“Americans are Feeling the Impact”
©Bert Gildart: This past month we were driving Interstate 86 near Pocatello, Idaho, and here is the setting that caught our attention, for it dominated the landscape.
Posting the photograph seems timely, for yesterday, May 6th, 2014, the nation’s top climate scientists released a report saying that Americans are feeling the impact of climate change in every region of the nation.
Image that greeted us near Pocatello, Idaho
I’m sure many have by now seen the report on TV, and because the scientific report was created by the same types of men and women who got us to the moon, reduced polio, discovered the chip, developed heart transplants — and created life-saving vaccines — I’m inclined to believe them. Really, what motive would they have to lie?
This image is not an isolated one, for we see such sights often as we travel the nation, so we have to wonder: “Where is all this smog, smoke and particulate matter going?” And, “what effect does it have on our climate?”
In various ways, Mitt Romney and John McCain have also asked this question, so I believe I am on solid ground. But no matter, I’m concerned because it appears as though global warming is starting to impact some of the areas that have been impacted my life, specifically, our national parks. As well, I feel sorry for the people in drought-ridden areas, now contending with the ravages created by drought and subsequent fire. And that, say global scientists could be mitigated with life-style changes.
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