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Post by rubl on Apr 22, 2018 12:12:29 GMT 7
"Mozambique prays for rain as water shortages hit country’s poor Taps in capital city of Maputo being turned off every other day as climate change exacerbates southern African drought In the township of Chamanculo, in Maputo, Mozambique, a network of household taps made the community water pump obsolete years ago, freeing residents from the daily burden of lugging massive jerrycans of water long distances. But a water crisis, partly caused by an ongoing drought affecting much of southern Africa, is already reversing progress in this coastal city. An emergency “orange alert”, declared last February by the country’s disaster management council after failed rains, has triggered such strict water rationing across the capital city that the taps are turned off every other day and irrigation is banned." www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/22/mozambique-prays-for-rain-water-shortages-hit-poor-maputo-southern-africa-drought |
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Post by Mosha on Apr 22, 2018 13:02:44 GMT 7
That's what deforestation gets you.
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Post by rubl on Apr 22, 2018 13:24:04 GMT 7
Probably part of the story, changing weather patterns due to global warming. Not all human induced, but having humans crawling around didn't really help either.
Just as example keep in mind that things like the desertification of the Sahara took places in a few millennia and where not induced by humans. The extension of the Sahara the last millennium can though. See for instance this article from 1999 on the start of the Sahara as we know it.
"One of the most striking climate changes of the past 11,000 years caused the abrupt desertification of the Saharan and Arabia regions midway through that period. The resulting loss of the Sahara to agricultural pursuits may be an important reason that civilizations were founded along the valleys of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. German scientists, employing a new climate system model, have concluded that this desertification was initiated by subtle changes in the Earth's orbit and strongly amplified by resulting atmospheric and vegetation feedbacks in the subtropics. The timing of this transition was, they report, mainly governed by a global interplay among atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and vegetation. Their research is published in the July 15 issue of Geophysical Research Letters."
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Post by AyG on Apr 22, 2018 13:30:52 GMT 7
Praying for rain? Fat lot of good that will do. Superstitious fools, relying on their gods. Should have tried a bit of preemptive thinking beforehand.
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Post by rubl on Apr 22, 2018 13:38:34 GMT 7
Praying for rain? Fat lot of good that will do. Superstitious fools, relying on their gods. Should have tried a bit of preemptive thinking beforehand. You're a bit too harsh on them I think. Praying is also still done in the developed Western World, even in America. |
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Post by Mosha on Apr 22, 2018 13:44:19 GMT 7
Probably part of the story, changing weather patterns due to global warming. Not all human induced, but having humans crawling around didn't really help either. Just as example keep in mind that things like the desertification of the Sahara took places in a few millennia and where not induced by humans. The extension of the Sahara the last millennium can though. See for instance this article from 1999 on the start of the Sahara as we know it. "One of the most striking climate changes of the past 11,000 years caused the abrupt desertification of the Saharan and Arabia regions midway through that period. The resulting loss of the Sahara to agricultural pursuits may be an important reason that civilizations were founded along the valleys of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. German scientists, employing a new climate system model, have concluded that this desertification was initiated by subtle changes in the Earth's orbit and strongly amplified by resulting atmospheric and vegetation feedbacks in the subtropics. The timing of this transition was, they report, mainly governed by a global interplay among atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and vegetation. Their research is published in the July 15 issue of Geophysical Research Letters." The Sahara wet dry cycles over a 10,000 year cycle. Its just over 1/2 through one. |
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Post by Soutpeel on Apr 22, 2018 13:49:38 GMT 7
Part of the same thing thats hit a lot of Southern Africa...to do with El Nino
But once again another corrupt Marxist state were the more equal steal the money from the equal, infrastructure is in ruins,
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Post by AyG on Apr 22, 2018 14:44:37 GMT 7
Praying for rain? Fat lot of good that will do. Superstitious fools, relying on their gods. Should have tried a bit of preemptive thinking beforehand. You're a bit too harsh on them I think. Praying is also still done in the developed Western World, even in America. Let's try this: Americans, superstitious fools, relying on their gods. I find it incredible that, in this day and age, over 70% of Americans claims to be Christian. A mere 3.1% is atheist. Can 97% of Americans really be that stupid? But then, the stupidity of Americans appear to know no bounds. Many of these Christians appear prepared to overlook Trump's most decidedly un-Christian characteristics yet still vote for him. And even now, many still support the lying, cheating, philandering, predatory, misogynistic fraud. |
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Post by rubl on Apr 22, 2018 17:34:12 GMT 7
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mind you, none of this helps the poor in Mozambique
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Post by AyG on Apr 22, 2018 18:12:09 GMT 7
^^| mind you, none of this helps the poor in Mozambique Because it's the American's god's will? They need to suffer because of their sins? |
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Post by rubl on Apr 22, 2018 18:30:03 GMT 7
^^| mind you, none of this helps the poor in Mozambique Because it's the American's god's will? They need to suffer because of their sins? Tjeez AyG, I wasn't even referring to the all-new American Idol. |
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Post by tolsti on Apr 24, 2018 11:18:16 GMT 7
A friend of mine is in Mocambique at the moment. I asked him about the water situation and this was his reply.
'' water is a problem in Maputo for sure. But the rest of the country apparently not. Been pouring with rain here in Quelimane and also last week in Nampula''
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Post by Soutpeel on Apr 24, 2018 12:11:26 GMT 7
A friend of mine is in Mocambique at the moment. I asked him about the water situation and this was his reply. '' water is a problem in Maputo for sure. But the rest of the country apparently not. Been pouring with rain here in Quelimane and also last week in Nampula'' Maputo or Lourenço Marques in another time before the Marxists, was considered the African Riveria at one point in time...not fairing too well days by all accounts |
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Post by rubl on Apr 24, 2018 12:20:49 GMT 7
A friend of mine is in Mocambique at the moment. I asked him about the water situation and this was his reply. '' water is a problem in Maputo for sure. But the rest of the country apparently not. Been pouring with rain here in Quelimane and also last week in Nampula'' Quelimane and Nampula are 7 and 10 degrees closer to the Equator and might have a wetter rainy season than Maputo ? |
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Post by rubl on Apr 24, 2018 12:22:54 GMT 7
A friend of mine is in Mocambique at the moment. I asked him about the water situation and this was his reply. '' water is a problem in Maputo for sure. But the rest of the country apparently not. Been pouring with rain here in Quelimane and also last week in Nampula'' Maputo or Lourenço Marques in another time before the Marxists, was considered the African Riveria at one point in time...not fairing too well days by all accounts This wiki page on Maputo is interesting. Seems the Authorities in Kaapstad called those in Fort Lydsaamheid 'lazy' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Maputo |
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