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Date: July 26, 2024 at 18:28:44
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Toronto Flooding - Climate Change or Infrastructure Deficit? |
URL: https://youtu.be/_YRPei1-8hg?si=kC2S-7aCcXDUJZhB |
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Toronto Flooding - Climate Change or Infrastructure
Deficit?
Jul 26, 2024
Toronto was hit with heavy rainfall July 16, 2024,
which resulted in massive flooding. There have been
several follow-up summer storms that have compounded
the damage and chaos. Immediately, Prime Minister
Trudeau and Mayor Olivia Chow made public statements
that 'climate change' is to blame and they promised
more 'climate action.' On X/Twitter, a number of
commentators started advocating for a more 'spongy'
city - meaning more green infrastructure like permeable
driveway tiles, 'rain gardens,' more trees to soak up
the water. But is it climate change or are Canadian
cities facing a serious infrastructure deficit,
especially in light of recent vast population growth.
If infrastructure is failing cities now, what will
happen with the federal housing plan to densify
neighbourhoods. This video explainer is drawn from
much of the work of Robert Muir, P. Eng., among other
contributors. Muir has worked extensively in Ontario
and has several papers and SlideShares showing that
there is no identifiable change in precipitation, but
urban flooding has increased with the growth of
population, more paved surfaces, and less run-off
areas. Likewise, ~100 year old sub-surface
infrastructure designed for the city of yesteryear,
with the limited knowledge then, is just not up to
managing the demands of a growing city. Sadly, climate
change is a 'sexy' topic that makes people feel like
they heroes for 'saving the planet' while
infrastructure below ground, that is never seen by the
public, by contrast seems boring, methodical, and
expensive to do right. However, it is the ESSENCE of a
good, safe, healthy city. The risk after municipal
disasters like this is that huge sums of money will be
diverted to 'climate' and 'sponge' projects, and
infrastructure will be ignored...again. This video
explainer tries to illustrate these issues for the
general public, in the hope that you can convince your
city to spend the time and money on good infrastructure
for your city, rather than wasting millions on 'spongy
city' green fads or some miniscule emissions reduction
plan.
Please like, subscribe and share. Send it to your
Mayor and councilors! Post it on social media!
Counter the climate dogma! And help us do more of
these. Join Friends of Science and donate: Providing
Insight into Climate Change |
https://friendsofscience.org/
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Date: August 01, 2024 at 03:29:25
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Not either/or. It's both. Everywhere. |
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Infrastructure has been failing everywhere since at least
the mid 1980s. We've all been coasting, and now have too
big a problem to fix, even if it were just infrastructure
alone, which it's not.
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Date: August 01, 2024 at 12:37:22
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Not either/or. It's both. Everywhere. |
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Yes I agree- and it just gets more and more obvious, the
so called leaders of the US/Canada & the world are not
caring one bit- like they're all in a race to see things
crumble even more.
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