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  • Heavy rains caused severe flooding across southeastern Kentucky leaving families displaced and homes, cars and animals swept away.
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  • @flaguser4196
    @flaguser4196 2 года назад +16

    floods, drought, fires, earthquakes, volcano, viruses... stay safe guys 🙏

    • @flaguser4196
      @flaguser4196 2 года назад +1

      @lendra a wasn't sure if human inflicted disasters should be on the list. but yeah, let's not forget about wars and crimes.

    • @ceciliecerise
      @ceciliecerise 2 года назад

      @lendra a what’s drags? do you mean drugs?

    • @bobwreck3775
      @bobwreck3775 2 года назад

      Don't forget we aint seen nothing yet.

  • @ReinhardtX57
    @ReinhardtX57 2 года назад +32

    welcome to the new normal.
    if you don't get the fire, you get the water

    • @NatalieFromCA
      @NatalieFromCA 2 года назад +6

      Or if you could end up with both like what I just watched in Arizona! They had really bad fires 🔥 a few months ago that left the ground in a charred layer on top of the soil, so that then when the rain came pouring down, the water couldn’t penetrate the soil and it became devastating flash flooding within seconds!! Very scary!! 😞🙏

    • @melanielazare9
      @melanielazare9 2 года назад

      Not everybody

    • @melanielazare9
      @melanielazare9 2 года назад

      @Donald Morris stop

    • @RobinSueWho
      @RobinSueWho 2 года назад

      New normal? This has been happening since the beginning of time. It's just normal.

  • @holly541
    @holly541 2 года назад +19

    A fellow classmate just went home in Kentucky the day this happened. I am hoping she has a home to go back to.

    • @epicmasonre4766
      @epicmasonre4766 2 года назад +2

      Well it's only affecting southeastern Kentucky I hope she didn't go there

  • @NatalieFromCA
    @NatalieFromCA 2 года назад +11

    This is sooo sad!! 😢 You are absolutely in our prayers, good people of Kentucky. 🙏💜

    • @tay3pointer147
      @tay3pointer147 Год назад +1

      My driveway was the one got hit bad from the flood

  • @snowwolf2951
    @snowwolf2951 Год назад

    i would have never wanted another governor to help us i was stuck for 5 hours with my granny 85 mamaw in her 60s my cousin and my aunt all waiting in an attic i remembered my uncle may have had a spare radio i broke a hole into the attics air duct speaking with her his wife she called for help 5 helicopters came up our street a boat ive never been so happy in my life yet im called a hero by my family i lost friends i lost my life basically yet i felt so broken by it i still do i wish everyday it was a dream yet its not we are rebuilding thanks to our texan friends who piece by piece picked up our lives and helped us move on

  • @andyx6248
    @andyx6248 2 года назад +2

    🤔 hummmm, I hope Kentucky save all their AR from drowning.

  • @trishanigovender7441
    @trishanigovender7441 2 года назад +3

    🙏 We had this weather in April. Still recovering. Our water plant was washed away. 4 months with no water. There is light at the end of tunnel. Hang in there

    • @betsyann453
      @betsyann453 2 года назад

      I'm glad you made it. My thoughts and prayers are with you and all those affected by these kinds of circumstances 🙏

  • @dionisio9697
    @dionisio9697 2 года назад +1

    Let’s just focus on moving forward.

  • @greggreg2263
    @greggreg2263 2 года назад +21

    Wow absolutely devastating I’ll be praying for this community🙏

    • @andydufresne3635
      @andydufresne3635 2 года назад +5

      It was god's will, this is what he wanted.

    • @pinenkuo
      @pinenkuo 2 года назад +1

      They keep voting for climate change deniers. Whats so devastating about?

    • @greggreg2263
      @greggreg2263 2 года назад +2

      @@pinenkuo Ben settle the hell down!!!! how many drinks 🍺 have you already had?

