{"id":1414,"date":"2005-07-11T23:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-11T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/07\/11\/brc-22-thinking-about-hurricane-dennis\/"},"modified":"2005-07-11T23:38:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-11T23:38:00","slug":"brc-22-thinking-about-hurricane-dennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/brc-22-thinking-about-hurricane-dennis\/","title":{"rendered":"BRC 22: Thinking about Hurricane Dennis"},"content":{"rendered":"
Just took a dinner break (or a supper break, if you’re from the South), and went out on the front porch for a few minutes to watch the much-needed rain that’s falling. I’m certainly enjoying the remnants of Hurricane Dennis that we’re getting up here, but I know folks in the Southeast haven’t been so fortunate<\/a>. We’re thinking about you tonight…<\/p>\n I was born in the Florida panhandle, and lived there until I was 12, so I’m thinking especially of family friends still living in the area where Dennis came on shore. Also, my sister Karen and her family are in Gainesville — I’m assuming since I haven’t heard differently that the storm didn’t hit as hard there. I hope all of you are well and safe.<\/p>\n Of course, given the subject matter at sustainablog, I have to wonder about climate change. My mother and I were talking this morning, and we could think of 3-4 hurricanes from the twelve years we were down there; obviously, they’ve had more, and more powerful, storms in the last 10-12 months. I know we can’t draw a straight line here (bigger hurricanes=climate change), and climate change is a much bigger phenomenon than a year’s worth of weather, but it sure seems difficult to deny that something’s going on. If any of you can explain the science, please do — I’m at a loss.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: Hurricane Dennis<\/a>, Florida<\/a>, global warming<\/a><\/p>\n