No customers for onions? in India?? the endless summer
came to an end: Oct. 2 hi: 89 f Oct. 3 hi: 59 f – 30° drops being not un- usual in these parts, 3 wks into sept. . . . but i shld say it came to an end for now. meanwhile oct. heat records topple in 45 cities across s. & e. u.s. – 95+ f, all; continued “flash drought” in south (not so “flash,” maybe), w/ 60% less rainfall; the s. carolina corn farmer sez "i'm starting to pay attention to some of this climate change they are talking about," because "now if you don't have irrigation, you can't grow anything"; 1st time in 50 yrs he’ll lose money on corn; meanwhile, iowa corn country got drenched – des moines doubled the previous rain record tues.; & more meanwhile, n. rockies feel record cold & record snow-dumps . . . elsewhere: kangaroos – in search of scare water & food, start raiding humans’ supplies – & getting “culled”; emaciated grizzlies scour chilly shingles for signs of fish . . . (ok ok, i promised no animals – too-convenient re- cepticles for our own transferred fear & shame). meanwhile, yet again: “onions, key to cuisines across south asia, are in such short supply india's govt. banned export” – 25% price hike due to devastating drought followed by devastating monsoons (killed over 1300 so far); oct. water restrictions for 79 of 95 french depts.; austrailia spring temps already in 90s & 100s f; floods & landslides in korea from cyclone; second tropical storm in 2 years hitting ireland . . . maybe it’s time to start paying attention to some of this climate change stuff they keep talking abt; like as if it were going to hurt us soon, as if it were happening now . . . maybe time to meet yr neighbors, learn a little abt wiring, plumbing, how to steer a boat, how to forage . . . meanwhile, meanwhile, mean- while, i have papers to grade & classes to prep for young people prepping for their future – i gotta go –
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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. |