Comments on: The hidden costs of flooding in D.C.’s poorest wards https://holacultura.com/hidden-costs-of-flooding-in-dcs-poorest-wards/ D.C. Latino Arts + Culture Sun, 05 May 2024 00:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Faith Wheeler https://holacultura.com/hidden-costs-of-flooding-in-dcs-poorest-wards/#comment-990 Sat, 19 Aug 2023 16:28:56 +0000 https://holacultura.com/?p=59991#comment-990 Clearly and understandably, flooding is what captures folks’ attention. It is immediately dangerous, damaging, and can be deadly.
Hopefully, we are learning that we cannot depend on “last year’s” flooding experience. Adaptation measures that worked “last year” will not necessarily be sufficient this year and certainly not in years to come, given rising seas and warming climate. Along with much stronger adaptation measures, it is critical that we also significantly reduce as well as sequester greenhouse gas emissions.
It’s always harder to think of addressing causes rather than effects. Causes are the greenhouse gas emissions. We put adaptation measures in place to try to lessen or avoid the effects caused by the greenhouse gases.

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