Category Archives: Disasters

Gwynne Dyer: Two More Unpleasant Climate Surprises

Freddy and the Ice: Messages From the Future GWYNNE DYER INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST Bangkok Post — 19 MAR 2023. Two new things on the climate front this week, both bad news. Typhoons used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit and then gone. Now they’re starting to come back for a second hit.

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How Erdogan’s Towering Corruption Turned Turkey’s Terrible Earthquake Into a Political Atrocity

Erdogan’s Epic Earthquake Fail. Will He Pay The Price? by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist — Feb. 12, 2023. Six days after earthquakes killed tens of thousands in Syria and Turkey, sorrow and disbelief are turning to anger and tension. Many in Turkey have a sense that there has been an ineffective, unfair and disproportionate response … Continue reading How Erdogan’s Towering Corruption Turned Turkey’s Terrible Earthquake Into a Political Atrocity

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