  • @ponyrang
    @ponyrang 2 года назад

    Wow... !!! My best friend, It's always great. Your video is excellent quality. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks

  • @entertainmentofabadboy3393
    @entertainmentofabadboy3393 2 года назад +2

    My condolences

  • @beatsintegrity3623
    @beatsintegrity3623 2 года назад +13

    The governor seems to lack empathy

    • @dababy1234
      @dababy1234 2 года назад +7

      And you seem to not know $hit, he’s the best governor Kentucky has had in a long time

    • @vizagothx7294
      @vizagothx7294 2 года назад +4

      he really sold the "fellow human beings" bit..

  • @floppabuddies3490
    @floppabuddies3490 2 года назад

    Pray must pray

  • @mainman8098
    @mainman8098 2 года назад +9

    Get used to it, it’s just going to keep getting worse and worse.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 2 года назад

      Yawn.

    • @raknoknak
      @raknoknak 2 года назад

      That is true. The corrput Republicans who are well fed by oil company lobbyists have successfully brainwashed their base into believing otherwise.

    • @brendancooney9401
      @brendancooney9401 2 года назад

      @@xr6lad tired reading the sentence. Yes it’s a lot of effort with a few big words!

  • @billiespence2511
    @billiespence2511 2 года назад +1

    So sorry to all who have lost !! Living in the UK North East this has now become the norm ! Still when it 1st happens !!!! Again so sorry to all who have lost.

  • @dumbgiant2765
    @dumbgiant2765 2 года назад +1

    Wth were not getting any rain in Texas while they get 10 in in a day

  • @andydufresne3635
    @andydufresne3635 2 года назад +16

    Is Mitch swimming around from house to house letting people ride on his shell?

    • @jonnyfendi2003
      @jonnyfendi2003 2 года назад

      U have that same energy about massive wildfires and mudslides in California

    • @andydufresne3635
      @andydufresne3635 2 года назад +5

      @@jonnyfendi2003 how would a turtle help in a wildfire or mudslide 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 2 года назад +2

      Don't know. Is Nancy driving round SF between lockdown Covid hairdresser appointments housing the homeless?

    • @codymoe4986
      @codymoe4986 2 года назад

      @xr6lad... Probably not. That was last year and it also sounds like she's out on some overseas trip.
      Not to mention, it doesn't keep with the joke. She isn't from Kentucky, nor does she resemble a turtle...
      You Repubs really are some unfunny bastards, aren't you?

    • @bobwoods1302
      @bobwoods1302 2 года назад +3

      Taxpayers of Democrat cities will pay the bill as always.

  • @GradenGmoney44
    @GradenGmoney44 2 года назад

    This is horrible. My cousins were kied in the flood. All 4 of them. It sucks because everytime i try to get it off my mind and go watch tv ill always go past the news channel where ill see the news cast talking about it.

  • @charlesdaniels876
    @charlesdaniels876 2 года назад

    This is a nightmare a horrible horrible nightmare

  • @robertray13
    @robertray13 2 года назад +2

    For those that have never been to this around you should know that these communities are built alongside creeks and small rivers. They live in the valley of 2 hillsides (holler) with 1 way in and out. Flooding isn't uncommon. This amount of rainfall cause ppl to be trapped with no way out.

  • @crystalwood219
    @crystalwood219 2 года назад

    Why rebuild in the same area unless your going to solve the flooding problem from happening again

  • @teresabarrett3266
    @teresabarrett3266 2 года назад +1

    😳 Whoa!!

  • @bartholomewnathaniel807
    @bartholomewnathaniel807 2 года назад

    (Mat.24.6- 'signs'- Look, Learn and you CAN BE Ready!)

  • @wdwerker
    @wdwerker 2 года назад +8

    I’d be a lot more sympathetic if they quit re-electing Mitch.

    • @PhoenixAngel429
      @PhoenixAngel429 2 года назад +2

      Ever hear of voter apathy? We have plenty of ditch mitch movements but they don't get off the ground. If you had someone who brought good FDR style fight against him, you might have a chance but his last opponent "I'm a marine and a mom...." sorry not good enough. I voted third party there. Term limits age limits. Congress is broken. So don't play that card unless it gets fixed.

