Today in Limoges, we have dark clouds, heavy rain and temperatures of between 10/12 degrees. "Today" has lasted from May through June and is now set for July.
Wimbledon is on then off then on etc etc............
So what's happening? A blip in the weather? A poor summer? A one-off?
I think not. The trend of unusual and unseasonal weather has been with us for some years & the scientists have been examining and appraising the situation for many years now.
See the problem for me is not that something is happening and accelerating ~ that's obvious. I see it with my own eyes.
No! The problem for me is that the experts themselves disagree both on the causes of what we are witnessing and the potential solutions.
* There are those who blame mankind. They argue ~ We have developed and built our societies on the fossil fuels & simultaneously polluted our atmospheres with so much carbon as to alter the normal balances of nature, weather etc. The only solution ~ and it may be too late ~ is to reduce carbon emissions.
* There are those who argue that what we are going through is a natural adjustment ~ part of the cyclic nature of the earth. They also indicate that man's contribution is negligible and the major cause in the shift is the sun. There is no solution. Things will get worse.
So here I am in the Limousin watching the rain ~ [ not watching tennis!] and also seeing the first signs of confusion & doubt in our usually confident approach to life.
There's one thing that's certain ~ there's much more of this to come and the process will accelerate.
The recent floods in UK give us an insight into how quickly someone's life can be turned upside down.
I guess we need to worry more about Global warming than any other current problems and, of course when will Wimbledon restart!
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