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| Major flooding also causes fires Lismore Feburary-March 2022 Image: The Australian |
A 93 year old woman recued at Lismore....
The story of what my Nan did to survive the Lismore floods https://t.co/ez7QuABUIM what the story doesn’t say, she woke in water, moved in her room 3 times, walked down a hall to another room to a higher bed, and was treading water holding onto the mattress
— MeasureTwiceCutOnce (@_MeasureTwice) March 2, 2022
In Lismore we have done floods for ever. This is not a flood - this is catastrophic. This is extreme. This is climate change. Lismore needs back up. People are on and in their roof some are screaming for their lives and water is still rising. Friends are rescuing friends. pic.twitter.com/NwikdHTX0V
— Sue Higginson (@SueHigginson_) February 27, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 2022:
Our state is experiencing unprecedented floods ("Specialist rescue teams sent to Lismore", March 2). It went through catastrophic bushfires in 2019-2020. Rain bombs and firestorms. The effect of these catastrophes on the mental and physical health of communities and the economy is devastating.
What more do climate change deniers and those responsible for enabling change need to accept the truth? Yes, change will be expensive. It is false economy to do the bare minimum. A federal election is looming. It's time for action. Inaction and complacency will be at our peril.
Jane O'Donnell, Turramurra
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report introduces new words - "cascading" and "compounding" to describe successive catastrophic climate events of droughts, bushfires, sea-level rise and now the "unprecedented" floods that are upending lives in communities across Queensland and NSW ("Australia's climate change to cost 'hundreds of billions", March 2). As your correspondents have noted, MPs frequently say "now is not the right time to talk about climate change", but this is exactly the time for everyone who is not directly involved in the clean-up to consider our climate crisis. The reality is our federal parties' performance on climate and energy has been appalling as they remain addicted to the money and influence of the fossil fuel industries.
Rob Firth, Cremorne Point
The current flooding is a one in a 1000-year event, according to the NSW Premier ("Sydney braces for expected savage storm cell," March 2). What if it is a one in 10-year event as a result of climate change? Politicians often reach for statistical salvation.
Ian Clague, Bellbowrie (Qld)
Where did the Premier pull the "one in 1000-year" event from to describe the floods? Extreme weather events are the new normal, Premier. Are you and your government ready?
Kate Lumley, Hurlstone Park
In 1968, the Club of Rome was formed to study issues such as overpopulation and climate change. Their reports were quite alarming. We are now experiencing these weather events forecast all those years ago. The warnings were ignored and climate scientists have been ridiculed by ignorant politicians across the world. In Australia, funds to CSIRO were cut. No doubt politicians will have their theories about these extreme events and will carry on as before. New houses will be built in the areas that have been flooded and it will happen all over again. Will we ever learn?
Gill Graham, Bowral
Perhaps now the eye-watering and ongoing billions of dollars in damage will finally get the people in charge to quit the fossil fuel industry. They must surely see no amount of exported coal and gas can possibly justify the tragedies taking place due to climate change.
Kris Mckeon, Cowra
Given the number of "unprecedented" events in the past decade, we either have an unprecedented number of politicians unable to plan for the future or an unprecedented number of politicians rushing to excuse their inaction to deal with said "unprecedented" events.
Brian Everingham, Engadine
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