Posted on 08/28/2017 11:16:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Switzerland's environmental protection office says the effects of climate change are partially to blame for a mudslide through a southeastern village that left eight people missing after a massive chunk of rock broke off an Alpine mountainside.
Federal Office for the Environment director Marc Chardonnens said Switzerland must do more to brace for climate change.
It said climate change effects include "urban heat islands" in Swiss cities, localized water shortages, and the instability of mountain flanks.
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The toilet in my hotel room backed up this morning...
After much study, I say: “global warming” was the cause.
...wheres my government subsidy to fight this evil???
About 12 mil oughta do it;
...i ain’t greedy...
I have an idea. Let’s research some way to decrease gravity. That will lessen the chances of mudslides. If we decrease the force of gtavity, I will no longer be obese, either. I think it might be easier than lowering the heat of the Sun, which is the REAL cause of global warming.
The first mudslide in Switzerland in the history of the world.
Gotta be man-caused global warming.
Have they checked for any recently invading flora with root systems that might’ve loosened the dirt?
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