Iakuwona kuphela uhulumeni kaDonald Trump lowo ihlola izingxoxo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu; yiwo wonke umbono ohloniphekile. Yingakho, nakuba izixhumanisi zicacile futhi zisobala, iningi libika Isiphepho iHarvey abakaze bakhulume ngeqhaza labantu kulo.
Ngo-2016 i-US yakhetha umongameli okholelwa ukuthi kuqhutshwa abantu ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuyinkohliso. Kwakungu- unyaka oshisa kakhulu emlandweni, lapho i-US yashaywa khona ngesando ngochungechunge zezinhlekelele ezihlobene nesimo sezulu. Nokho isamba esihlanganisiwe esihlanganisa unyaka wonke ezinhlelweni zezindaba zakusihlwa nangeSonto ku-ABC, CBS, NBC kanye neFox News. kube yimizuzu engama-50. Inkinga yethu enkulu, indaba ezochaza izimpilo zethu, isuliwe emiqondweni yomphakathi.
Lokhu akuyona ingozi. Kepha futhi (ngaphandle kweFox News) kungenzeka kube yindaba yenqubomgomo. Kubonisa ukuzihlola okugxilile futhi okungenalwazi kangako. Izintatheli nabahleli bayayishaya indiva indaba ngoba banomzwelo wokugwema izinkinga. Ukukhuluma ngakho ukuwohloka kwesimo sezulu (okungukuthi ngokubona kwami โโkuyitemu elingcono kunamalebula angaqondakali esiwanamathisela kule nkinga) ukuthi singangabazi uTrump kuphela, hhayi inqubomgomo yamanje yezemvelo, hhayi inqubomgomo yezomnotho yamanje - kodwa lonke uhlelo lwezepolitiki nezomnotho.
Iwukudalula uhlelo oluthembele ekuphangeni ikusasa ukuze luqhubekisele phambili isikhathi samanje, oludinga ukukhula okungapheli emhlabeni onesiphetho. Kuwukubekela inselelo yona kanye isisekelo sobunxiwankulu; ukusazisa ukuthi izimpilo zethu zibuswa wuhlelo olungakwazi ukusimama - uhlelo olumiselwe, uma lungashintshwa, lucekele phansi yonke into.
Ukumangalela akukho ukuxhumana phakathi kokuwohloka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuqina kwe Isiphepho iHarvey kufana nokusho ukuthi akukho ukuxhumana phakathi kwehlobo elifudumele esiye saba nakho kanye nokuphela kwenkathi yeqhwa yokugcina. Zonke izici zesimo sezulu sethu zithintwa yiqiniso lokuthi amazinga okushisa emhlabeni wonke akhuphuke cishe ngo-4C phakathi kwesikhathi seqhwa kanye nekhulu le-19. Futhi zonke izici zesimo sezulu sethu zithintwa i-1C yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke okubangelwa imisebenzi yabantu. Nakuba singekho isenzakalo sesimo sezulu esingasolwa ngenxa yokufudumala okuqhutshwa abantu kuphela, asikho esingathinteki yikho.
Siyazi ukuthi ukuqina kanye nomthelela weziphepho emadolobheni asogwini kubhebhetheka okungenani izici ezimbili: amazinga aphezulu olwandle, okubangelwa ngokuyinhloko ukwanda okushisayo kwamanzi olwandle; kanye nokushuba kwesiphepho esikhulu, okubangelwa amazinga okushisa aphezulu olwandle kanye nekhono lomoya ofudumele ukubamba amanzi amaningi kunomoya obandayo.
Ngaphambi kokuba ifike eGulf of Mexico, uHarvey wayehliswe esikhundleni esivunguvungwini esishisayo wayiswa egagasini elishisayo. Kodwa njengoba ifika eGulf, lapho amazinga okushisa ekhona kule nyanga kude ngaphezu kwesilinganiso, yathuthukiswa okokuqala yaba ukucindezeleka kwasezindaweni ezishisayo, kwase kuba isigaba sokuqala sesiphepho. Kungenzeka ukuthi kwakulindeleke ukuba ibe buthaka njengoba isondela ogwini, njengoba iziphepho ziphehla ulwandle, zilethe amanzi apholile phezulu. Kodwa amanzi eyawakhuphula ukusuka kumamitha ayi-100 nangaphezulu futhi kwakufudumele ngendlela engavamile. Lapho ifika emhlabeni, uHarvey wayesenamandla a isigaba sesine isiphepho.
Saxwayiswa ngalokhu. NgoJuni, ngokwesibonelo, uRobert Kopp, uprofesa wezesayensi yoMhlaba, kwabikezelwa: โNgenxa yokuntuleka kwemizamo emikhulu yokunciphisa ukungcola kanye nokuqinisa amandla okuqina, iGulf Coast izoba nethonya elikhulu. Ukuchayeka kwayo ekukhuphukeni kwezinga lolwandle - okwenziwa kubi kakhulu ngenxa yeziphepho ezinamandla - kubeka engcupheni enkulu emiphakathini yayo. "
Ukuphakamisa lolu daba, ngitsheliwe kuma-social media, wukufaka ipolitiki ngeSiphepho uHarvey. Kuwukuthuka izisulu kanye nokuphazamiseka esidingweni sabo esiphuthumayo. Isikhathi esifanele sokuxoxa ngaso yilapho abantu sebewakhile kabusha amakhaya abo, futhi ososayensi bakwazile ukwenza ukuhlaziya ukuthi umkhulu kangakanani umnikelo wokuwohloka kwesimo sezulu. Ngamanye amazwi, khuluma ngayo kuphela uma iphuma ezindabeni. Lapho abacwaningi benquma, eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye kuqhubeke, ukuthi umsebenzi womuntu wenze iqhaza elibalulekile eSiphepho uKatrina, ulwazi alubhaliswanga kancane.
