When will our weather patterns be seen as and treated as climate change?

Residents in the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia are bracing for more rainfall and possible flooding as a severe weather warning remains across the south of state.

A downpour yesterday caused damage to crops, roads and fences in Manjimup and Pemberton.

"Things were looking really good, and then nature comes along."

On average, another 20 to 50 millimetres of rain fell around the region overnight with more heavy rain expected today.

Read the ABC story - “Severe weather warning for South West WA as residents brace for heavy rain, possible floods.”

(When do we acknowledge this for what it is? When do the “men in suits” agree that the disrupted weather we seeing around the world is connected, directly, to climate change?

Subsequently, when do we decide to act as a community to actively work together in an effort to mitigate what is unfolding?

Or do we just wait until the ever-deteriorating weather forces us into a corner before taking steps that are both technologically and economically possible?

It appears that the “men in suits” (that’s simply a metaphor for any men or women who have their hands on society’s control levers) lack both the foresight and courage to take the necessary steps that will enable us to avoid the worst of climate change – Robert McLean).