The idea of ‘living with’ natural disasters. So much politics is done with language. Take floods. Yes we do…

The idea of ‘living with’ natural disasters. So much politics is done with language. Take floods. Yes we do ‘live with’ them, in the sense that we accept that they will sometimes happen. We DON’T live with them WHILE THEY ARE HAPPENING. We use emergency measures to control them. https://t.co/EdWxj1wqIJ