I am entitled to my own opinion, and what you call stupid, might soon to be a fact.
I gotta agree with Avorne on this. If you really believe it then go right ahead, so long as you dont start some cult and cause grief in the world I would welcome some comedy.
I think the worst part has already finished. There were 642 dead until some hours ago and some people are still missing. Now it is time to start all over.
True, it is already over 600 dead people only in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state (655). If you count with the floods in the rest of the country, it will probably pass 700 dead.
I may sound overly critical here, but who thought this area (and others like it) were good places to build towns? I mean, did anyone think this one out rationally? Methinks not...
Let's see....
Water flows downward Erosion is a by-product of water flowing downward Erosion loosens up soil and other heavier objects Gravity acts on these objects, also pulling them downward The area which we want to settle gets large amounts of rain The area which we want to settle is lower than large areas of land A town toward the bottom of steep hills is a good idea
Really? A good idea? I mean, sure, it sucks that people are being hurt and/or killed by this, but I fail to see why this needs to be brought to the attention of the world. Don't we have more serious and pressing issues, like civil rights, personal and economic freedoms, and social awareness? So the Brazilians build towns at bottom of hills. Water rolls down hills. Water damages Brazil. I can't help but think "and the point is.... ?" Oh, you mean we shouldn't settle areas which are likely to experience heavy rainfall and which have rapid erosion? Well duh!
The relatively high death toll was in all likelihood caused by the lack of anti-flooding measures. Many quite large cities (e.g. Newcastle, England and Sacramento, California) and regions have a major flood risk, but with some well-thought-out planning the devastation can be limited mostly to minor material damages.
@ Walker Teresopolis was founded in the beginning of the nineteenth century. The persons back then usually didn't think very complexly as to where to found a city. They saw water, hence they thought it was a good location to build a city.
In Brazil there are not much anti-flooding measures. Every summer big part of the country lives in floods and erosions. As goumas13 said, it was a good location to build a city because of the water but the people never thought the mountains could fall in the entire city. We are not guilty to build cities in bottoms of the hills. It was the biggest natural disaster of Brazil's history and I am sure the government will do some anti-flooding measures.
