Why were lives lost at the base of Mauo? Because of the very wet weather? Ask yourself why the land slide occurred in the least steep part of the mountain. The answer is because the steeper sections have vegetation. The pohutukawa stabilize the cliff faces. Where these wonderful trees have been removed the land is less stable. The real issue is habitat destruction not some climate. mumbo jumbo.As we get slammed with extreme weather again and again, and more lives are needlessly lost, this government, in thrall with the fossil fuel industry and the far right, ignores science and continues to degrade this nation
Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations
It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.www.rnz.co.nz
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Jesus hard-core climate change denialist at work here. Not interested in disinformation
Absolutely Wiz. I certainly wasn't born with the proverbial Silver Spoon aye WizI don’t live in a tent fortunately. This isn’t post WW2 Tauranga anymore like when you grew up
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Right, so we are back to name calling, thats "the science" in action folks.
Why couldn't it be both extreme weather and the loss of vegetation? Seems the more likely.
Whether the extreme weather is due to climate change is another debate.
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Mount slip - There was lots of vegetation at that point, you can see huge potutakawa trees in amungst the slip.
There are natural springs around that location which could have destabilises the area priming it to move? (My local knowledge - nothing official)
We had best practice precautions - civil defence phone warnings, authorities went through the camp the night before. Accidents happen. Tragic stuff but nothing much more can be done when Mother Nature decides to show its power.
There are natural springs around that location which could have destabilises the area priming it to move? (My local knowledge - nothing official)
We had best practice precautions - civil defence phone warnings, authorities went through the camp the night before. Accidents happen. Tragic stuff but nothing much more can be done when Mother Nature decides to show its power.
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I have been there a lot of times and I don't remember a lot of vegetation just a pohutakawa here and there. With all the rain there very shallow root systems against the slope and rocks were compromised and let go. Again nothing official and just my observations.
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