Flooding in Nepal

The scenes are unbelievably frightening. It shows how much bigger than the human scale Mother Nature is and how futile (and misguided) attempts to control or reverse climate change.

Luckygirl3

Until individuals accept that they have to change their lifestyles then this will only get worse.

Do we have the right to jump on an aeroplane whenever we fancy; or to eat produce out of season that has to be flown in; or to shop with Shein/Temu?

People hold their hands up in horror when these dreadful things happen but few are prepared to alter their life in any way that might help.

And I am tired of the argument that says we should not bother just because others do not. We might as well choose to shoplift because someone else does it so what the heck ......

Stop flying unless it is essential; buy British.

Excellent post, Luckygirl3. I too am fed up with hearing "Oh there's no point in our doing anything about climate change until the Chinese and the Americans do more". In fact some Chinese and some Americans are doing quite a lot.

Not everyone who drives everywhere needs to be in a car every time. If those who could go by bus or train did so more often, there would be more room on the roads for those who have to drive as well as giving us a reduction in carbon emissions.

The people of Nepal are some of the world’s nicest, kindest people.
One of our sons is a disaster management engineer, he helped rebuild after the earthquake there a few years ago and is on his way there now.
A people and place he loves dearly.

Terrible. Ive been to Nepal twice and still have friends there in Kathmandu. Fortunately the internet is still operating there and none are involved. Such a mountainous country and parts of it difficult to reach at the best of times.

You can still buy a British made version of most items apart from electronics, and white goods (although many white goods and cars are made in other European countries). I’m a great advocate for buying British, it involves a bit of research and often costs a bit more, but is better quality. German cars and white goods are better than Chinese made.

Do the British actually manufacture much? All we see is stuff from China these days though we have our own food supply and not so much is imported in that respect. Cars are either Chinese or Japanese or Taiwanese, a very few German and even less Italian.

They are - but let's chip away where we can in our own small way, as well as lobbying MPs etc.

It particularly worries me that travelling by air on a whim is now seen as the norm. Tons of pollutants being chucked into the atmosphere by millions of planes every day just because we happen to fancy a break in a distant country. Maybe we can't do everything we want to .....

Luckygirl3

I agree that the world needs to pull together, but making that happen is too far on the horizon.

We need to set an example and do whatever we possibly can. We cannot shrug our shoulders and regard it as someone else's problem.

Oh agreed but without the power of states behind a push, I’m afraid more disasters are inevitable.

I agree that the world needs to pull together, but making that happen is too far on the horizon.

We need to set an example and do whatever we possibly can. We cannot shrug our shoulders and regard it as someone else's problem.

Unless the world somehow pulls together in a concerted effort - highly unlikely just now, I think - humanity is sadly going to have to accept such awful events as the new norm.

Until individuals accept that they have to change their lifestyles then this will only get worse.

Do we have the right to jump on an aeroplane whenever we fancy; or to eat produce out of season that has to be flown in; or to shop with Shein/Temu?

People hold their hands up in horror when these dreadful things happen but few are prepared to alter their life in any way that might help.

And I am tired of the argument that says we should not bother just because others do not. We might as well choose to shoplift because someone else does it so what the heck ......

Stop flying unless it is essential; buy British.

They say that seeing is believing but watching the sheer scale and force of this devastation, you could be forgiven for thinking you were watching a disaster film.
It brings it home very powerfully just how generations have mistreated our planet.

it was terrible, how frightening for them,there are so many disasters happening around the world.

Climate change disaster.

Melting and collapse of a glacier.

There is a blockage lodged upstream on the Nepal-China border river, it seems to be possible that it's not over yet. According to Qianggong Zhang, (head of climate and environmental risks, at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) a second flood may well occur.
Reuters

The Red Cross is apparently helping via its partners (there international offices?) in the area.

Here's a link to their donations page in case anyone wants to donate to their disaster fund.

donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/disaster-fund

There is an option on the page to make a one-off donation.

It is awful. The devastation caused will take months to clear, they desperately need outside help, and in Tibet too.

They think at this stage it may have been caused by a melting glacier crashing down which may or may not have been a result of warmer weather up there. Awful, awful tragedy. We know someone whose family lives in the area, just praying they are safe. They are missionaries.

Climate change may be relevant to this awful tragedy.

Terrible. Just caught up with it.
That woman in the bulldozer, she looked shell shocked.
I pray there aren’t too many casualties.

I saw the footage. Horrible. Those poor people affected by it.

Really horrifying. The result of decades of deforestation by the Chinese I fear.

It was shocking to see.

Yes she’s not there now Oreo
The speed, the strength, and not a well off country, but such nice people.
A dreadful tragedy

How be utterly awful.

Hope as many people as possible can be rescued and homes salvaged.

🙏🤞

Fallingstar

Good grief it was so rapid and destructive, I still feel shaken watching the cctv footage. Poor Nepal and poor loved ones now seeking their missing relatives and friends and fearing the worst.

It’s truly awful, so much mud as well as water, people didn’t stand a chance.
There will need to be worldwide help sent to them.