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hi 2/17 65˚ f in lawrence, ks.; normal hi 44. can’t beat this weather, huh?! . . . well, actually, warmer winters bring more mosquitoes and ticks in the spring and summer & more skeet- and tick-borne illnesses; + more pests that eat food crops; & no freeze = microbes eat up soil nutrients all winter, depleting farmland; also cali produce $↑ (less snow = less water); bark beetles never die back = dead pines; & skiing? foggedaboutit! they’re skiing indoors in norway . . . in response to all this, the protesters dig up the lawn at trinity college cambridge (big fossil fuel portfolio) & get a mention in newsweek . . . almost no snow in s. korea; or ice in the moscow river; the sylvan wye hits highest level on record (u.k. flood warnings at record 594) 66 f in belgium on 2/16 (a record); 107 mph winds in germany the locusts continue spreading in e. africa and middle east, destroying crops — worst in 70 yrs.: “there is a link between climate change and the unprecedented locust crisis plaguing east africa,” the u.n. secretary sez. “warmer seas mean more cyclones generating the perfect breeding ground for locusts” & in the ee.uu., rivers already rising: 2 houses slid into the tenn. r. over the weekend (“it ab- solutely kills you, knowing that”) rains 400% of normal; pick- wick dam, where i fished as a kid is flooded; & the pearl river in mississippi passes major flood stage; sez the gov.: “while we did get two beautiful days of sunshine, do not let that lull you into a false sense of hope” ok. but i’m going to shut down the computer, leave all this, & go enjoy the beautiful sun- shine where i am, this funny weather we’ve been having, huh?
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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. |