Global Warming is REAL!
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
I don’t know about you, but after this past week, i’m a real believer that *something* is going wrong with the earth!
So before i get into this post, i just have to say, I’M BACK! My carpal tunnel syndrome (or whatever it is) is doing a bit better. I now have a brace on my right hand to make sure i can’t strain things, and i’m learning to do things with my left hand. Definitely a challenge. Aside from that, I’ve been teaching and prepping like a madwoman for the past week or so. Hence i come to you now, head bowed low in apology for not posting and keeping my rather weak committment to post more often.
So enough simpering, ON WITH THE POST!
Last last weekend (that’s my way of saying, “the weekend before last"), Slim and I went to the Bay Area for a wedding. I had packed some summery clothing but i brought some wamer things because last time I went up during summer, i was FREEZING! There IS no summer up there! Boy was i wrong in my packing strat.
When we got there we were totally shocked. The weather was awful. Hideous. Terrible. It was in the hundreds, humid and muggy, and to top it off, no one up there has heard of air conditioning! We were sweating and becoming giant puddles all weekend! I remember getting out of the wedding at around 4:30 pm and getting in my car where the thermometer read 120. 120!! That’s insane! I know that the reading was not completely accurate because the car had been sitting in the sun, but even after we drove around a bit, it only came down to 112. Ick. I kept thinking the world was going to end any minute. I mean, “hot day in SF” sounds a lot like “cold day in hell.”
And so this past weeks have gone on--hot, muggy (even in SoCal0, unbearable.
And then out of nowhere, yesterday and today are really really nice! Low 80s with a nice cool breeze. It’s unbelievable. I’m so grateful.
I’m telling you, this weather is all screwy because of global warming! Soon i’m going to have beach front property or be sumberged 20 feet below water from the melting polar icecaps. I think i prefer the former. All i can say is we gotta do something about this warming business, or we’re gonna die of heat stroke before we ever get a chance to be submerged!
Gore 2008!!!
Glad to hear you’re feeling better, Kat. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome sounds awful; I’d have gone crazy. I hope classes are going well!
K.
Posted by on 08/04 at 05:36 AMIf you haven’t seen An Inconvenient Truth yet you must. It’s such a good film. Yeah, it’s a bit of an informercial for Al Gore, but like my sister said, “Gore 2008!!!”
Posted by Greg on 08/06 at 10:47 AM