It's hot. Really really hot, and it's been this way for a while now. I'm not just talking about the last few weeks, but weather has been getting steadily more severe more often every year.
Most people spend their time arguing about whether the cause is global warming or if it's just a normal climatic upturn. My contention is that it doesn't really matter which one it is. It's going to get worse and we as a race need to be prepared to survive whatever the climax is going to be.
Obviously we have to hope that it is global warming because if it is, then there is an active role we can take in slowing it down and possibly reversing the effects. If it is just a normal upturn then we are strapped into a roller coaster and have to just endure the ride.
I'm not a meteorologist but I can't think of any "upturns" this drastic that have ever been mentioned in history. The top five hotest years since records have been kept have all been in the last 10. Throw in the massive ice storms, blizzards, and hurricanes that have been happening with regularity and I think we have a lot to worry about.
I just wonder if we will someday be telling our grandchildren how we lived through the "great storms" of the early 21st century or talking about how their used to be over 6 billion people living on earth.
I feel like this blog entry is turning into a pie in the sky alarmist piece but you have to wonder where all this harsh weather is headed. Will it just correct itself slowly, (or quickly, see "The Day After Tomorrow"), or at all?
I can only imagine that we may see a day coming when a cool summer day is in the low 100's and a category 3 hurricane is considered light precipitation. It may not get that bad, we may have seen the worst already for all I know, but you have to wonder what could happen if it gets worse. If the actions of the Katrina survivors are any indication, we could be back in the dark ages in no time if things got bad enough.
So what do you think? Will it get worse?
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