they have maps now that show
s. florida areas that’ll flood if a cat 3 hits 15 yrs from now (which it will); so, some reporters surveyed s. floridian flatlanders to see how they reacted after seeing the maps: the finding? “surprisingly, we found that those who viewed the maps were, on average, less likely to say they believed climate change was taking place than those who hadn’t. nor did it make them believe their own homes were prone to flooding or that sea level rise would lower property values” -- this illusion of invulnerability crossed the political divide: the species burroughs called “homo sap”: why didn’t it go extinct some time in the last 100k yrs? search me . . . but at least miami has an “office of resilience” and a “climate resilience cme.”; but we’re inland so we don’t need one, right? waaaaal . . . researchers at ther ohio state u.* say “we have to adapt while also mitigating so we can try to avoid the really catastrophic outcomes that will come down the road for children today. the worst-case things aren’t happening tomorrow, but they’re happening on a time frame that will impact people we care about” (tho “we” may not be around, so . . .) speaking of flooding -- london calling -- “properties confirmed to have been flooded: 40 in Cumbria, 100 in Lancashire, 150 in Greater Manchester 260 in Yorkshire” — as in, “i gave up a good corporate job to do this and it was my dream to open a cafe. now it’s worth nothing but i’ve no choice but to get it going again” & premature snowmelt = floods in oregon; record hi’s in: naples, florida charleston, s.c. santa rosa, california; record cold in e. turkey, & in baghdad they’re having snowball fights . . . massive rains putting out wildfires in australia & sluicing ash & debris into fresh watercourses & lakes; no water in southern africa: e.g., zimbabwe, where a 60- yr-old is “going through the motions of weeding a field of maize that has been withered by the worst drought in 35 years” — this, after idai washed away her chickens and turkeys; & a mother of 5 sez: "it is common that we eat once a day. the children ask me: ‘what are we going to eat?' i answer: 'just wait. let me look around.’" & those in the global n. look around & see no problem, hear no problem, speak as tho it’s somebody else’s problem, or a problem for some- body else’s kids. “we really ought to do something. why don’t they do anything? it’s going to play hell with all those other people” ____________________ * Don't you know what "ther" means?
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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. |