Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Thinking While Cleaning (Rare On Both Counts)

It occurs to me that people that think they can spot weather trends during their lifetime are not looking at the big picture. The ravages of the 1930's Dust Bowl in the Southwest was disastrous, but it didn't signal an end to the world as we know it. Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, heatwaves, tsunamis, snowstorms, draught. To think that ANYTHING mankind can do or not do, to alter this planet's destiny, doesn't seem logical to me. Global warming, I know. But, when I think about how our lives are just a dot on the spectrum of time, only history can give us a clear picture of nature, climate and our planet. That's just what I was thinking.