A recent Ottawa
Citizen editorial headline told us that ‘CLIMATE CHANGE IS UPON US’ and went
on to tell us --
“We expect to see
to more extreme weather events”—photos of washed out roads in Wawa,Ontario were
included!
Is that so? Tell
us where it’ll occur ,and when and how ‘extreme’ please—it’s a good thing that
we have those smarter folks in Ottawa to warn us of these pending
disasters...much like the 2005 Katrina ‘crystal ball gazers’ telling us to
expect more Katrinas—soon! I don’t recollect any new Katrinas—climate change
keeps changing--seems to be so unpredictable!
Wikipedia tells
us that Sandy was the 84th serious weather incident ,in the New York state,New
England area,since 1700 ---there was one in 1938 that claimed 600
lives—Sandy,sadly 90+ lives.
While interesting
stuff,I don’t believe the washed out roads in Wawa ,Ontario will be mentioned in
Wikipedia—damn—and such a good photo!
The editorial
went on “if we stand around while weather patterns evolve-- ”there will be
serious implications " . OK, now we know what’s coming –would these experts
please tell us what to do.
Maybe we should
hold hands and jump up and down—something like that is ‘bound’ to help—No!
(just trying to be helpful.)
We’re also told
that ‘Canada has recently committed $150 million aimed at better
understanding...climate change’--- Let’s wait for the study—and would the
‘editor who contributed this piece please offer their services’ to Stephen
Harper.
In the 70’s we we
were told to prepare for the ‘coming ice age’—then in the 90’s it was ‘global
warming’—then we became unsure ,so let’s call it ‘climate change’---I wish the
IPCC and David Suzuki would make up my mind!
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