A Brief Respite From The Heat

Two days ago we started to experience cloudy weather. Yesterday we had a slight drizzle from morning until noon. Now we experienced a hot semi-windy day. I wonder what the weather will be like tomorrow and the day after.

The Philippines is currently experiencing mild to severe drought (depending on where you are located) due to the El Nino phenomenon. Farm fields have begun to crack and everybody (particularly farmers) is worried that this will wreak havoc on the country's food supply in the near future.

Religious leaders have started to call on their respective congregation to pray to the Almighty so that rain would come. The government has begun cloud seeding operations to simulate rain, unfortunately it is not always successful. Both water and electricity are being rationed because of the dry spell.

I remember an old college professor (may his soul rest in peace) who taught about climate change and everything related to the Earth. He said that the time will come when countries who now experience tropical climatic conditions will soon turn into dry desert lands while those dry desert lands will be blessed with tropical climatic conditions.

Have you heard or read the news lately? There have been instances in the Middle East where heavy downpour is experienced -- so much so that flood does occur in several areas. They never experience too much rainfall that made them realize they needed to put in large canals or drainage systems, but now.....

Climate change is real, it is happening NOW. We might not be able to reverse the entire process that caused these climatic changes or greenhouse effect but we can prevent it from developing into something that will wreak havoc in our lives.

We've started to change, how about you?