still a good 10˚ f > norm
in these parts, which see considerable variation: record hi for today 100 (1934) record lo for today 49 (1988); record hi for june 109 (1936) record lo for june 36 (1888): it’ll take a long time for “climate change” to be noticed in kansas, where the weather always changes. a lot. fast. just more so in future, b/c the future is not what it used to be changes fast in utah, too: “in the last week, utah experienced golfball-sized hail, 75-mile-per-hour wind gusts, earliest 100-degree day on record in salt lake city & now june snow in the mountains” + “exceedingly rare” derecho slams n. rockies: trees roots-up & power lines down along 750 mi line; 100 mph winds in denver: “i think it’s fair to say we’ve never had such a wide- spread damaging thunderstorm wind event in colorado,” sez the climatologist while cristóbal hammers gulf coast: 5 ft storm surge in mississippi; nola flooded again; orlando tornado . . . (will we get any rain out of all this?? that’s where my mind goes . . . ) but one hopeful sign: a bill in congress to prevent president from using nukes to try to stop hurricanes (hey, he was just asking -- trying to get the facts before making a considered decision, ok?) ok: here’s some facts: 1st good news: co2 emissions ↓ 17% in april. (huzzah!) bad news: co2 levels highest ever in may: 417.1 at mauna loa (up 2.4 from last year): that stuff sticks around a loooooong time rise in co2 levels “relentless,” sez the enviro scientist flooding in ghana and hunan droughting in ireland and wales heatwave all over the mediterranean & that oil spill in siberia? 150k barrels-worth of diesel? that turned a river red? caused by damage from thawing permafrost: “when permafrost thaws, the ice deep in the ground that's been there for thousands of years melts, and you lose stability. that has an impact on in- frastructure,” like fuel impoundment reseroirs, sez the permafrost expert. & poor siberia! this spring brought record highs, wildfires, snow-blocked roads, tornados, now this . . . the motto on the currency of the Republic of Climatastrophe: Plus la Change, Plus la Change
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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. |