Flood Zone

A new Venice to expect? Motorboats? The waters of the world unite... tsunami & then New Orleans. The photos of dead bodies floating even looked the same.

And something in me is wondering - I know it's not possible with the Tsunami - but are we starting to feel the less-endearing effects of global warming? I know that when so many of the hurricanes ripped through central America, that I heard whisper of it being an effect of GW, but unnoticeable to us because it wasn't us. And I heard whisper of the reason behind the new Bristol Bay low salmon-catch being related to an extra two or three degrees in water temperature. And being there last summer, I would have to say that the temperature differences were noticeable, although certainly discardable as anamolous behavior.

Or is it the old instinct to blame? I notice so much blame on Bush now, who couldn't react to a genuine disaster unless being pushed headfirst by an oil tycoon. I can't say I blame him for all the deluge, but I have to say, were I in a boat with the man, fell over, and was drowning within his eyesight and scent of cigar smoke, I would start searching for a penguin.

So far away. I can only imagine. Only watch, only watch the world unite with the fervor of shock and shock-lust. The picture posted above really made me understand differently though... 80% is a mighty large percent for a city. My house, my contents, pictures from albums, letters I've tucked away until a day when I need them, plants that I always trickled water in from a canister, music that saved life, I don't even want to think of anything alive that might not know how to swim. The tendency to react with flaccidity.

What can we do to rebuild a city? A mighty lot of builders and strong arms...