No one in 1901 would have been stupid enough to predict a permanent drought, because they understood that climate is periodic.
The Western Champion and General Advertiser for the Central-Western Districts Monday 30 December 1901
30 Dec 1901 – Drought and Flood. THE REALM OF LAW. THE LAW OF …
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Yes, we used to have periods of drought and flood, but now we have droughtflood, both at the exact same time, which is clearly Global Weirding. We are doomed!
Now we have droughts of integrity & floods of incompetence….