  • @floppabuddies3490
    @floppabuddies3490 2 года назад

    Yeah

  • @oggrease7720
    @oggrease7720 2 года назад +1

    Mother Earth we need to love God what will it take!?

  • @kamazimargen7697
    @kamazimargen7697 2 года назад

    Change climent very problem 😱

  • @BrianHSC
    @BrianHSC 2 года назад +3

    This day and age, the wealthiest country in the world doesn't have the infrastructure to stop floods.

    • @rl4889
      @rl4889 2 года назад

      The demonrats are too busy rebuilding Ukraine and bribing Iran.
      Hundreds of billions of dollars every month to those non Americans.

  • @monkeyguy80
    @monkeyguy80 2 года назад +1

    First is Heatwave, then Massive Fires & now flooding. 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @andydufresne3635
      @andydufresne3635 2 года назад +3

      🤔 hummmm maybe climate change isn't a hoax.

    • @johnroberts9131
      @johnroberts9131 2 года назад

      Climate change is without a doubt fake, well, at least that humans think they effect it. Have you ever heard of Irradiated Gamma Rays?

  • @Kiyoone
    @Kiyoone 2 года назад +1

    South and central america: first time huh?

    • @cassiusvoidkin
      @cassiusvoidkin 2 года назад +1

      By far not the first time. Our country just doesn't care about building and maintaining infrastructure to prevent natural disasters. They also don't really care about funding emergency response teams either. Every year there is at least one big storm in the US that leads to massive property damage and loss of life. In Texas last year there was a winter storm that killed over 200 people because of a lack of adequate infrastructure. The leaders promised to do something about it but never did.

  • @cattameme
    @cattameme 2 года назад

    Yall need to get that mayor out of there. lmao "well stick together"

  • @floppabuddies3490
    @floppabuddies3490 2 года назад

    It’s sad

  • @mischelleaubel4112
    @mischelleaubel4112 2 года назад +3

    so sad I am from Hazard to see this and surrounding counties with this much damage prayers to all

  • @LCx829
    @LCx829 2 года назад

    Omg I hope everyone makes it and can find housing meanwhile.

  • @Whips_spottedbyjay
    @Whips_spottedbyjay 2 года назад

    When did this happened omg?

  • @rlhat7600
    @rlhat7600 2 года назад

    Sending prayers. But stop voting for people who ignore climate change and infrastructure.

  • @dannymack9636
    @dannymack9636 2 года назад +3

    They need to stop using geo engineering which is contributing to the greenhouse effect, I wonder why thy stopped using that term.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 2 года назад

      You stop having children yet to stop the population explosion on this planet? I assume you live in a tent as well?

  • @CosgroveNotts
    @CosgroveNotts 2 года назад +6

    Where's Mitch

  • @cachecow
    @cachecow 2 года назад +12

    Hey Mitch!
    What is god trying to tell the people of Kentucky?

    • @strayiggytv
      @strayiggytv 2 года назад

      They must be mistaken with this flood, it can't be happening in a red state! Not after we dun saved all dem babies from the bortion!

    • @TheNinjappa
      @TheNinjappa 2 года назад +2

      Blame biden?!

    • @desarij
      @desarij 2 года назад +4

      @@TheNinjappa so give me a good solid reason why Biden is responsible for this?? Illl wait to hear your answer. You’ll get triple points for your swift reply.

    • @andrewp.8714
      @andrewp.8714 2 года назад +3

      That we should really get a move on preventing the climate crisis.

    • @thatdude-xj4qe
      @thatdude-xj4qe 2 года назад +1

      Oh yeah political views matter in a disaster zone...

  • @daviddiehl197
    @daviddiehl197 2 года назад

    Saw nothing on this in the news.

