The impact of Tropical Cylone Debbie was felf far and wide across the Northern Australian landscape, and eventually as far away as New Zealand. I’ve spent a number of days operating in support of Fire and Rescue NSW’s operational activity assisting the communities in far north New South Wales.

Understanding the nature of these events in a changing climate will be increasingly important not only for emergency services organisations responding to the impacts, but for communities who must be prepared.

The link below provides an excellent overview of this event.

 

The devastating flood damage wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Debbie has left many residents in northern New South Wales facing an enormous cleanup that could take months .

Source: Northern NSW is no stranger to floods, but this one was different

 

Numbers really do hurt my head sometimes….. but statistical arguments are used to attempt to convince us, cajole us.. or in many cases to simply lie to us. Understanding some of the statistical fallicies is therefore important to participating in informed debate and not being duped by the less than scrupulous operators who use them to bamboozle.

The link below provides an interesting read!

 Statistics is a useful tool for understanding the patterns in the world around us. But our intuition often lets us down when it comes to interpreting those patterns.

Source: Paradoxes of probability and other statistical strangeness