70+ f 2 days ago,
hi of 33 today; wichita had highest hi in 96 yrs (74 f): so it goes but at least it goes artists from around the world go to a swiss ski resort to discuss eco-art, receding glaciers part of the panorama thru glass walls (fight the power! we’re down w/the people!) scientists from around the world say they weren’t expecting stuff like this for another 50 yrs -- so much for “by the end of the century” . . . warmest jan. on record in denmark; warmest jan. on record in 70 russian cities (moscow 9.2 c ↑ norm) warmest jan. on record in lithuania, in s. korea, in 60% of finland australian wheat harvest ↓7% in 12 yrs; price of water ↑↑↑ (they, the 5th largest exporter of grain); 320 billion locusts in saudi; swarms in pakistan, oman, yemen, eritrea, s. sudan, somalia, uganda (10,000s of hectares of crops destroyed); in e. cape, s. africa, 6 towns w/o any water + water thieves, busting pipelines, breaking open reservoirs (record hi lo in canberra; record hi hi in d.c., tho nobody either place notices, it seems) 13 dead & 15 k displaced in tanzania, due to floods (“16 villages in devastating shock”); hundreds stranded in b.c., canada, due to floods; hundreds stranded in n.z. s. island due to floods (1 meter rain in 60 hrs.), while the n. island is 100+ f -- so it goes so no wonder the world goes mad
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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. |