for once, things are normal here
(in the arithmetical sense, at least): hi 92 f / norm 89 lo 69 / norm 67 precip y.t.d.: 21.09” norm y.t.d.: 20.35” so see? everything’s o.k. -- another way of saying “my confirmation bias is bigger than your confirmation bias”; or maybe just “i’ve got mine jack.” in any case the social scientist sez “in 2003, asked in surveys for their first reaction to the phrase ‘global warming,’ only 7% reacted with words like ‘hoax’ or ‘scam.’ by 2010 that had risen to 23%.” why? seems when we analyze folks’ reactions to the climate crisis, really “we’re analysing the way they see the world, their politics, values, cultural identity. it wouldn’t be a stretch to say we’re measuring their psyche, their innermost self.” in my country, this is a very . . . fraught proposition. americans have a very rich fantasy life. not the folks who were here 1st, b/c they’re on the business end of reality: one of many fires in arizona bearing down on diné homes: yet another invasion — or contagion maybe -- a first nation already decimated by a virus in quebec, it’s the james bay cree who are feeling it worst, as > 151k acres burn (~ 2 x last year) in kyushu, 40 people died & at least 11 are missing in the non- stop deluge (4.7” in 1 hour) -- “residents spelled the words ‘rice, water, SOS’ on the ground” -- this on 2nd anniversary of floods & landslides that took 300 lives. meanwhile, in philly, 2 months of rain fell on monday (i’ve been waiting for something to fall on monday, but i was hoping it wld be heavier) + it’s flooding in mumbai, karachi, & wuhan; mongolia & yemen jan-june 2020 = hottest 6 months recorded in russian history (+ 50 f > normal — think abt that for a minute); record level wildfires in siberia 147 dead of lightning strikes over 10 days in n. india. & it's twice the annual avg rainfall already in one place; highest ever ocean temps in another; end-of-the-century predictions already fulfilled, somewhere else & pink ice in the alps -- signs & wonders? or just signs? just remember: none of these things means anything by itself; & your assumptions are safe with me.
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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. |