This week I fled the heat dome in the Midwest for northern Minnesota, making me a climate refugee of sorts. My article on our visit to the Florida Keys was popular, so I thought I would continue to write about our travels. Today on Juneteenth, on the shore of a lake on the Canadian border, it is 64 degrees Fahrenheit. Most of the Midwest and East Coast are in the 90’s. Hot weather is nothing unusual for midwestern summers, and some will say that it’s just a normal heat wave. It makes me think about the correlation with the predictions of climate scientists for the Midwest: hotter summers, less rain, more frequent severe heat events with higher heat indices. This is normal now.
I've been wondering whether the inadequate responses to global warming are related to a sociological phenomenon for which I don't know the name. A woman was raped (and killed?) in New York City some years ago and many people later admitted to hearing her screams, but no one called the police because they thought someone else would do that.
I've heard the argument made on radio that if we hamper the US economy to deal with global warming, China will take advantage of that to jump ahead of us!
As the 2000 years of the Church has shown us, changing people's hearts and minds can require Divine intervention! ;-)
I've been wondering whether the inadequate responses to global warming are related to a sociological phenomenon for which I don't know the name. A woman was raped (and killed?) in New York City some years ago and many people later admitted to hearing her screams, but no one called the police because they thought someone else would do that.
I've heard the argument made on radio that if we hamper the US economy to deal with global warming, China will take advantage of that to jump ahead of us!
As the 2000 years of the Church has shown us, changing people's hearts and minds can require Divine intervention! ;-)