For The Sake of Doing Something

It is disturbing to note that millions is being spent on reinstating infrastructure that had been identified as ineffective and yet following the cyclone we have authority that appears to be saying they need to carry out the work to show the Government and Banks and Insurance companies that something is being done.

Can you believe that?

The experts have been told that repairing a stopbank should not proceed. Locals with years of experience and knowledge of past weather events  , the history of the stream involved along with on the ground understanding of the whole area and system , have been shunned and likely scoffed at behind closed doors.

This attitude about spending taxpayers money and ratepayers money to make it look like something is being done is wrong.

This is clearly a case of waste at a time government could do with saving or redirecting the expenditure into other remedies.

It is frustrating to note this interpretation coming from a number of people and reminds me of the huge expenditure carried out by the Hastings District Council in an over the top reaction to one well being poorly maintained .Millions of dollars wasted to show something was being done.

The proposed action on an ineffective stopbank is also having the effect on a number of landowners who may have their land acquired  and lives turned upside down for no reason whatsoever .

Once again the power of the state rules and in this instance underlines how  out of balance things have become.

     

Fear Mongering

What a shocking headline. 'Hawkes' Bays Climate Future Revealed.' -drought, floods and more hot days.

The Climate Action Joint Committee, that had two Hawkes Bay councils pull out , commissioned a report that looks like it is full of the climate garbage circulating the world and unfortunately in Hawkes Bay we lack any objective approach at a time when it is an extremely sensitive situation.

The report reveals an increased risk of ex tropical cyclones , droughts and flooding.

This is scurrilous because not only is it wrong but it will cause fear amongst many and will lead to massive expenditure that will be totally unjustified.

A report like this will also give ammunition to Government and interested authorities to enact unnecessary moves that will see more red tape and irreversible decisions affecting most likely the wrong people.

There are well qualified scientists out there screaming the fact that cyclones are not increasing in either events or intensity.

Even the IPCC is agreeing that events are not increasing in number.

Using incorrect assumptions is basing on criminality .Rating people on flawed advice will penalise people  and in time will distort demographic distribution in the area.

Climate change is being weaponised and utilised for the wrong reasons.

The climate has always changed and always will.

It looks like no lessons have been learnt from Gabrielle and maybe the Wairoa Council have a better understanding after being crushed by the weather.