Rain in October?

A few days ago a tropical storm Rasmi, building strength in the Bay of Bengal, hit landfall in the southern region of Bangladesh. According to Reuters some 15 people were killed and roughly 300 injured. Power and phone lines were disrupted, cropland damaged, and houses left in disarray. River siltation, continual loss of coastline, and overpopulation are already norms in one of world’s most beautiful countries. Now add to the list tropical storms.

Often terms like climate change are attributed for such growing occurrences. Debates are constantly going on around such heated topics. In response, policies are being globally created – some implemented, some just on the books. The biggest fight is over whether or not human beings are adding to this impartial force. If people, such as the ones that live in Bangladesh, are directly suffering because of such forces does it really matter who or what caused global climate change?

Here in the city of Dhaka, hours to the north, it was four days of unusual rain. Many a rickshaw driver was found to be wearing an assortment of plastic bags for hats and rider tarps for covers. Traffic was still jammed; students were still going to class, and shopkeepers selling their goods. Life got on as usual – whatever usual means.