Irene means Peace. So why give a hurricane that name?
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.”
Keeping Count of what counts
Here is the World Clock. Numbers are ideas that we hold in reverence. They imply tangible assessment and reveal our accountability.
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Analogy of Global Warming
Deniers of the idea of Global Climate change citing the greater number of cold weather events ought to be given this analogy.
A refrigerator requires electricity (heat) to run the motor. That motor produce exhaust. To prove this to yourself stand behind your refrigerator. The cold generated by the heat is a compensation effect. Our Earth is encountering this phenomenon.
So the next time you encounter an “unbeliever” just tell them to go stand behind a refrigerator. And when they complain about the heat, just remind them that the hotter it gets, it will get colder soon enough!