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"On the night of 15 May this year, the usual quiet of the Himalayan village of
Til in the far north-west of Nepal was broken by a strange rumbling. Pemba
Thundup came out of his house, barefoot, to see a deluge of earth, water and
rocks coming down the mountainside towards the flat-roofed mud houses. The
whole village was soon awake and, carrying the elderly people on their backs,
members of 21 families scrambled to safety in a nearby field.
After two weeks of sheltering in tents, with no sign of any government help to
rebuild or resettle, they reluctantly moved back into their broken homes, but
unanimously agreed to leave the centuries-old settlement for a safer location
by the end of the year.
The idea of abandoning the village would have been unimaginable a few years
ago. For centuries this small, resourceful community has weathered epidemics,
natural disasters and geopolitical upheavals while preserving a rich cultural
heritage. But the uncertainty brought by the changing climate may be the death
of it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
