funny weather, huh? here at lat: 39.01°n / lon: 95.21°w, it sure is: normal low = 21 f last nite = 7 (wind chill in -2x digits) just some more of that thing we call the polar vortex — what happens when cap o’ cold air over arctic gets all wonky & shifts the jet stream south, bringing the arctic with it; “there is no cause to be alarmed when you hear about the polar vortex,” sez the weather service; but “some are wondering if the wintry impacts barreling down on the u.s. now might become more frequent thanks to climate change,” sez the forbes science writer; some scientists think so, too just be glad you’re not living in a valley in uttarakhand: 19 human beings perished & 200 can’t be found, after a glacial lake broke its bounds, sending a waterfall + landslide down- hill, wiping out a couple dams & power stations as it flowed -- that’s enough drama to get even the u.s. media interested! “it came very fast, there was no time to alert anyone at all,” sez sanjay singh rana, “i felt that even we would be swept away” (weren’t we just talking about this? this “glacial lake” & “ice dam” business?) . . .“this looks very much like a climate change event as the glaciers are melting due to global warming,” sez the u.n. scientist; & i guess you have to have a ph.d. in science to figure that one out . . . heat —> ice —> melting —> water —> lotsa water —> flood & o yeah himalayan glaciers are going to decrease by ⅓ even if everybody starts living like the amish from here on out; — ⅔ if we keep living the way we do . . . & the 100s of millions who rely on water from the glaciers every year may not — at all -- if they melt that fast: just a lot more sudden dam bursts, instant waterfalls & avalanches then there’s the glaciers at the poles (or that were at the poles): “i told my friends in the united states, that the refugees would not only be coming from mexico and c. america, but also from florida & the atlantic coast,” sez the icelandic geologist -- something to ponder if you live near 39.01° n / 95.21° w & dig this: there is a publication called “flood list” that covers nothing but floods! there’s plenty of flooding to cover: n.e. s. africa (while the s.w. stays bedroughted); all over indonesia; france, germany . . . but: hottest-ever jan. in s. india; heat wave from sahara for armenia; & california rainy season starts 1 month later than when i was a kid . . . too many flash-forwards; too much time-lapse photography, befores and afters: nobody will ever make a movie out of this
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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. |