  • @rochellekeels8026
    @rochellekeels8026 2 года назад +3

    Lord have mercy, Thy Will Be Done, Amen Amen ❤️, God Bless you all

  • @shelbylynnschlund8035
    @shelbylynnschlund8035 2 года назад +1

    A sign of times too move

    • @PhoenixAngel429
      @PhoenixAngel429 2 года назад +1

      You paying for it? Moving is expensive. I looked. You can try and save but rent is outrageous where the jobs are. So if you're offering to help these people get a fresh start, great. If not keep your ignorant comments to yourself

  • @isaacgbornor6970
    @isaacgbornor6970 2 года назад

    Any Noah on earth now no ,I think he is cleaning it on his on way 😀😀😀😀😀

  • @jayp2623
    @jayp2623 2 года назад

    Karma for being a confederate state.

  • @tianamatson
    @tianamatson 2 года назад +1

    How is this the first I'm hearing about this?

    • @codymoe4986
      @codymoe4986 2 года назад +1

      Try paying better attention I guess...this has been all over the news the past 2 days...

  • @vanesaflakita8173
    @vanesaflakita8173 2 года назад

    💔💔💔💔💔🙏💔

  • @wrenlinwhitelight3007
    @wrenlinwhitelight3007 2 года назад +3

    More god-bot commenters in comments, be warned

  • @freddyrocker17
    @freddyrocker17 2 года назад +3

    I wonder what Mitch turtle thinks what is happening to his state and to his citizens?...... oh wait, nevermind.
    Hopefully some help goes to these people they don't deserve this.

  • @jackcallahan1848
    @jackcallahan1848 2 года назад

    Global warming go brrrr

  • @JaggyJaguar39
    @JaggyJaguar39 2 года назад +5

    More dead due to corporate negligence

    • @johnroberts9131
      @johnroberts9131 2 года назад

      Lol. First honest joke on this page behind the rats above your posts.

  • @andyx6248
    @andyx6248 2 года назад

    God wanted this to happen and he selected those people to die.

  • @nabobcisav9187
    @nabobcisav9187 2 года назад +1

    To much wather its time to learn how to sweem

  • @VladmirPoopN
    @VladmirPoopN 2 года назад +3

    Stop voting in politicians who DGAF about climate change 🤷‍♀️

    • @jonnyfendi2003
      @jonnyfendi2003 2 года назад +4

      Yet here u are typing in a device made in China.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 2 года назад

      Let me guess....you have children? And a car? And wear imported clothing? Population growth - the biggest cause of resources reduction. Lecture others but never used the pill?

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 2 года назад +1

      By the way knuckle, you one of those that thinks every weather event is climate change? Oh dear........

    • @brendancooney9401
      @brendancooney9401 2 года назад +1

      @@xr6lad you still confused by the big words, climate change?

    • @PhoenixAngel429
      @PhoenixAngel429 2 года назад

      So all of them. Because you know EVs have massive impact with mining for the batteries. I suggest you be a decent human and donate to help. Or be a close minded bigot. Because you obviously don't know anyone from there or you'd have maybe a tiny iota of human sympathy.

  • @FG-bn3qq
    @FG-bn3qq 2 года назад +2

    No one told them to build homes in flood prone areas. Investigate an area thoroughly before going to live there. No sympathy from me.

    • @Mommysmilkshake
      @Mommysmilkshake 2 года назад +1

      Alot of these places arent flood prone.. And many are forced to live here due to poverty...

  • @lexperz5256
    @lexperz5256 2 года назад

    Hahhahahahajajaajajajajaja

  • @abby54
    @abby54 2 года назад +3

    Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:"The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
    But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted".
    YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF AN IMAGE in the form of anything, in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath, or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them, or worship them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents, up to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me, and keep my commandments.
    If my people who are called by my name, humble themselves and pray, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, I will hear from Heaven, will forgive their sins, and will heal their land.
    AND WHEN YOU PRAY DO NOT BE LIKE THE HYPOCRITES, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
    BUT WHEN YOU PRAY, GO INTO YOUR ROOM, close the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
    And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need, before you ask him.
    This, then, is how you should pray:
    Our Father in heaven,
    hallowed be your name,
    your kingdom come,
    your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
    Give us today our daily bread.
    And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
    And lead us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from the evil one.
    For if you forgive other people when they sin against you,
    your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
    But if you do not forgive others their sins,
    your Father will not forgive your sins.
    "Matthew 5-7 NIV Bible Gateway", we can use google search.
    These are the teachings,
    The Righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ our God.
    REPENT, and start doing what is right.
    If you abide my teachings, you are really my disciples;
    then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
    Yet a time is coming and has now come
    when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in Truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
    GOD IS SPIRIT, so his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in Truth.
    In the New Heaven and the New Earth,
    only Righteousness dwells.
    May the Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ our God be with you all.

