2003–11–18

Something about the weather

Okay… I’ll just say I’m not a scientist. I’m not an expert on the climate. But something is not right with the weather. Yes, yes, I know I am merely a human being that has a short life span. I realize that there are global, long term shifts in the climate.

But what I see with my eyes and feel with my skin has me concerned. Another November in Memphis with tomatoes on the vines, spiders spinning webs, and plants springing to life as though it were spring. Each year the weather seems stranger and less predictable.

Evidence of global warming? What do we need to see and experience before we will believe that the climate is going through a major shift? Seems to me that it is and it seems likely that human behavior is driving that change.