I do not foresee future planning implemented at household and municipal levels where nature is considered accommodating soak off areas, strict building procedures, respect toward human life, flooding will not be ending anytime soon.
Why you might ask...., driven by recent events coming out of extreme drought 2017, raging fury in rain damage happening more regularly, this time we have encountered high death rate. Will housing infrastructure be developed honestly by engineers/geologists having a say in the matter, failing which all paths lead to future disasters.
Hunger will lead directly to looting, people are rightly annoyed with lack of service delivery, walk in shoes of another to know how degrading it must feel living in a city where you have no tapped water, running toilets or electricity, surely somewhere someone will stop and say enough!
Most know about devastating floods here in KwaZulu-Natal, content @lizelle, @artywink and @jacoalberts. Give thought to Philippines where similar event is happening @joyceantonia. End of February 2022, Brisbane and Queensland Australia flooded.
Different continents going through exactly the same, time to stop and rethink how humans are treating Mother Earth, no more talk, action is needed! Google the word "Flood 2022" who knows who will be next.
Wetlands throughout our country have been swallowed up by development, we must give nature a chance!
St Lucia estuary the largest wetland in heritage site, has after years of interference breached sand bank built by humans, breaking open the mouth once more to the sea.
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Mouth opening and fishing
Estuary update 15th April 2022
Human involvement has been making this estuary die off faster than one realizes. As soon as sea water gushed back in many barbel along with other non-saline fish were swept out giving the people an opportunity to collect food, an area battling already, here sit the naysayers complaining about this as well? Get real, people are hungry time to share, why not?
As I write the promise of the rains moving away we still sit with drizzle outdoors yesterday afternoon LOL, sun has peeped through a couple of times revealing fantastic sunsets, although we did not see the moon in the last week, the sun greeted briefly once or twice.
Perhaps Cyclone Issa will for once make people realize living on rivers is not safe, dams should be checked regularly, infrastructure in rail and road need major repairs, mostly humans need to respect nature.
Easter 2022 has come and gone, for us it is assisting where able, shocked by devastation, humbled by force natural damage inflicted on all, dig deep find Madiba magic see if South Africa rise once more from the ashes. Do it right this time!
Covid highlighted poverty, lack of hospitals, floods highlight lack of proper housing, no early warning systems evident, infrastructure falling apart, there is much to do.
Hopefully now with some forethought taking nature into consideration, introduce laws where buildings are not allowed on floodplains, or hills where natural land slides may exist, give nature place to move.
A watery sun going down yesterday afternoon, drifting above the moon made an appearance, we woke to amazing sunlight today, let the work begin.
All photography is my own using a Canon PowerShot SC730 HS, resized for easier loading, writing is my own.
Thought for Today "Rain does not fall on one roof alone." - African Proverb
