Model showing polar vortex shifting south. (earth.nullschool.net via Washington Post) u.s. capitol overrun by angry mob --
5 dead (so far) . . . meanwhile: 10 dead in norway after “quickclay” (like quick-sand, i guess, only clay) sluiced onto village, after “record rainfall” malaysia gets deluged, too: 4 human beings dead, 28k now evac’d; factory worker jusaili mat zain helped to find a steamshovel to evac some; his description = what climate chaos looks like: "it has been raining for three days, food is running low, some shops are closed. there are no government boats or heavy trucks to help.” bon chance (& sauve qui peut) ongoing drought in turkey evaporates reservoirs: & although “it’s freezing in uttarakhand, the forests are on fire”: 71% deficit of rain, oct-dec means soil is parched & “forest rivers are drying up” -- you see, while much of india was awash in monsoons, some parts weren’t -- it’s “deluge or drought” again records keep piling up like . . . like the bars on your cellphone. like . . . the blinking green gain on yr stereo getting louder, blaring at you . . . spain records lowest-ever temp (- 29.3 f); most rain in a single jan. day in chennai; & last year was kyiv’s hottest (since 1881) & how did i forget the medicane?! no — not a new u.s. govt. health program (no such thing), but a “mediterranean hurricane” hit greece in sept. -- hurricanes proliferating in the atlantic, gulf of mexico, s. pacific, n. pacific, indian ocean, u.s. midwest & sunny e. med. net-net: 2020 world-wide x-treme weather cost $210 billion, sez the reinsurance co. o — & in the atmosphere over n. pole, where a vortex warms and swirls like . . . a top slowing down and wobbling -- down into europe, asia, n. america. & finally, a new term: see, when you spew greenouse gasses as fast as we do, it takes a while for the air & the seas to heat up, but they do, no matter what you do in the meantime. this is called (wait for it) “committed warming.” o we’re committed alright, or should be, for what we’ve committed has landed us in hot waters, not warm, to which the people who run the heating globe have made a commitment on behalf of everyone
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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. |