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#ElNiño is currently purring along in #tropical #Pacific . #ModelExpectations are it will continue thru spring, with 75-85% chance it’ll become a #stronger event. #Uganda’s assault encroachment on #wetlands & #channels mean #its #impact won’t go #unnoticed as already evident #NOAA
08:14 PM - Oct 20, 2023
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#Preparedness , especially around #kampala , means #planners ought to reflect on the historical, topology, & ecology of the city since it was #Buganda’s #kibuga , & as it grew as a #colonial #township when even the colonists knew they had to #contend with #rivers & #marshes amidst #hills
08:23 PM - Oct 20, 2023
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More recently the acknowledgment of #utility of the #establishment & the #maintenance of colonial period #channels like #nakivubo , #lugogo , #kitante , #kinawataka , #lubigi etc & #associated #wetlands , especially around #MurchisonBay has been considered a joke vs construction of malls etc
08:27 PM - Oct 20, 2023
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The #documented #changes via #deliberate #unmitigated & #poorly #planned #human #impact around just the #MurchisonBay & it’s #channel + #wetland system through a period 10 years ago give one an idea of the #current #vulnerability as we lead into the forecasted #ElNiño period
08:29 PM - Oct 20, 2023
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thread 5/5
#Everyone of us, including those that don’t see the need for #proper #planning for #development #mindful of #environmental + #ecological_harm via #proper #environmental , #ecological & human #impact_assessments & peril + those responsible for enforcement, will nevertheless all be #fleeing_nature
08:32 PM - Oct 20, 2023
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