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior 2 года назад

      Repent this 🖕

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior 2 года назад

      I have the right under the first amendment of the US constitution, to blaspheme (especially taking the lord's name in vain), to burn bibles in disagreement and protest, to smash the ten commandments with a hammer in disagreement and protest and to rebuke Jesus, the devil and God in the same time

    • @jeanclaudejunior
      @jeanclaudejunior 2 года назад

      Anti-Semite

    • @andydufresne3635
      @andydufresne3635 2 года назад

      "I never said that" ~ Jesus

  • @PTE399
    @PTE399 2 года назад

    🕊❤️🙏🏻🕉

  • @matimbabaloyi2916
    @matimbabaloyi2916 2 года назад

    America has the most natural disasters in the whole world I've always wondered why.

    • @dababy1234
      @dababy1234 2 года назад

      It’s a big country $umb $uck

  • @crashjz
    @crashjz 2 года назад +3

    "Look what I did" - God

  • @VeI_2.0
    @VeI_2.0 2 года назад

    rofl

    • @thatdude-xj4qe
      @thatdude-xj4qe 2 года назад

      Just curious why is this funny??

    • @jacobcoke918
      @jacobcoke918 2 года назад +1

      I think it’s hilarious

    • @PhoenixAngel429
      @PhoenixAngel429 2 года назад

      Well when a disaster hits you hope you don't get any help at all. Since you seem to find this funny.

  • @thomasdoubting
    @thomasdoubting 2 года назад +4

    Soooo, no Christians in kentucky to pray the rain away?
    🤮
    (Ps: I help those that would help me if things was the other way around)

    • @GodlyEddy
      @GodlyEddy 2 года назад +3

      What...? Just because Christians exist and pray, means they control the weather? Dumbest thing I've heard in some weeks.
      RUclips comments never fail to make me laugh. Sorry you don't believe in prayer or have a personal relationship with God, that's
      your choice.

    • @thatdude-xj4qe
      @thatdude-xj4qe 2 года назад

      No one would want your help...

    • @crashjz
      @crashjz 2 года назад +1

      @@GodlyEddy god willed this then. you don't get to pick and choose what god does.

    • @RandomVidsforthought
      @RandomVidsforthought 2 года назад +1

      @@crashjz God not god

    • @andydufresne3635
      @andydufresne3635 2 года назад

      @@RandomVidsforthought what's the name of your particular "god"?

  • @andyx6248
    @andyx6248 2 года назад +1

    Maybe Mitch McConnell the RICHEST person in the senate can finally help the people of his state which are the POOREST....

  • @SaxonFaust
    @SaxonFaust 2 года назад +3

    A karmic event occurring in a racist deplorable state

    • @knightlc3448
      @knightlc3448 2 года назад +1

      My man, i don’t understand these generalizations. You cant just call every single person in a state “racist and deplorable” because they voted in Mitch. They have a blue governor for gods sake. Don’t use generalizations as an excuse to not help people in need, its just shows that you’re the same as those politicians, cutting costs wherever you can.

  • @bobwoods1302
    @bobwoods1302 2 года назад

    Taxpayers of Democrat cities will pay the bill as always.

    • @rl4889
      @rl4889 2 года назад

      Demonrat cities don't pay taxes.
      All of America fund their entire lives.
      Food, lodging, cell phone, internet, welfare.
      Demonrats are steadily ruining America. Passing out HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars to foreign countries.
      Wake up

  • @kimjin-hyub3413
    @kimjin-hyub3413 2 года назад +1

    Learn to swim . .

