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A Quote for the Morning as I look out the Window at the Weather
“We’re making the Earth a more dynamic and violent place. … We’re trapping more of the sun’s energy in this narrow envelope of atmosphere, and that’s now expressing itself in many ways. We don’t know for sure that any particular tornado comes from climate change. There have always been tornadoes. We do know that we’re seeing epic levels of thunderstorm activity, of flooding, of drought, of all the things that climatologists have been warning us about.”
Something else we are not doing anything about…don’t you wonder, as Amy Goodman says, “Why aren’t the TV meteorologists, with each story, following the words ‘extreme weather‘ with another two, ‘climate change’?”
Elly and I have cut down on our electricity use, kept our driving to necessities only, and kept the air conditioner off unless the heat becomes unbearable. We try to buy products from companies who have a positive carbon reduction plan as well.
Now all we need is politicians to get behind this as well and keep their great lobbying energy company supporters (are you listening Rockefeller, Manchin, Capito?) at bay. Right now, it doesn’t look like it.
Oklahoma being hit by tornadoes RIGHT NOW!
5 to 6 funnel cloud storms around Oklahoma City are currently 9in progress…like something the local news commentator has “never seen before.”
Given this week’s tornado in Missouri and more in Minnesota, this year seems to be one of the most violent storm seasons in recent history.
Here in our area we have been soaked with long-running rains (although we are now in a two or three day dry period) and our rivers and streams are high and running with strong currents. I took my dogs for a walk today down by the Potomac and they didn’t have to go very far down the boat launch ramp to get their feet in the water.
Our climate is changing and it may now be giving us an indication of what the future may be like.
Related articles
- Joplin, Missouri to Get Hit with More Tornadoes Today? (planetsave.com)
- Possible tornado reported in Oklahoma (cnn.com)
- Severe weather threatens south central Plains, Joplin – CNN International (news.google.com)
- More Tornadoes Headed for Joplin as Death Toll Hits Record (abcnews.go.com)
- Joplin, Missouri, Tornado Deadliest on Record (abcnews.go.com)
- Breaking: Tornadoes Hitting Oklahoma City (minx.cc)
- Tornado Ally (writingsluts.wordpress.com)
- Oklahoma weather (cowboytoursofokla.com)
- The Concord Stormchaser searches for more tornadoes after Joplin tragedy (boston.com)