High waters barely returned to their riverbeds, and unaffected public already forgot what recently occurred. Media already found new topics for writing dramatic stories, which attracts readers, while ...the largest consequences of the natural catastrophe are removed. Life (for majority of inhabitants) settles back to their usual routine. Floods are natural phenomenon and are the most frequent type of disaster worldwide. They are a relatively predictable risk bur quite difficult to prevent. However, we can reduce the risks of endangering human lives, environment, infrastructure and our property. Unfortunately, it is obvious that we are poorly prepared to deal with aftermaths of natural disasters, or even more important, we do to little in order to prevent them. We should be aware that human activity largely contributes to more frequent occurrence of floods and their harmful consequences. With thoughtless spreading of settlement, with intemperate economic development and above all the human mentality, that it is possible to control nature. But the damage done, to the natural environment is getting bigger and bigger. The question is, how much more abuse can nature take before it strikes back?
Podivjane vode so se komaj dobro vrnile v svoje struge in že je neprizadeta javnost preprosto pozabila, da se je sploh kaj zgodilo. Mediji so že našli nove aktualne teme za pisanje dramatičnih zgodb, ...ki »zahtevajo« pozornost bralcev. Največje posledice naravne katastrofe so že odstranjene. Življenje (za večino prebivalcev) spet teče po ustaljenih tirih.
Poplave so naravni pojav, ki ga je nemogoče v celoti preprečiti, lahko pa zmanjšamo tveganja, ki ogrožajo človeška življenja, okolje, infrastrukturo in lastnino. Vendar je več kot očitno, da razmer na področju naravnih nesreč ne obvladujemo. Prav človeška dejavnost je tista, ki največ prispeva k povečanju verjetnosti pojava in škodljivih posledic poplav. Z nepremišljenim širjenjem poselitve, z nebrzdanim gospodarskim razvojem in predvsem zaradi človeške miselnosti, da je naravo mogoče ukrotiti, se škoda v naravnem okolju nenehno in vztrajno povečuje.
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