People vs Fantasy

Or reality vs  modelling.

A situation is building behind the scenes but for now I note the friction and distance between the authority and the people.

People who have lived experience ie lived in an area for a long time and lived in so far as, been through a life time of  ups and downs , a life time of battling all types of weather conditions , are more knowledgeable than late comers and shiny arses that sit in air conditioned offices and postulate about what may happen in the future.

It's my broken record but it keeps reappearing as we build our way back to normality. 

Modelling will never reproduce the wisdom and wealth of a lifetimes experience.

I have discussed a situation with a flood recovering friend who stands to lose his property because of the madness infecting the department of  over reaction and 'do something at all costs' group that are immune to reason.

The rationale is that something must be seen to be done. Vast amounts of ratepayer money needs to be spent so that a report can be written and heads nod to a job well done.

It does not matter if the work carried out is a waste of time, a complete waste of resources and a totally irrational response to a disaster as long as there is a visual imprint on the records.

Something must be done.

There are now a host of properties that are going to be disrupted , dismembered, purchased, reconstructed and scarred for a lifetime because something must be seen to be done.

I hope this is a phase we are passing through but I have my doubts.

Logic and reason are failing in so many aspects of life and they may have gone out the window.

We may be left with modelling, AI and a surfeit of bullying and arrogance.