From The Star: Rainfall level ‘at normal range’
KUALA LUMPUR: Rainfall recorded for the past few weeks was within the normal range compared to the same period last year, said Deputy Science, Technology and Innovations Minister Datuk Kong Cho Ha.
He said it was normal for floods to occur in the east coast states due to the heavy rain brought on by the north-east monsoon.
Kong added that normal rainfall was also forecast for the weeks to come.
“For decades, floods have been occurring in the east coast states, and district officers and the relevant authorities have been prepared for months,” he told reporters after opening the Tunku Abdul Rahman College’s Project Design Exhibition 2007 in conjunction with its open day Friday.
Kong said it was expected that there would be about four “waves” of floods in the next three months.
“The current flood is the first wave, and each wave can last about three to four days,” he added.
Is it just me or is there something wrong with the picture? This is "normal", has been happening every year, and yet their "preparations" consists of preparing not for excessive rainfall, but for people being affected by floods due to the excessive rainfall. Isn't that like thinking, 'it's inevitable that I get this disease, but instead of preparing for it by taking preventive medicine, I will instead prepare my will and deathbed'?
What?
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