Another muggy day today. I spent the the day with my Grandfather to do some yard work for him, he’s getting to old to do it all himself. I cleaned up the leftover dirt from a previous planting of bushes I did and used some peices of grass I dug up to fill in some dry dirt patches in the backyard. I also dumped around 6 or 7 bags of red cedar mulch for a flower bed along the side fence at the rear of the house. Although I sweated my brains out, I didn’t mind at all. I enjoy actually spending some time under the warmth of our star, as opposed to being couped up inside most of my time.
I tell ya though, it sure went from cold to warm in a hurry a week or so ago, and humidly hot ever since. Almost as if it went right from winter to summer. We also pretty much got all our April showers in May… May showers, crazy. I wonder if the whacky weather lately, not just New England, but globally, is related to Global Warming. I’m betting it is. Although people can’t seem to agree on how big a problem global warming is, and exactly how much it’s influenced by civilization. There’s scientists and plenty of corncerned people who are already well aware of how severe it is, even establishing the Kyoto Protocol, where many nations are signed on to reign in their greenhouse gases. I believe all but Australia and the U.S. are taking part. Pres. Bush and his administration declined to take part, I think because they believe it’ll hurt the economy, although I think their reasons lie much deeper than that.
Michio Kaku is a scientist I like to listen to on this and various other subjects in his Exploration radio show. He knows his facts and delivers intriqing information that’s clearly spoken and easy to understand. I highly recommend anyone who’s interested in world issues and science in general to listen in, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.