(16-01-2022, 05:31 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: It certainly looks very life threatening and I guess people were told to get the hell out of there and I know I would, but looking on the news you see all these people going down to the waters edge with cellphones to take pictures and videos instead of high tailing it to safety .... crazy.
What would you do, would you stay and take pictures or would you try and save your life?
Unfortunately it's what people do. Yesterday I looked at some of the web cams where our CD had told people to keep away from the beaches. There were people walking on the beach track and in the water there were plenty of kite surfers, plus a clear picture showing the water up into the sand dune plants and a small dog looking at it. People think they are safe because the water didn't come further, but what if there was a rogue wave? What if the tsunami wave they are looking at isn't yet the "big" one? The Tongan people in the footage we saw are very lucky that it wasn't a whole lot worse.
(17-01-2022, 10:43 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: With luck this will awaken minds to the implications of the sea level rises that will come with climate change. The reality is nations are going to drown and we need to start working with that challenge now. 
Banning single use plastic bags will not stop that happening.
You are right on that one. The first thing we need to do is stop building new houses that will be threatened by natural events in the next few years. We understand the risks of sea level, tsunami, liquefaction, etc., but still build on flood plains.