Oljegigantene med lastebilkapitalen og -småborgerskapet som spydspiss holder
klodens befolkninger og deres framtid som gisler i kampen for profittene
sine. De streber etter sin politiske "Machtübernahme", i USA ved Bush II, i
Norge ved hans tro vepner Hagen, i Østerrike ved Haider, i Italia ved
Berlusconi. I England kan vi vel vente oss en ny Thatcher innen lenge og i
Tyskland? Frankrike osv.?
"Nordsjøolje for fremtidig levering gikk opp 61 cent til 32,90 dollar fatet,
og lett amerikansk råolje steg 53 cent til 34,60 dollar fatet. Oljeprisene
ligger dermed stødig på sitt høyeste nivå siden golfkrisen etter Iraks
invasjon i Kuwait i 1990.
Bak oppgangen lå også varsler om orkan i Mexicogolfen, der en femtedel av
USAs olje og en firedel av naturgassen utvinnes. En tropisk storm over
Yucatanhalvøya vil utvikle seg til en orkan i løpet av helgen, melder
amerikanske meteorologer." (Aftenposten)
Her fanges man kanskje i sitt egen dritt. Hvem vil mon Hagen ha skal
"be det norske folk om unnskyldning" for denne og andre orkaner?
Klimaforskerne?
Eller (jeg mistet dessverre webadressene både til ovenstående og denne):
"Advarer om flomfare
Fulle reguleringsmagasiner og mettet jordsmonn kan gi en høst med store
skadeflommer, melder Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat (NVE).
Nedbørsmengden i ukene fremover vil avgjøre om vi får en flomhøst eller ikke.
11. september var fyllingsgraden i landets magasiner på 94,6 prosent, melder
direktoratet i en pressemelding. I perioden 1990-1999 har fyllingsgraden
gjennomsnittlig vært på 88,8 prosent i begynnelsen av september.
Flere av magasinene er fylt opp til høyeste regulerte vannstand og har
overløp. Målinger fra markvannsnettet viser dessuten at jordsmonnet over
hele landet er mettet med vann. Blir det kraftig uvær med mye regn, kan flom
raskt bli resultatet.
Nysnø i store deler av et nedbørfelt, etterfulgt av kraftig nedbør og
mildvær vil være en spesielt farlig situasjon, ifølge NVE. I Norge er det
slett ikke uvanlig med slike værsituasjoner utover høsten.
"NVE regner med at regulantene aktivt følger med i utviklingen fremover og
foretar de tiltak som er nødvendige for å unngå skader på liv og eiendom",
heter det i pressemeldingen, der direktoratet peker på at flom kan
forebygges med forsiktig forhåndstapping av overfylte magasiner."
(NTB)
Og dette kan være på vei:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac1601715957616&rtmo=0ie02Req&atmo=7FlQA
nAt&pg=/et/00/9/16/nflod16.html
Families flee as floods bring chaos
By Linus Gregoriadis EIGHTEEN rescue
boats were launched in south Hampshire yesterday as torrential downpours
caused flooding and travel chaos across the South.
Hotels and businesses in Portsmouth were damaged and at least 200 people
were forced to leave their homes after a pumping station broke down in the
city, causing a 5ft-deep tide of sewage to roll into the city. Among the
worst affected areas was Southsea where lifeboats ferried people to safety
after being trapped by the rising water levels. A staff member at the
Glendower Hotel, Southsea, said: "We are up to our knees in water. The
basement is completely flooded. Water seems to be coming up from under the
ground."
Geoff Stretton, the owner of the Seacrest Hotel, said dozens of cars were
left under water after yesterday's downpours. He said: "Someone said that
they had water coming through their letterbox. We have been asked if we can
put up some extra people because we seem to have escaped the flooding." A
lifeboat spokesman said: "It's bad and it's going to get worse. As well as
the pumping station packing up, we've got the spring tide just after a full
moon and, combined with the floodwater, it's going to be very difficult.
Some streets are flooded with sewage."
Residents, who abandoned their homes, were in a sports centre in the Hilsea
area of Portsmouth, where the city council was providing refreshments and
bedding last night. The South-East was the worst hit region with almost a
month's rainfall falling over London in a 12-hour period. A spokesman for
the Meteorological Office said almost 40mm of rain had been recorded over
the capital between 5am and 5pm yesterday compared with the average total
rainfall of 47mm for September. Walderton in West Sussex had received 82mm
of rain.
There was also heavy rain in Wales and north England but the worst hit areas
were on the South Coast. Earlier, owners in Portsmouth protected shops with
sandbags and the city council evacuated its offices when floods cut off
power supplies. Children at schools in the city had to be picked up early
because of flooding. Some 60mm of rain fell over Havant, near Portsmouth, in
just three hours. In the north of Hampshire, bad weather was blamed for an
accident on the M3, near Basingstoke, which left one person dead and caused
10-mile tailbacks.
The Environment Agency issued flood warnings in five counties in the South
West and in 12 regions in south Wales. Ray Kemp, an agency spokesman, said
most of east Hampshire and West Sussex had been put on "flood watch" status.
Three flood warnings were also issued on the Isle of Wight. The agency's old
system of yellow, amber and red warnings has been replaced by a four-stage
code.
In Cuffley, Herts, a mock prison built for Channel 5's Jailbreak programme
was flooded. In Pimlico, west London, flooding caused an electricity failure
leaving shops and offices functioning by candlelight.
TV3 og Robinson m.fl. kan ende opp i vann til knærne eller mer. Og Hagen vil
sikkert kreve "unnskyldning til det norske folk" også for dette. Men neppe
fra de skyldige. Og lederartikler i KK vil dilte etter det
unnskyldningskrevende "folket"s "rettferdige" konsumraseri mot smeltende poler
og fler orkaner som vil kreve nye unnskyldninger til "folket".
Karsten Johansen
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