Met Éirann has posted a warning for heavy rain tomorrow and we are in the right place to get it. We've been having quite a bit, but not as much as many other places in Ireland. So our microclimate seems to be holding.
It seems everything 'climatic' is accelerating. Both the US and Europe are having massive heat waves. NY and Vermont experienced record flooding with two months' worth of rain falling in less than 6 hours. China and India are having massive heat waves and torrential rainfall. Meanwhile, the southern land masses are drying up. El Nino will just accentuate it all. Power grids are failing.
Tornadoes touched down near Chicago airport and near Dublin airport (Dublin?). Tornadoes are forecast for Quebec and Ontario. Tornadoes are ripping through Ottawa as I write this. The videos circulating are apocalyptic like in the movies. This is climate breakdown.
The earth's average temperature just keeps climbing, Antarctic ice is at its lowest ever and it's winter there, the average SST keeps increasing, and the hot blobs in the Atlantic off Ireland and Florida are crazy - Florida waters topped 90F today. Can sea water boil?
And on top of that, scientists say the oceans are becoming greener.
The scientists are starting to say there's no going back now. Last week, I resigned myself to the idea that the rest of my lifetime will be spent in relative comfort here, where temperatures are to remain bearable. But the rainfall may prove to be problematic, we'll see.
I think having access to wine will help. And the donkeys are just fine.
Maria Moch came to visit from the States. She loved the projects here. Alex managed to hang the gate and the electricians are hooking up the electrics to the tunnel and the shed. We should be all to code.
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