Climate Catastrophe in Photographs

When every weather related disaster is portrayed as the result of man made climate change it is a testament to our ignorance of history.  There is nothing new about these calamities.

Rochester N.Y. March 1913

Yes, horses were still being used in the early twentieth century.  I suppose their flatulence might be to blame for this disaster.  Greta Thunberg could not be reached for her expert opinion.

While automobiles were yet to be commonplace cameras certainly were and Rochester was the home of Kodak.  The photograph above is from a collection at Monovisions.

In March of 1913 a weather system moved up out of the Gulf of Mexico dumping torrential rainfall as it moved through the Midwest to the northeast.  Photography was now in the hands, literally, of more people.  Large unwieldy cameras were giving way to smaller hand held units.  Here, one photography blogger determines which cameras might have been used to capture the devastation.

Dayton Ohio March 1913

The Great Flood of 1913 was the biggest disaster in Ohio history.  Dayton was particularly hard hit when levees along the Miami River succumbed to the deluge.  Rather than blame something as speculative as climate change the people invested in modern flood control.  

Suing power companies and blaming man made climate change will not prevent forest fires in California.  Greta Thunberg is the face of a political agenda that prevents us, the people, from taking practical action like land management.

One hundred years later we are no wiser.  When viewing the present without the context of the past we can be easily deceived.

I hope you've enjoyed this look back at the hardships of the past and the practical remedies.  I have been going through some hardship of my own due to a chronic health condition.  You can help by donating through my PayPal here.

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