Is It Time To Unpack?

ithacaartist · 09-23-2017, 11:54 AM

Eric,

Maria did a job on Isla Vieques, a few miles from the southeastern tip of the main island of Puerto Rico, which I have visited several times. They still were feeling the effects of Andrew which struck shortly before my first visit there. Another hurricane trounced the area since, but I forget his/her name. Maria was a direct hit, and I can only imagine the devastation.

Hurricanes are increasing in frequency and power, drawn from the increasingly warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. So, we should expect next year to be even worse as the climate crisis progresses.

09-23-2017, 11:54 AM	#18
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,419 Thanks: 7,605 Thanked 2,672 Times in 1,403 Posts	Eric, Maria did a job on Isla Vieques, a few miles from the southeastern tip of the main island of Puerto Rico, which I have visited several times. They still were feeling the effects of Andrew which struck shortly before my first visit there. Another hurricane trounced the area since, but I forget his/her name. Maria was a direct hit, and I can only imagine the devastation. Hurricanes are increasing in frequency and power, drawn from the increasingly warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. So, we should expect next year to be even worse as the climate crisis progresses. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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