Ask yourself: are you truly analyzing what's happening with the climate, or are you letting others shape how you perceive this information? Watch the video to the end, and you’ll be able to answer these questions.
Let’s begin with an overview of climate disasters that occurred in the week from October 16 to 22, 2024.
Starting on October 16, Italy was struck by unprecedented rainfall and severe flooding. The region’s residents had not yet forgotten the destructive floods of May 2023, but this time, the scale of the disaster was significantly greater. At the same time, France faced a climate catastrophe of overwhelming proportions.
On October 20, storm Ashley hit Ireland and the United Kingdom like a "weather bomb." Several provinces in Turkey were rocked by earthquakes two days in a row, on October 16 and 17. The strongest quake, at magnitude 5.9, struck near the area where two deadly earthquakes occurred on February 6, 2023, claiming over 50,000 lives in Turkey alone, according to official data.
On October 18, a sudden landslide struck the village of Dangba in Sichuan Province, China, destroying the village committee’s buildings and the local market. Heavy rain, wind, and snow caused severe damage to several regions in western Georgia. In Argentina, extreme weather on October 16 left chaos across several provinces.
None of the forecast models could predict that Category 1 Hurricane Oscar, which hit the Bahamas and Cuba, would intensify. This left residents of the affected areas unprepared.
Record rainfall, beginning on October 19, led to catastrophic flooding in Roswell, New Mexico, USA.
The increase in climate disasters is becoming more apparent, yet many continue to react with disbelief or indifference. Why is this? The answer lies in how our perception is manipulated.
When faced with information about a disaster or even witnessing one firsthand, you might feel that something unsettling is happening with the climate, yet the tactics used by reputable media and experts encourage us to view the situation as ordinary. Often, data is presented in ways that make the threat seem less severe. For instance, instead of the usual measurement of precipitation in millimeters, the news has increasingly switched to centimeters, which visually minimizes the disaster’s scale by a factor of ten.
Additionally, articles often include a note after describing an event, suggesting that similar situations have occurred before. This softens the perception of danger and diminishes the impact of the information, as the beginning and end of a text are usually what leaves the strongest impression. Meanwhile, the severity of the disaster’s aftermath is blamed on managerial negligence or shortcomings in public services.
However, shaping public opinion about the climate is just the tip of the iceberg. Behind this lie deeper manipulations that entirely alter our perception of the world. Those behind wars, major terrorist attacks, school shootings, and the resurgence of Nazism manipulate the minds of otherwise rational people like puppets, orchestrating global tragedies with our own hands.
"The Impact" documentary exposes all these criminal schemes and their creators. Watching this investigative film will reveal the world as it truly is and dispel any illusions. This truth may be shocking, but it will help you understand the cause-and-effect relationships in today’s world and offer insights into what lies ahead.