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by Christine Maccabee
On The Wild Side is one of the greatest contributors he would also encourage living
to CO2 pollution? So, who cares,
more conservatively, more simply.
you ask. So, as the rains continue to
Actually, we all should care. fall on us all, and the winds get
Even if many people in our own stronger and sea levels rise, and
country do not care, many of us do fires and drought increase, we
“What Goes Up Must and are working towards positive will all need to be inventive and
conservative in order to survive.
changes, such as alternative energy
Come Down” use and conservation practices. As for me, I will persist in growing
Yes, when the rain comes down it
my own food and herbs, support
affects us all, even those of us who local farmers, provide habitat for
care, and it is not getting any better. wildlife, and mow less. I will also
“When the rain comes down it comes down on everyone According to studies made at the vote.
Such a wonderful country and
No matter if your rich or poor no matter if you’re University of Pennsylvania, future world we have. I thank God for
hurricanes will be qualitatively
big or small. When the rain comes down different than ones we have seen the beauty and mystery of Creation
it comes down on us all” thus far, possibly even worse than every day as I work with it and
past ones. Allow me to explain. explore it. I hope you enjoy it—
~from a contemporary children’s song Due to more moisture in the gnats and all—and never take
atmosphere and disruption of anything for granted, for it is a
climate patterns, hurricanes are precious gift we should all cherish
The chilly, windy rainstorms of my theory, which at this point is no moving more slowly and linger and protect.
May and June are over, with much theory at all, but actual. The earth’s longer over larger areas, thus
flooding and sadly loss of life and natural air-conditioning system is perhaps all the very cold rain and
property in Ellicott City, Frederick disappearing as the many amazing wind we saw this spring in our part Christine is a Wildlife Habitat
City, and elsewhere. glaciers, Greenlands white snow/ of the world. Future hurricanes, Naturalist and Native Plant
The humid weather has now ice shield and the polar ice caps are due to continuing melting of ice Specialist, who is available
set in, which, of course, breeds melting. Everything is melting three and snow (even our beautiful for consultations. Write her at
gnats, mosquitoes, and other tiny times faster than expected. (Once it snow-capped mountains are in [email protected].
flying pests; yet, swallows and is all melted, then we will see even trouble these days) could see winds
blue birds need them to feed their hotter weather with wildfires and up to 200 mph or greater. Recent
newly hatched babies, as well as drought, already occurring in many hurricanes, such as Irma, saw 185
themselves. So, I try to appreciate places out west.) mph winds in the Virgin Islands,
them, even as I transplant my Some of this melting ice and Patricia went as high as 200
peppers and tomatoes, which flows into the ocean, and some already. These are winds far beyond
should have been planted a month evaporates into the atmosphere. a category 5. Experts are saying
ago, if the rain had just abated. All this is simple science, which they are in a new category: 6.
Many gardening friends, both even my twelve-year-old grandson Pope Frances, a wonderful
professional and serious hobbyists, understands. The Earth is becoming advocate of caring for Creation,
have expressed frustration about confused, and so are we. Human invited leading oil executives
the quantity of cold rain this stress levels are soaring and to a two-day conference at the
spring. Having read a bit from suicides increasing. Yes, we can Vatican. No matter your feelings
good sources, and even as I use no longer deny what is happening about the Pope, he says it straight,
my own intuition, I now believe I on many levels, and many people and he said it there to CEOs of
know what is happening. All during are becoming more aware. Truth ExxonMobil and other energy
that cold, rainy spell, I kept saying is, levels of CO2 emissions (and producers. He said we can and must
“What goes up must come down.” methane, as well) remain high and do better, and though “Civilization
I would say it to people I met as our lifestyles contribute to it daily. requires energy, energy must
we ran into the Food Lion or CVS, Did you know that mowing acre not destroy civilization,” and he
sometimes taking time to explain upon acre of grass on large estates encouraged innovation. I am sure
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