yes it’s getting repetitive:
cyclones, droughts, floods, tornadoes – speaking of which: ~55 twisters monday from Idaho to ohio crisscrossing paths in indiana 11th day w/at least 8 (ties the record) houses w/o roofs lots of houses w/o roofs dayton tv viewer to weatherman who interrupted this program to bring you tornado warnings: “you ruined bachelorette for everyone!" tho it’s quite another thing when you know it’s headed for you: when a “tornado emergency” sends you scurrying into crawlspace or hidey- hole like we did last night wondering if it’s our turn now – radio announcer sternly commanding you “EMERGENCY – seek shelter NOW!” & you wonder what it’s like to have tons of wreckage piled above you or on you weatheradio red light turns orange, you stretch yr legs & hear it was a mile wide & houses burst & people stuck & if it had been a mile or two north there would be a lot more roofs gone and maybe people too & . . . tornado warning in NEW YORK CITY! now *that’s* getting serious . . . (wherever you are it is always worse somewhere – like paraguay, where 70,000 families have been displaced by flooding) “but w/o extensive study they cannot directly link a single weather event to the changing climate.” responsible scientists who have roofs & who didn’t have to pull over when their windshield smashed under tennis-ball-sized hailstone as they did in nebraska (& maybe don’t have stock in insurance companies) but who knows – last year pretty mild – fewest tornado deaths ever . . . for the record: here: may 28: hi: 79 norm: 80 (nice!) lo: 70 norm: 57 (hmm – cannot directly link nothin to nothin, & we done run god off for good this time) may: 9.27” norm: 4.66” every river on the map bleeds green with flood warnings – and more water released from over- full reservoirs meanwhile arkansas levees topped & tulsa mayor: “worst flood in our history” sinkholes & septic water, water moccasins swimming around subdivisions; farmer: “we have maybe one acre, two acres not under water." corn prices rise . . . meanwhile torrential rains continue across s. china villagers stranded & drought in yunnan japan heat wave kills 5, 600 in hospital; istambul’s hottest may; u.s. s.e. coast over 100f earliest ever; phoenix: “coldest” memorial day; hottest cities in the world on may 28, 2019: chandrapur, india 47.8°c jacobabad, pakistan 47.5°c nagpur, india 47.5°c severe drought somalia 1000s in camps, millions at risk – and where do you think they will go? (no emergency room at the inn) outta control alberta wildfires spread pall of smoke over vancouver alaska panhandle u.s. pac n.w. “smoke season” comes earlier. aftermaths: mozambique, zimbabwe idai was "one of deadliest southern hemisphere storms" > 1,000 people dead. “malawi, one of the world's least developed countries, 86,000 people displaced.” i’d say what the scientists are thinking but can‘t say it, “emergency, seek shelter now,” but there isn’t any. _________________ * In the interests of time, I am being a bad bad scholar and not citing source. But: if you want any for any of this, let me know and I'll provide it.
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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. |