On Monday it happened again. Water, fucking loads of it, only thing was this time the floodwater was from the sea, not the annual downpour.
Needless to say, the usual fuckwits, rather than admit any fault blamed it upon…yup, you guessed, the climate change!
They claimed that global warming was partly to blame for flooding in Jakarta that has forced thousands of evacuations and cut off a highway to the international airport
Authorities pumped out some of the water, which was 23 feet (7 meters) deep in the worst hit areas and washed more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) inland.
At least 2,200 houses were inundated, some with chest-deep water.
One of Indonesia's environmental spokespersons, Ratrat Fuckwit, said part of the problem is global warming, which causes sea levels to rise and may make coastal cities like Jakarta especially vulnerable to flooding and monsoon storms.
He did not mention the best bit, which in my opinion was far more relevant!
Authorities ignored warnings about exceptionally high tides, part of an 18-year cycle, and, the icing on the cake, the situation was exacerbated by the failure to fix a sea barrier breached more than a week ago.
Recap, they knew off the flood risk, they knew of the broken containment barrier and as always, erring on the side of caution, did what they do best!
FUCK ALL!
The flooding came as Indonesia prepared to host next month's UN climate change conference, which aims to start negotiations on a replacement for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions.
Brilliant, although, unfortunately I cannot expect any attendees from Jakarta learning anything of consequence, least off all considering action plans.
Martina Navratilova was said to have offered her services as she "has a lot off experience with dykes"
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