Queensland Storm, Global Warming or the Norm?
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Loading ...Overnight Queensland Australia was hit by what is being called a once in 25-year storm.
The dangerous winds of up to cyclonic force ripping their way from the Hinterland through to the coast.
This storm has left more than 145,000 homes and businesses without power, one man aged 20 has died, his mate lucky to be alive after being rescued, another couple saved from their car when live power lines fell on their vehicle.
Even the channel 7 studios were not immune to the damage as their studio and offices becomes a flood zone as their roof buckled under the strain of rain and wind.
In some areas 70 mm of rain fell in 20 minutes that’s 7 cm or over 2.5 inches in less than half an hour…
Queensland often bears the brunt of cyclone and storms, its the price of living in such a beautiful climate, but these storms have been growing in intensity over the years, From Drought to Deluge, it is so erratic even the Bureau of Meteorology is stunned.
My question remains the same, Is this Climate Change and just the start of what is to become or is the norm, just erratic weather? After all if this is a once in 25 years storm, does it happen every 25 years which would put it as a regular event, even a once in century storm simply repeating its might 100 years on.
Given Queensland and Brisbane (as the capital) have been in drought for so many years, could this simply be nature’s way of correcting the situation. Thousands of people praying for rain all having their prays answered at once?
Or is this a sign of things to come, time to get used to it or will be looking back on storms like these and dreaming of the good old days of mild storms and minor damage as they intensify?
Either way I do think it’s going to be bumpy ride for quite a while to come. Regardless of if this is a natural cycle in Earth history, Global Warming, or Drought breaking I don’t think we have seen the worse of it.
Forever the Optimistic Cynic… you know hope for the best expect the worse and find comfort somewhere in between, It isn’t even summer yet, there is still the Cyclones, more thunder storms, huge sea swells, flash flooding, dumping rain yet to come to Queensland as the temperature climb for what is being tipped as a record breaking summer heat.
What will you do?
Time to move, ride it out, evacuate or pretend it isn’t happening
Holey moley! I am coming to Australia for a holday in January, I was planning a trip to Queensland, I might have to re-think! Although once in 25 yeras sounds like pretty good odds….
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i think it probably is a sign of a global climate change…
There have been other storms and weather phenomenon over the past few years that have not been acting “right”. The one that came closest to me was the May 3 tornado. I’ve grown up in a state that has seen many tornadoes… but this one was different… much worse.
Having said that, i think eventually things will even out again. There are so many things that most “global warming” advocates don’t even take into account, like the solar cycles.
In another 20 years, when we are in the middle of a mini (hopefully) Ice Age… then all of the talk will be about global cooling and what we can do to prevent it, and how it was all our fault.
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Sometimes we think we’re above nature and have become the masters of this planet. Then we get a reminder of who really holds the cards.
I don’t think that one storm can be judged as anything - sure, it may be global warming but there’s no way to tell from one occurance. Most likely it’s just one of those odd events that everywhere experiences at some time.
I am glad I found you again. But so sorry to hear about this bad weather. I really don’t have any definitive answers for you. yes I do think that we humans have contributed to some of the changes that we are seeing in our planet’s behavior.
But, then again as we are part of the planet and destined to take this journey then perhaps this too is all part of the plan. The master plan that only God understands.
After all, we have to self destruct someday. That is inevitable. All one needs to do is study a little history, archeology and geology to understand that.
Nothing last forever and neither will we or this earth. I just hope it last at least another million years.
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Let me think! here we have a piece of the puzzle now to go with Global Warming we have to look at the whole picture such as what is the cause of these storms which the Key is below the Oceans Floor where there is more activity going on now than in the past therefore the cause of more Earthquakes underneath the Sea which has effect on the Ocean Waves as well as more active Volcanoes which tends to be warming up water levels in the North Pole this why we are seeing more Killer Whales on the move. Yes I Think we are seeing signs of Global Warming.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a manifestation of one global warming phenomena or another.
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
—Sir Arthur Eddington
Just as the magnitude-8.0 earthquake happened in Wen chuan, China on 12 May, 2008. I think It’s not a simple natural phenomena. The earth are warning us don’t abuse it any more.
Junk science, junk logic, junk article. You should either stop watching A Current Affair, or go and work for them.
Junk Commenter…
If I was watch current affair I would possibly see you…
What are you on…..
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