Before and after 18 November: the new normal; all need to take preventive actions

[Dolores]

The Abinader administration is assessing the damages of the heavy rains over the past Friday, 17 November and Saturday, 18 November 2023 weekend and promising help to mitigate the damages. Insurance companies estimate the damages in more than a billion pesos.

Yet it is the tragic nine deaths on Saturday, 18 November 2023 at the 27 de Febrero Avenue underpass in Santo Domingo that may mark a before and after for the Dominican Republic. Three American citizens died when a retainer wall of the underpass collapsed.

Two Haitians, one documented and the other still unnamed, were also in the tragedy. The Ministry of Public Works has yet to issue a report on the findings of its investigation.

The rains set a new record in intensity on 18 November 2023. The Weather...

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[JD Jones]

Diandino has enough money to pay for fixing it.

 

[windeguy]

It is only going to get worse as the climate warms, so they say.

The article is correct in that mitigation of these effects is the only solution, since the world is racing to higher temperatures.

So sayeth the Useless Nations:

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold.

apnews.com

 

[william webster]

But the effect will be less closer to the equator

 

[windeguy]

But the effect will be less closer to the equator

So they say. Time will tell. If the ocean rises a bit, then any coastal area will be affected.

 

[josh2203]

It is only going to get worse as the climate warms, so they say.

The article is correct in that mitigation of these effects is the only solution, since the world is racing to higher temperatures.

So sayeth the Useless Nations:

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold.

apnews.com

Yes, and as the climate warms, the effects will be stronger everywhere, the only difference will be, what exactly are the effects... As it was posted in another thread, one problem is that the basic nature of the DR is that it's reactive, not proactive... Hopefully something would change there though...

I can imagine that a drainage system can only do so much even if properly built and maintained, but all the trash poured into the drainage and lack of maintenance certainly does not help...

 

[CristoRey]

So they say. Time will tell. If the ocean rises a bit, then any coastal area will be affected.

Can you/ they provide give us a date and time please?

 

[CristoRey]

Before and after 18 November: the new normal; all need to take preventive actions.

Lets remove the word "new" from the title of this thread.

 

[windeguy]

Can you/ they provide give us a date and time please?

Any day now. Best I can do.

 

[bob saunders]

It is only going to get worse as the climate warms, so they say.

The article is correct in that mitigation of these effects is the only solution, since the world is racing to higher temperatures.

So sayeth the Useless Nations:

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed upon international climate threshold.

apnews.com

Global Warming Delayed, Who Could Have Guessed?

I am an avid reader of the UK newspaper The Telegraph. My wife turned me on to it and we got a subscription a few years ago and don’t blink at paying the price, whatever it is....

hotair.com

 

[CristoRey]

Any day now. Best I can do.

I've got a brigde for sale in London.
PM me if ya interested.

 

[Big]

Yes, of course. Palm trees in Vermont and Miami under water.

 

[Big]

 

[reilleyp]

There was nothing holding that wall up. I do not see any rebar going horizontally. I am surprised it did not fall sooner.

 

[Peterj]

Any day now. Best I can do.

Close enough for me

 

[chico bill]

So they say. Time will tell. If the ocean rises a bit, then any coastal area will be affected.

There's not one of us alive that will live to notice a rise in any ocean

 

[RDKNIGHT]

Can you/ they provide give us a date and time please?

he has to look into his crystal ball first

 

[RDKNIGHT]

There's not one of us alive that will live to notice a rise in any ocean

thanks bill finally someone who thinks like me....

 

[Ecoman1949]

There's not one of us alive that will live to notice a rise in any ocean

Correct CB. Especially for those living in the DR. The full impact of mean sea level rise full is not expected until the end of this century. A lot could happen between now and then to reduce the rise and the impact.

The only islands currently seeing an impact are the Seychelles and Maldives. Extremely low lying chain islands. Already being impacted and already taking measures to protect their chains.

The flood causes in Santo Domingo are many. A large population jammed into a small area. Uncontrolled urban development. Continued paving and cementing over of flood plain areas. Uncontrolled dumping of persistent plastics plugging the storm drain systems, just to name a few.

Someone posted the DR government is reactive not proactive. If that’s true, it’s the biggest part of the problem. Major cities worldwide are implementing proactive measures to reduce flooding risks during increased periods of heavy rainfall aka atmospheric rivers. Good planning, proper engineering, and the political will to implement it can mitigate most problems.

 

[windeguy]

There's not one of us alive that will live to notice a rise in any ocean

I am certainly not going to worry about it. Nor will most of the world do anything different than they are now.