    • @mopthermopther
      @mopthermopther 2 года назад +1

      swim 😃✔️
      that’s gold

    • @thatdude-xj4qe
      @thatdude-xj4qe 2 года назад +4

      Just as soon as you learn to be a decent human being....

    • @jacobcoke918
      @jacobcoke918 2 года назад +2

      Tell that to the Kentucky people. They aren’t so pleasant.

    • @andydufresne3635
      @andydufresne3635 2 года назад +1

      @@jacobcoke918 at least they're getting a bath...😁

    • @thatdude-xj4qe
      @thatdude-xj4qe 2 года назад

      Go to any of those communities and say any of these things....video it too...bet no one has the nuts to do it...children dying and people losing everything they have but dont worry everyone on RUclips knows how edgy you are..stay woke tho

  • @ScottieBMan
    @ScottieBMan 2 года назад

    Thoughts and prayers. Mathew and Revelations are upon us. Pray and repent.

  • @Hof79905
    @Hof79905 2 года назад +1

    God was sure looking out after these poor people wasn’t he?

  • @yoshimieshin5023
    @yoshimieshin5023 2 года назад +3

    To everyone : Fear God and give him glory because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth and the springs of water.(Book of Bible,Revelation 14:7) " The eyes of GOD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and righteousness."(Book of Bible,(Proverbs 15:3)

  • @moisturisedgnome1181
    @moisturisedgnome1181 2 года назад +1

    This must be that CC I've been hearing about. God bless these people

  • @user-rw5jb2on5y
    @user-rw5jb2on5y 2 года назад

    𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗱
    A few days ago, the papers warned that Europe is facing the worst drought in 500 years. They described the dry and hot weather and the fires that broke out all over the continent and spoke of an apocalypse. Today, they are reporting flooding in London and violent storms in France causing catastrophic flooding, where in some places, more than an inch of rain fell in less than 30 minutes, and in Paris, a storm with 65 mph wind gusts and nearly 2 inches of rain that fell in just 90 minutes flooded the Metro. Clearly, the climate has gone mad.
    However, the climate did not go awry by itself, but because of our madness. Nature’s erratic behavior merely reflects our own agitation toward everything. Our growing narcissism drives us to treat everyone and everything with utter indifference to the needs of others. In fact, we even enjoy hurting others. We think that if we can use others and not see the consequences for our actions right away then there are no consequences, but there are very serious consequences for our wrongdoing toward others.
    In the closed system that is the world we live in, everything we do affects everything else, and that effect returns to us like a boomerang. When we pour so much negativity into the system, it becomes dysfunctional, and this summer, we are experiencing this dysfunction through the smoldering heat waves and torrential rains. If we continue to flood the system with hatred and intolerance, we will not need nuclear weapons to wipe us out; plagues, natural disasters, fires, and floods will extinguish us long before we extinguish each other.
    When the summer is gone, winter will come with its own perils, and lack of gas and power will wreak havoc in Europe. Eventually, we will have to accept that we cannot defeat nature; we cannot outsmart it. We will have to learn to be an integral part of nature, connected to each other and to nature. We will not survive otherwise.
    Since the only element in nature that has bad intentions and an exploitative attitude toward others is us, we must begin to change our relationships. Our attitude toward the rest of nature stems from our attitude toward each other. Therefore, if we are considerate toward each other, we will be considerate toward nature. It turns out that the correction of our tormented planet begins with the correction of our broken ties with one another.
    To mend them, we must put our heads together and discuss solutions on a global level. These solutions must be inclusive and take into account everyone's needs. At the same time, everyone must accept that they cannot receive more than is necessary, since they, too, must be considerate toward others.
    To get such a global initiative off the ground, there needs to be an open discussion about it all over the global media. People must know that we really are running out of time, and unless we ‎ change now, it will be too late afterwards.‎
    I do not know how to keep this move clean from politics and politicians, but it has to be a ‎genuine effort to save humanity and the planet, not a ploy to take control of it. Perhaps a panel of scientists will be able to make this happen, but they, too, must work without ulterior motives.‎
    I realize that this idea may sound naive, but I also realize that if we do not take global action