Rainy and Mondays June 24, 2024 356 words

After a week of temperatures in the nineties and high humidity, I am looking forward to a cool wet start to the week. The west side of Michigan averages 30 to 40 inches yearly. A close by city of Grandville has recorded 38 inches of precipitation so far this year.
I noticed our front lawn had a large crop of toadstools popping up in the grass. Another local nearby town, Rockford, had one rainfall this past Wednesday and received 2 inches of rain in one hour. Farmers are late getting into their fields to plant, how and weed with the heavy equipment.
The west side of the lake is no better. A friend in Milwaukee reported she hasn’t watered her container garden more that once this season. My brother, who lives in Manitowoc Wisconsin on the lake shore has experienced more cool and rainy weather this year.
Fires in Canada have triggered air quality alerts in Minnesota and across to the Great Lakes.
The national weather service predicts 17 to 27 hurricanes in 2024 season, a larger than normal number.
We have seen flooding on the Texas coast and in Florida. high fluctuations in weather is seen in many states. On the west coast, though no wild fires are currently active, the potential for fires due is high wind until Tuesday.
Changes in climate and weather patterns will affect our lives now and in the future.
What can we do to help? The biggest, change our attitude. This is not a right wing or a left wing statement. It is a pro earth belief. What we choose to do today will affect the quality of our lives.
I have felt the difficulty of breathing on days with poor air quality. I want to work to decrease my footprints on this land. Walk softly and carry a large inhaler!!
Inhale
Inside, air is cooled, conditioning.
News reporters extremes in conditions.
How many times have we changed the channel?
Always it is someone else’s problem.
“Let’s take a walk in the sunshine.”
Each breath hurts our lungs, we slow the pace.
Climate change has caught up with us.