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Hot Summer

Wildflowers I picked on a walk down a dirt road.

The weather has suddenly turned cooler.  I was using the small AC unit in my bedroom right up until this past Tuesday when the temperature reached 90ยบ and the humidity was about 90%.

I have had that little AC unit for years and I usually don't even bother to drag it out.  And if I do, it is usually just for a week tops that it get used in July.  But this was a hot and humid summer -- practice for if I ever move to Florida full time.

I was listening to a piece about Rachel Carson on public radio last Sunday.  I knew about her book Silent Spring and her warnings about the chemicals impacting the environment.  I did not know about her concerns about global warming.  She had started working on a book about that before her death.  She was charting increasing ocean temperatures along the eastern coast back in the 1940's and 50's.

There is an interesting article about Rachel Carson in the March, 2018,  New Yorker Magazine.

Comments

  1. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)September 21, 2018 at 12:02 PM

    Our weather here in the 20 yrs of living in the mid Atlantic has change dramatically. All so scary to me. And all the things we are spraying on our food, and what chemicals farmers are using that are going into water etc. It caused Izzy to become very sick from ingesting this water. The doctors first question was this water near a farm. We told her it was and then she knew why she was so very sick. The chemicals the farmers use with their fertilizer can kill an animal and hurt a human. What have we done to ourselves?

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  2. gigihawaiiSeptember 21, 2018 at 1:39 PM

    I for one don't like hot and humid weather, so the a/c is usually turned on.

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  3. Arkansas PattiSeptember 21, 2018 at 5:49 PM

    Rachael was so far ahead of her time and piqued some of today's thinkers. Wish more had paid attention.

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  4. Linda ReederSeptember 21, 2018 at 10:46 PM

    I know of Rachael Carson, but I have never read or studied her. Too bad more of u didn't pay attention.
    The weather has turned here. Hot days are behind us.

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  5. Granny AnnieSeptember 22, 2018 at 9:13 AM

    We are cooling a bit also. Not sure how long it will last though because you can never trust Oklahoma weather.

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  6. SakuSeptember 22, 2018 at 11:58 AM

    We woke up this morning to freezing temps, with a forecast of rain and possible snow. I'm not yet ready for it to be that cold!

    It is frightening to think of the damage that has been done to our world. I think, however, that our children and grandchildren are more aware of the damage that we're doing and perhaps will be able to make the necessary changes to at least slow it down.

    Eileen

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  7. SextantSeptember 23, 2018 at 1:02 AM

    I wonder what Rachel Carson would think of our current national efforts of environmental protection and concern for the climate. I image she is spinning in her grave.

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  8. TomSeptember 23, 2018 at 7:45 AM

    The irony is that the more we turn on the a/c, the more it heats up the environment, so the more a/c we need, etc., etc. I'm with you. I use the a/c maybe five days per summer. And otherwise ... I wear shorts!

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  9. JoaredSeptember 25, 2018 at 1:46 AM

    Yes, Carson was very forward thinking — ahead of her times.

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