jan. 21 thru today:
22 u.s. covid-19 deaths last week: 25 tornado deaths in middle tenn., u.s.a. 43 mudslide deaths in sao paulo state, brazil ≥ 20 pakistanis flooded to death — & all that was a good week in x-treme weather news. which goes to show when you’re dead you’re dead; pandemics top out but global heating is a gift that keeps on giving; if only we could be more rational in picking what to panic about . . . meantime, oil $ ↓20% (nobody travelling + not so much need for heating this winter) stocks ↓ co2 ↓ (when capitalism falters, so do emissions); & russian winter nonexistent ergo alcohol deaths ↓ ; namibia gets drought + deluge treatment: reservoirs full & crops & homes obliterated; “raft people” in thailand are high & dry & broke, as rice crop desiccates; mekong delta rice likewise drying up; & here in lawrence, ks., u.s.a., it’s raining, 53 f, yesterday’s hi = 70 norm = 53; lo = 47; norm = 29 — meaning spring is here 2 wks. ahead of schedule, wch is lovely if you don’t have allergies or are a farmer whose land is still saturated from last year’s flood & about to get all that meltwater from upstream. or if you are bird migrating too soon. lucky thing we’re not.
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Kristin Prevallet Author/Editor
I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |