Just Crazy Weather or Something More?
The weather lately has been completely crazy, not just here but around the world. Where I live we broke our all time daily rainfall record –and not just broke it, but nearly doubled it! And it is STILL raining, with no sign of stopped anytime soon. This entire autumn has been like the rainy season in the tropics –it rains more often than not, and this is normally our driest season. Meanwhile, in the Pacific Northwest, people are alternating between cold blasts from Alaska and storms from the gulf, many of them subtropical. (Read: tropical storms/hurricanes that form over cold water instead of hot. See the ‘Not a Hurricane’ story in last week’s SJ News.) One place reported winds that were hurricane strength. And here, we also had incredible winds yesterday. And let’s not forget the 1,000 year drought going on in Australia right now. I could mention a dozen other crazy weather patterns, but I think the point is clear.
There has also been a larger than usual number of earthquakes lately. Drug resistant TB is making a very strong comeback in Africa, and is spreading rapidly. Other tropical diseases are also spreading WAY outside of their normal range, and the avian flu is mutating so rapidly the panicked WHO docs can’t even track it. Oh yes, and lets not forget that the world grain harvest went down again this year. That leaves only 57 days of surplus supplies between the entire world and –gasp –famine.
Are all these just coincidences? Random unrelated events? I don’t think so. In fact, I’m sure of it. These are warning signs, the first major indicators. Climate change is here. If we are very unlucky, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse –Famine, Plague, War, and Pestilence –will soon follow. To make matters worse, if world oil production goes down this month as well, it will have gone down for an entire year. The change isn’t enough to shout ‘Peak Oil’ yet, but it is certainly a plateau. How things will pan out remains to be seen but the ride has started. Buckle up your seat belt and hold on. This is going to be a rough one.
Interesting weather links (research credit for these goes to George Ure):
http://www.komotv.com/news/4643576.html
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/15/D8LDSD902.html
There has also been a larger than usual number of earthquakes lately. Drug resistant TB is making a very strong comeback in Africa, and is spreading rapidly. Other tropical diseases are also spreading WAY outside of their normal range, and the avian flu is mutating so rapidly the panicked WHO docs can’t even track it. Oh yes, and lets not forget that the world grain harvest went down again this year. That leaves only 57 days of surplus supplies between the entire world and –gasp –famine.
Are all these just coincidences? Random unrelated events? I don’t think so. In fact, I’m sure of it. These are warning signs, the first major indicators. Climate change is here. If we are very unlucky, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse –Famine, Plague, War, and Pestilence –will soon follow. To make matters worse, if world oil production goes down this month as well, it will have gone down for an entire year. The change isn’t enough to shout ‘Peak Oil’ yet, but it is certainly a plateau. How things will pan out remains to be seen but the ride has started. Buckle up your seat belt and hold on. This is going to be a rough one.
Interesting weather links (research credit for these goes to George Ure):
http://www.komotv.com/news/4643576.html
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/15/D8LDSD902.html
posted by RAS at 11/16/2006 08:15:00 AM
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