Honestly? It's a scary thought. One of the reasons I tagged this as #poverty is because I don't think it takes much stretch of the imagination to see how climate change could hit the global poor the worse of all. I really, really hope we find a way to safely and efficiently handle these kinds of problems. If they really will become more frequent and more severe, a lot of people are going to need a lot of help.Beyond the immediate human toll, we'll have to see if this becomes a trend both in Indian and globally. Climate change tells us we'll see more severe weather more often. Will peaks over 50 C become the new norm? How will people cope?
True story. I once got in an argument with one of my buds about climate change and he was swearing up and down it had nothing to do with human activity. So I brought up the whole ozone layer and asked him what he thought about that. He called it, and I quote, "A damning coincidence." He sounded exactly like Rush Limbaugh when he said it.