Look at this mess. Rain in New Hampshire is causing extreme flooding. The people are becoming cut off from their hospitals during a global pandemic because roads are all flooded.
Clean up (click here) continues at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville after flash floods this morning left the OR suite and specialty care area with 3+ inches of water. 12 surgeries were canceled. CEO Maria Ryan says she hopes affected areas will reopen later today. @UnionLeader
Those red carts are the OR's crash carts. The professionals have to wade into floodwaters (contaminated) to get their carts to save the lives of people in the OR. On top of these crash carts are defibrillators. They are the machines that deliver strong shocks to patients to stop heart malfunctions. Those carts are plugged in all the time to maintain full and functioning batteries. Anyone want to make a guess as to how dangerous that hallway is right now? Does anyone believe the professionals will actually wade into that water to UNPLUG the defibrillators to bring them into the OR?
Our infrastructure is failing us because it is outdated for a Climate Crisis that continues without conscience, without anything driving it besides Earth's physics. Enough of this disastrous decision making.