In mid-October I received an email with the subject line "Spring is Right Around the Corner." Uh huh -- just getting ready for global warming. Winters will be a thing of the past. Then there's this from The Washington Post: "Political people in the United States are watching the chaos in Washington in the moment. But some people in the science community are watching the chaos somewhere else — the Arctic." Yep. Currently, the North Pole is 36 degrees warmer than it normally is at this time of year. The complete Post article is HERE. |
Interestingly enough, global warming was foreshadowed in the now-classic poem "Me, change? Me, alter?" (below on the left) by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request). His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "Me, change! Me, alter!" (below on the right).
By Emmett Lee Dickinson: Me, change? Me, alter? But I can’t, behind the Ever-faster Wheel A Hotter Planet grows – At sunset, with a greater glow Flashing with Radiation – The Earth’s superior close! | By Emily Dickinson: Me, change! Me, alter! Then I will, when on the Everlasting Hill A Smaller Purple grows – At sunset, or a lesser glow Flickers upon Cordillera – At Day's superior close! |