oh Summer, thank you for another example that the changes to our planet are truly global. to "blame" folks living in a particular area is to have one's own blind spot. (though, okay, why do folks build expensive second homes right on the coast...?) but seriously, most folks can't just up and move. this is bigger than believing there are "safe" places away from these increasingly complex and dangerous storms and events. we need to work together collaboratively and compassionately and set profit aside. sigh...
may you and your community be safe. may the resources you all need to restored to comfort be forthcoming. sending hugs.
Summer, glad to see your post, not glad to see the subject! Was hoping to hear you were you high and dry when I saw a news blurb yesterday afternoon. I hope folks are paying attention to your grass roots in your face dispatch from the front lines!!! Nobody is safe and secure!
Damn girl! How far is that from your home? That is some crazy nature havoc going on. Prayers for your friends, families, and all impacted. Great Mother Earth can release some angry energy on the people. Sometimes nature can put us in our place. We are small stuff compared to the great Mother, but it doesn't mean we can't do our part in keeping it together here.
Sorry this happened. Great report. We have five glaciers on the top and sides of Mt Shasta in CA which I live below. We too are in the fabled Ring of Fire, another thing you and I share, besides our birthdays. One, The Whitney Glacier has been problematic for many years on my side of the mountain. I have friends on the other side where the Mud Glacier is a problem and has caused issues of flooding. Whitney Creek which is normally dry, and terminates a few miles from me at the base of the mountain has flooded several times and washed out a state highway once. No homes were reached as the area is sparsely populated.
I have hiked into the area on a rough trail above Whitney Creek to hear the glacier “grinding as it erodes. Sadly the trail head and road up were also flooded when the glacier burst some years ago and made a huge mess including depositing several feet of mud and rock at the small parking area burying the signage. It is now a tire popping tedious experience getting up there. I rarely go.
So..yes..climate change is a real thing and a real problem. It is hot as hell in N CA in summer. It did not use to be. The state catches on fire every summer. It did not use to. The smoke is depressing and unhealthy as you know.
I recycle. I carry my own grocery bags too. But as you note above that is not enough. In my opinion, which veers from yours and others, man is insignificant as causation. Climate has changed always. Particularly we in the developed world have done or are doing all that can be done. The third worlders, the Chinese, Russia, and the Indian Subcontinent are doing nothing but adding to the problem and we, no matter how many Green Politicians (who are basically clueless in my opinion) get elected, have zero control over those countries.
Anyway, a burst glacier can ruin a lot of lives. You showed this in your article. And things are in fact noticeably more awful than when I was your age.
Even though we live with the effects of climate change in the whole world every day, it was terrifying to read your post.......and also, so sad. I have never had the privilege to travel to Alaska, but I have a few friends and family members who have been there. They say it is so incredibly beautiful. To see that beauty being destroyed and also creating so much personal heartbreak, emotionally and financially, for the people who live there is overwhelming. I pray every day that everyone on our planet will see the light and know we have to make some BIG changes.
Maybe, yes. Maybe for the same reason that when I see children perform or beautiful art or a breathtaking sunset I start to cry. Because at the same time we feel blessed to gifted it, we know how quickly it will also be taken away.
Perhaps 🤔. But a sudden cry for no reason had happened before. I was in a southwest decor store and was attracted to a deer skin dress made by an American Indian. I tried it on and as the leather slid down my body I started to cry 😢 without knowing why.
I also had a past life experience of being an Indian woman in the woods and my 5 year old daughter came running toward me saying the love of my life was dead. My sorrow 😩 was more intense than anything I’ve felt in this life.
I bought the dress and treasure it along with a peace pipe and a large feathered headdress.
oh Summer, thank you for another example that the changes to our planet are truly global. to "blame" folks living in a particular area is to have one's own blind spot. (though, okay, why do folks build expensive second homes right on the coast...?) but seriously, most folks can't just up and move. this is bigger than believing there are "safe" places away from these increasingly complex and dangerous storms and events. we need to work together collaboratively and compassionately and set profit aside. sigh...
may you and your community be safe. may the resources you all need to restored to comfort be forthcoming. sending hugs.
Exactly . Everyone says why don’t they just move but you can’t move if you can’t sell your house to buy another house.
Summer, glad to see your post, not glad to see the subject! Was hoping to hear you were you high and dry when I saw a news blurb yesterday afternoon. I hope folks are paying attention to your grass roots in your face dispatch from the front lines!!! Nobody is safe and secure!
