for dinner.<\/p>\n

The next week those same 5 windows are smashed again. Yet another $2500.<\/p>\n

You’ve already cut unnecessary expenses and soon face a tough decision: do you fix the windows or stop contributing to your child’s education fund? Do you fix the windows or make your mortgage payment?<\/p>\n

Now imagine every person on your block also had their windows broken, forcing them to cut the same expenses and make the same impossible choices.<\/p>\n

This is how climate change erodes civilization. A relentless onslaught of expensive disasters, draining energy and resources from what makes life livable.<\/p>\n

Disaster relief or social programs? Reconstruction or eldercare? Rescue efforts or defense?<\/p>\n

There comes a day when you can’t have it all. Then, slowly but surely society is bled dry by a thousand cuts. Mother Nature wins.<\/p>\n

It’s already happening.<\/p>\n

Over the last month alone, all corners of the world were hit by major floods. While this is anecdotal, does it not feel like we’re witnessing a new natural disaster each day?<\/p>\n

We may face the impossible choices sooner than expected.<\/p>\n

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