Posted on 12/08/2013 6:11:53 AM PST by IbJensen
KILLER freezes, floods and heatwaves will devastate Britain during the next 30 years, climate experts have warned.
Many people could die as extreme weather becomes common.
There will be more freak winds like the October storm, which killed four people.
Heatwaves will be lethal and the sea level will rise, leaving coastal towns at risk of being swamped by storm surges.
Sir Brian Heap, president of the European Academies Science Advisory Council, said he felt “obliged” to issue the warning after a new study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
It comes on the back of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, which has killed more than 5,000 people.
Sir Brian said: “Given the tragic events this year in the rest of the world and the recent IPCC report, EASAC feels obliged to draw attention to the growing impact of extreme weather in Europe.”
The continent’s leading experts had made a detailed study of likely extreme weather, he said.
Sir Brian warned: “From the major loss of lives in heatwaves to the economic and human costs of floods and storms, the implications are worrying.
“They present the European Union and Member States with significant challenges in preparing Europe for a future with greater frequency of extreme weather.”
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Throat?
I did get underground water (and power) to the barn this summer, but I've not yet got the goats drinking bowl freeze proofed, so I've STILL been carrying 5 HOT gallons, twice a day, out to them.
The cat's and the bird's water are both in heated bowls.
For me the worse was March kidding season. Had to check the barn every 2 or 3 hours around the clock to check if anyone had given birth or was about to so we could put them in a pen with an electric barn light on to keep the kid warm. Learned lesson the hard way and had one give birth and the baby was found dead the next day from the below 0 temp. Get dressed in winter clothes and trudge out to the barn at 3am was not pleasant. Praying all the way that no one was about to give birth, cause that meant you'd be out there for quite a while setting up the kidding pens.
LOL they have their priorities....
Nice goats!
{I can’t believe I posted that!)
Still struggling with frozen water lines. I plan to triumph tomorrow...
Oh, I have power; I’ve just not gotten their water container prepared yet.
Descended from Viking Goats...
BTTT! Great post.
;O( poor babies, but really poor Elsie..Water weights a lot..
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