True dat 😢 thank you Frank!
Damn girl! How far is that from your home? That is some crazy nature havoc going on. Prayers for your friends, families, and all impacted. Great Mother Earth can release some angry energy on the people. Sometimes nature can put us in our place. We are small stuff compared to the great Mother, but it doesn't mean we can't do our part in keeping it together here.
So true. We are small and insignificant. Gratefully this was far from my house. 🙏
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Climate change will effect those who can least afford it. That speaker was right.
🙏 sent for you and your community.
So true. So sad.
Sorry this happened. Great report. We have five glaciers on the top and sides of Mt Shasta in CA which I live below. We too are in the fabled Ring of Fire, another thing you and I share, besides our birthdays. One, The Whitney Glacier has been problematic for many years on my side of the mountain. I have friends on the other side where the Mud Glacier is a problem and has caused issues of flooding. Whitney Creek which is normally dry, and terminates a few miles from me at the base of the mountain has flooded several times and washed out a state highway once. No homes were reached as the area is sparsely populated.
I have hiked into the area on a rough trail above Whitney Creek to hear the glacier “grinding as it erodes. Sadly the trail head and road up were also flooded when the glacier burst some years ago and made a huge mess including depositing several feet of mud and rock at the small parking area burying the signage. It is now a tire popping tedious experience getting up there. I rarely go.
So..yes..climate change is a real thing and a real problem. It is hot as hell in N CA in summer. It did not use to be. The state catches on fire every summer. It did not use to. The smoke is depressing and unhealthy as you know.
I recycle. I carry my own grocery bags too. But as you note above that is not enough. In my opinion, which veers from yours and others, man is insignificant as causation. Climate has changed always. Particularly we in the developed world have done or are doing all that can be done. The third worlders, the Chinese, Russia, and the Indian Subcontinent are doing nothing but adding to the problem and we, no matter how many Green Politicians (who are basically clueless in my opinion) get elected, have zero control over those countries.
Anyway, a burst glacier can ruin a lot of lives. You showed this in your article. And things are in fact noticeably more awful than when I was your age.
Yep. Sorry youre dealing with that in your neck of the woods too. Be careful!
Dear Summer,
Even though we live with the effects of climate change in the whole world every day, it was terrifying to read your post.......and also, so sad. I have never had the privilege to travel to Alaska, but I have a few friends and family members who have been there. They say it is so incredibly beautiful. To see that beauty being destroyed and also creating so much personal heartbreak, emotionally and financially, for the people who live there is overwhelming. I pray every day that everyone on our planet will see the light and know we have to make some BIG changes.
Thank you, Victoria <3 thank you for seeing us! <3
In 1991 I visited Alaska 🏔️ and did some camping 🏕️.
When I first saw the blue ice 🧊 glaciers tears 😭 started rolling down my face.
I had no idea why.
Think it was a premonition.
Maybe, yes. Maybe for the same reason that when I see children perform or beautiful art or a breathtaking sunset I start to cry. Because at the same time we feel blessed to gifted it, we know how quickly it will also be taken away.
Perhaps 🤔. But a sudden cry for no reason had happened before. I was in a southwest decor store and was attracted to a deer skin dress made by an American Indian. I tried it on and as the leather slid down my body I started to cry 😢 without knowing why.
I also had a past life experience of being an Indian woman in the woods and my 5 year old daughter came running toward me saying the love of my life was dead. My sorrow 😩 was more intense than anything I’ve felt in this life.
I bought the dress and treasure it along with a peace pipe and a large feathered headdress.
WOW. And heartbreaking! :( How did you have this past life regression? Through some kind of ritual, or did it occur on its own?
I met a therapist / shaman at a whole life expo.
I went to a session with her and she asked where my anger originated.
I laid down on the floor and did deep breathing 😮💨 until I reached a peak state.
Then she counted back my age, to see when it began.
I did not respond to any year, but after she reached one she said zero.
And that was when I saw my moccasins on my feet 🦶 in the woods.
Then my daughter running towards me to tell me of her father’s death.
The therapist asked me what else I saw .
I saw some buildings built with thin tree trunks lined upright side by side.
I asked if Indians used wooden buildings and she replied some do.
Then I said the emotional pain in my heart was too severe for me to handle.
So I left the past life experience.
I did not believe in reincarnation at the time.