On the road/river, down-valley in Maui. (Maggie T. Sutrov via NPR via Reuters) march 10, 2021, douglas co.,
kansas, united states: hi: 77 f / norm 54 f lo: 63 f / norm 30 f flowers starting to bloom (contra naturam, around here) buzzards showing up already but now, it’s fixing to rain, finally — for 3 days straight, they say. they say the ground’s so dry, it’ll soak right up . . . unlike hawai’i: emergency declaration, dam overtopped in maui, 4k humans flee as water, mud, rock, sluices down valley “the climate crisis is causing changes to hawaii’s rainfall patterns, according to scientists, with overall levels falling but downpours becoming more extreme, when they do arrive. the state is also vulnerable to rising sea levels and more intense storms, which bring flooding and saltwater inundation of freshwater supplies,” sez the guardian sez the mayor of honolulu: “we need to get used to climate events like this”; sez my friend in oahu: “big thunder & civil defense noises again.” mean- while, in papua: "the nearly 1-mo.-long flood has caused plants to die. the local people had earlier predicted the flood would last 2 to 3 days,” sez the govt. man; losses: 1289 homes 6064 semi-finished homes (i.e., owners too poor to finish them all at once) 417 acres of “plantations” 145 fish ponds 17 wood bridges, & 63 pigs, washed away (that may sound funny, like small potatoes, but not if body & soul are hanging to- gether by 1 soggy thread) minneapolis, minnesota: feb. 14: -19 f mar. 9: +62 f (record); record hi’s from chicago across the plains & asia’s 2nd-largest biosphere preserve, the simlipal tiger re- serve in odisha, is about ½ burned up, by now. & o that drought in taiwan? & that freeze in texas? = semiconductor shortage (the stuff you just don’t think of . . .) meanwhile, mudslide in so. cal., wildfire in patagonia, flooding in guayaquil, ecuador, plague of locusts plagues e. africa still; &c.; & now it turns out heat kills trees and heat prevents seedlings’ survival, so forests refuse to regrow & now it turns out those algal blooms growing apace? i.e., cyanobacteria? yup: methane producer -- another day, another positive feedback loop & food prices continue going ↑↑↑ & i won’t tell you what’s happening to the animals; & i won’t tell you what’s happening to the ice (or what it means); b/c i'm jest gonna stick my li'l ol' thumbs in my li'l ol' ears and go lalalalalalala lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala lalalalalalalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalala la
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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. |