Look at all that's happened, weather-wise, in the last few weeks, around the world. Consider all that has taken place recently and that is still, just now, occurring. This was at the end of August.
Sierra Leone mudslides
'kill more than 1,000'
We all know what happened in Southeast Texas and Western Louisiana at about that same time.
Harvey crashes into Texas and Louisiana
This took place last night.
Mexico Earthquake, Strongest in a Century,
Kills Dozens
Mexico rocked by one of the
most powerful earthquakes recorded
This, in fact, is what's going on now as most of us know.
Hurricane Irma destroys St. Maarten
Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda like a 'bomb,'
prime minister says
Hurricane Irma:
A Practically Impossible Storm
Major Hurricane Irma to deliver
destructive blow to Florida this weekend
But this is also going on now, as too many, I think, aren't aware.
South Asia floods: Estimated 40 million across India, Bangladesh, Nepal affected
Then check this out. This is what's coming up, for pity's sake, in the next week or so.
Hurricane Jose looms for Barbuda
and other Irma-damaged islands
Not to be done there, with all the hurricanes and flooding and all that water, the world over, we can't forget the parts of our own nation, whole sections, over states, that are so dry and hot and what that's doing to them.
Pacific Northwest Fires
Smother Region in Smoke and Ash
Rare heat wave bakes San Francisco; fires rage through West
San Francisco sets all-time heat record downtown at 106 degrees
Pacific Northwest Wildfires Severe
in Intensity | NASA
Smoke from British Columbia fires
shrouds Northwest with poor air
Ash covers Oregon cities,
wildfire smoke chokes West
It's not just the US, either.
Seattle chokes as wildfire smoke
from Canada blankets the Northwest
Keep in mind, too, this is only the last few weeks, up to now. It's only a partial list. It's not everything, like this, that has taken place this year. It's my contention we can't, right now, keep up with all the really large, jarring, killing and home destroying weather and Earth events on the planet presently.
So this is my question.
Isn't it time we all, here on this rock, here on planet Earth, all we humans, started realizing we really are all "in this together"? That we need one another? Rich, poor, old, young, everyone?
Isn't it long, long overdue?
Up to now, it seems this has, too much, almost singularly, guided us.
Link:
Disaster Recovery Should Heal, Not Divide, Our Communities
