Ten weeks ago there was massive flooding and loss of life in Northwestern Wisconsin.
This week there was loss of life in massive flooding damaging even more counties in Western Wisconsin.
Experts for years have been predicting severe rain events as a consequence of a rapidly warming climate, but Wisconsin under Scott Walker, Attorney General Brad Schimel and other GOP state officials are officially hostile to climate change - - in the extreme - - and obeisant to the fossil fuel sector whose greenhouse gas emissions are also fueling the warming climate.
Walker can calm the afflicted temporally and pantomime some chief executive moves with hand-shaking and damage tours, and state officials can fill in all the necessary forms for assistance from the Federal Government they say on all other occasions is too big and well-heeled - -
- - but a lot of that federal aid and whatever state dollars Walker can throw into the pot will literally go down the drain during the next heavy rain event until the state gets serious about merging solid science with infrastructure planning and adaptation that could minimize the damage next time, and save lives..
This week there was loss of life in massive flooding damaging even more counties in Western Wisconsin.
Experts for years have been predicting severe rain events as a consequence of a rapidly warming climate, but Wisconsin under Scott Walker, Attorney General Brad Schimel and other GOP state officials are officially hostile to climate change - - in the extreme - - and obeisant to the fossil fuel sector whose greenhouse gas emissions are also fueling the warming climate.
Walker can calm the afflicted temporally and pantomime some chief executive moves with hand-shaking and damage tours, and state officials can fill in all the necessary forms for assistance from the Federal Government they say on all other occasions is too big and well-heeled - -
- - but a lot of that federal aid and whatever state dollars Walker can throw into the pot will literally go down the drain during the next heavy rain event until the state gets serious about merging solid science with infrastructure planning and adaptation that could minimize the damage next time, and save lives..
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