People are drawing parallels between the implosion of the #OceanGate submersible & the sinking of the #Titanic itself; namely, the insouciance of those in charge about potential dangers. But the closest parallel is the Challenger explosion. In both cases, engineers' safety concerns were ignored & they were belittled or even fired. #disaster#hubris
This is the Fremantle Highway. Ordinarily this cargo ship does its bit to screw up our planet by burning lots of fossil fuel to transport cars which have already caused huge emissions in their construction and will cause more in their use.
Today it's learnt a special new trick: Of the 3000 cars onboard, 25 are electric and one of those has apparently set light to the whole cargo. As a result, we now have a huge plume of smoke just off our coast. Lots of extra CO2 emissions for absolutely no gain whatsoever. Lots of whatever you get from setting fire to a mix of materials including plastics and batteries for absolutely no gain whatsoever.
At least one crew member has died and others are seriously injured, with burns, broken bones and lung damage.
Cars destroy lives and our environment even before they are used, and they only go on to do more damage when they are used. There is no place for cars in a sustainable world.
I love* how much #disaster preparedness starts with "have money."
I also love* how many people who give disaster advice completely ignore how much money they are actually talking about.
I really love* all of the people with no experience in disasters confidently talking about this as if it were something they had done a thousand times.
"Somalia is currently experiencing what the United Nations has termed a “once-in-a-century” #flooding event, following a historic drought. This natural #disaster has uprooted hundreds of thousands of people not only in Somalia but also in neighboring East African countries.
Today in Labor History December 3, 1984: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killed over 3,800 people and injured up to 600,000 more. Up to 16,000 people died, in total, over the years following the disaster. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has paid compensation to family members of 3,787 of the victims killed. Numerous local activist groups emerged to support the victims of the disaster, like Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, who won the Goldman Prize in 2004. Many of the activists were subjected to violent repression by the police and government. Larger international groups, like Greenpeace and Pesticide Action Network also got involved. The disaster has played a role in numerous works of fiction, including Arundhati Roy’s “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” (2017) and Indra Sinha’s “Animal’s People” (2007). It has also been referenced in music by the Revolting Cocks “Union Carbide” and the Dog Faced Hermans ”Bhopal.”
Finality of Dusk is set in the year 2045. It’s a film about the few humans remaining on earth following an environmental disaster. Because of the poisonous air, those still alive must wear filtration masks in order to survive.
Katarina Ziervogel, a member of Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba, helped create the film. She is a deaf woman and brought a unique perspective to the main characters' interactions.
My latest H3VR Devlog, in which I summarize what's going on with the Unity situation(disaster) and my thoughts on it. If you want to skip right to that part, go to the 8:35 time mark.
#disaster#preparedness is the responsibility of the whole community...It is on everyone to take seriously the reality that we cannot rely on what has happened in the past because the #ClimateCrisis is happening now. ~ Lucia Bragg, policy manager at the National Center for Disaster Management at the Columbia Climate School.
Seventy-five people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, while more than 100 people remain missing, local authorities said on Sunday. The state’s civil defence authority said 101 people were unaccounted for and more than 80,000 had been displaced after record-breaking...
More than 100 people are dead and 136 people have been reported missing in Brazil after unprecedented rainfall devastated the state of Rio Grande do Sul with flooding. The Brazilian government is warning residents that more rain is expected. Rescue efforts were suspended on Wednesday in the face of continuing precipitation and winds exceeding 50 miles (80 Kilometers) per hour. USA Today has more on the disaster.
Don’t know if it’s true, but I have just heard from my sib Tidy that “a state of emergency” has been declared for Austin the weekend of the eclipse. She says so many fucking weirdos are heading down here to stare at the sun through cardboard gas station glasses that the population is expected to DOUBLE. My weekend farmhand has already told me she won’t be coming in because she fears the traffic. IN JOHNSON CITY TEXAS, POP 1627. I cannot get behind this. Stay home. I beg of you. #Eclipse
"In the eastern states of Bihar and Odisha, 24 people died on Thursday alone, including three election officials and a police officer who collapsed in the midday sun, the Times of India reported, citing state officials. In the desert state of Rajasthan, 55 heat-related deaths have been reported in the last seven days. Within just a two-hour span on Thursday night, 103 patients complaining of heat stroke were admitted to Sadar Hospital in Aurangabad city, surgeon R. B. Shrivastav told The Post by telephone. Five were dead by morning." #heatwave#death#climatedisaster#climateemergency#disaster#india
Flooding death toll in south Brazil rises to 75 as over 100 people remain missing (www.theguardian.com)
Seventy-five people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, while more than 100 people remain missing, local authorities said on Sunday. The state’s civil defence authority said 101 people were unaccounted for and more than 80,000 had been displaced after record-breaking...