Ngikholwa wukuthi wukuthula okuyipolitiki. Ukubika isiphepho njengokungathi yinto engokwemvelo ngokuphelele, njengokusitheka kwelanga kwesonto eledlule, kuwukuthatha indawo. Ngokwehluleka ukwenza isixhumanisi esisobala nokukhuluma ngokuwohloka kwesimo sezulu, izinhlangano zabezindaba ziqinisekisa ukuthi inselele yethu enkulu ayiphendulwa. Basiza ukuphushela umhlaba enhlekeleleni.
I-Hurricane Harvey inikeza amazwibela ekusasa lomhlaba wonke okungenzeka; ikusasa amazinga okushisa alo ajwayelekile ahluke kakhulu kwelethu njengoba nelethu lingafani nalawo enkathi yokugcina yeqhwa. Kuyikusasa lapho izimo eziphuthumayo ziba yinjwayelo, futhi asikho izwe elinamandla okuphendula. Kuyikusasa lapho, njengoba iphepha kujenali Environmental Research Letters liyaphawula, izinhlekelele ezinjengaseHouston zenzeka izikhathi eziningana ngonyaka kwamanye amadolobha. Kuyikusasa ukuthi, kubantu basemazweni anjengeBangladesh, asebefikile, acishe angaphawulwa ngabezindaba bomhlaba ocebile. Isenzo sokungakhulumi esenza ukuthi leliphupho elibi livele livele.
E-Texas, ukuxhumana kungase kubonakale kancane. Isiphepho sadabula amasimu kawoyela, ukuphoqa amarigi kanye nezindawo zokuhluza ukuthi zivale, kuhlanganisa nalezo eziphethwe ezinye zezinkampani ezingama-25 esezikhiqizile ngaphezu kwengxenye yokukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa abantu sebekhululiwe kusukela kwaqala i-Industrial Revolution. I-Hurricane Harvey isicekele phansi indawo lapho ukuwohloka kwesimo sezulu kukhiqizwa khona, nalapho kwakhiwa khona izinqubomgomo ezivimbela ukuthi kubhekwane nazo.
NjengoTrump, ophika ukufudumala komhlaba okuqhutshwa abantu kodwa ofuna ukwakha udonga oluzungeze indawo yakhe yokudlala igalofu e-Ireland ukuze ivikeleke olwandle olukhuphukayo, lezi zinkampani, ezinye zazo yachitha izigidi ixhasa abantu abaphika isimo sezulu, baye baphakamisa kancane kancane ukuphakama kwamapulatifomu abo eGulf of Mexico, ekuphenduleni izixwayiso mayelana nolwandle oluphakeme neziphepho ezinamandla. Sebekhulile kusukela ku-40ft ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle ngo-1940, kuya ku-70ft ngawo-1990, kuya ku-91ft namuhla.
Nokho, lena akuyona indaba yobulungiswa basemhlabeni. E-Houston, njengakuyo yonke indawo, ngokuvamile imiphakathi empofu, ebhekene nenkinga encane, ehlaselwa kuqala futhi ishayeke kakhulu. Kodwa ukuxhumana phakathi kwembangela nomphumela kufanele kukhange ngisho nasezingqondweni ezinensa.
Inkinga ayigcini e-US kuphela. Emhlabeni wonke, inkinga elenga kuzo zonke izici zempilo yethu ikhishwe inyumbazane, ngaphandle kwasezikhathini ezingavamile lapho abaholi bomhlaba behlangana khona ukuze baxoxe ngakho ngamathoni (ababe sebevuma ngokungananazi ukwenza cishe lutho), lapho umzwelo wemvelo wokulandela ubuqili begunya udlula umuzwa wemvelo wokugwema indaba ekhathazayo. Lapho beyivala le ndaba, bavame ukuyihlanganisa.
E-UK, i-BBC kule nyanga iphinde yamema lowo ophika ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu U-Nigel Lawson ungene ohlelweni lwanamuhla, ngenkolelo eyiphutha yokuthi ukungakhethi kudinga ukulinganisela phakathi kwamaqiniso alungile namanga. Umsakazi akavamile ukwenza isiphithiphithi esingaka kwezinye izihloko, ngoba azithatha ngokungathi sรญna.
Lapho abaphathi bakaTrump beyalela izikhulu nososayensi ukuthi ukususa noma yikuphi okushiwo ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ezincwadini zabo, sihlazekile. Kodwa uma abezindaba bekwenza, ngaphandle kwesidingo sememo, siyakuvumela ukuba kudlule. Lokhu kuhlungwa akubonakali ngisho nakubenzi bobubi, kuhlanganiswe izinhlangano ezimiselwe ngokomthethosisekelo ukuthi zishiye imibuzo emikhulu yezikhathi zethu ingakabuzwa. Ukuvuma lolu daba kuwukuphonsela inselelo yonke into. Ukuphonsela inselelo yonke into kuwukuba yisilahlwa.
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