All I want is normal weather.
No, check that, I also want an acknowledgement that this run of hot, dry weather we've been experiencing in Waterloo Region since, well, June--is not a good thing.
Unlikely I'll see that, though: every TV meterologist beams like the sun. "It's going to be hot hot hot", says Global TV's resident weathernerd. "Record breaking heat. Get out there and love it up."
No, thank you. I get worried when the high temperatures are twelve degrees Centigrade above normal and the lows are what the highs are supposed to be. That's not right, people.
We've had less than half the normal precipitation. As far as most people are concerned, this seems to be good news. I'd be concerned about this even if I didn't like rainy days. Rain, in case you have forgotten, is kind of necessary for most crops.
This is why Canadians will never care or indeed notice global warming until it's far, far too late. I'm not even sure when that will be. I saw footage of people out sunbathing all over Europe this past summer in the middle of a killer heat wave that took hundreds of lives; obviously death alone won't do it. Maybe when people start spontaneously bursting into flame.
But in the meantime, winter's coming. And anything that postpones or mitigates winter is surely a good thing, right? Maybe the roads will stay ice-free this year, making it easier to drive with one finger while chatting to your friends on the ol' cellphone. Ice is just so inconvenient, you know? How dare anything even try to distract you from your phone conversation?
Maybe there won't be any snow to shovel. Wouldn't that be lovely? All that dead, desiccated and dreary gloom everywhere, instead of a pristine coat of white. Kids will have mudball fights and go out rollerblading instead of skating. Saint Nick will arrive in a hula. And wait for it...next spring, when the farmers are relying on runoff to irrigate the ground, there won't be any! So the price of everything from the ground will skyrocket! For everyone!
But hey, you didn't have to don a winter coat. Let's not lose sight of the real important stuff, here.
Yup. Give me normal weather, or failing that, at least cease and desist with the raucous crowing about how beautiful it is out there. Like you're responsible or something. Hey, if that's the case, at least we'll know who to sue.
2 comments:
The wonderful thing about climate change is that it is just that: change, something different from normal. You can bet that if one place is not getting enough precipitation, somewhere else is getting too much.
Ken, have you changed your mind on the global warming/climate change thing? As I recall, you were a skeptic about the whole deal.
Wombat: I never doubted climate change, and only for a little while wondering about global warming. I'm a little skeptical we're contributing as much as many claim...and I'm a LOT skeptical about there being anything at all we can do about it. We've made the mistake of thinking we can control nature...
As far as I'm concerned, we'd better stop thinking about slowing global warming and start thinking about adapting to it.
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