How many hundred year floods can we have in a ten year period? I'm beginning to wonder! In the space of two weeks we have had first 90 mile/hour winds and driving rain causing flooding and massive power outages in the state followed two weekends later by 50 mph winds and at least 6 inches more of rain. The river Kwai rose in my backyard and through my basement. In spite of my efforts to stave off climate change through my energy conservation efforts, I fear that the climate in NH is changing.
They say that when we have really reached total climate change, the climate of NH will be what the climate is in North Carolina right now. I think that day may be coming sooner than we thought it would. It's March 17 and we have no snow and the snowdrops are blossoming in the woods by the screen porch. It was 68 degrees outside today and I was too warm wearing a sweatshirt and turtleneck outside raking. Ten days ago the Redwing blackbirds returned, along with the cowbirds and grackles. A generation ago (that would be in 1965 or so) I almost didn't get out of Connecticut for spring vacation because of a major blizzard closing transportation from NY City to New London, CT. Even ten years ago I have pictures of Todd and me skiing during his March vacation from college. I skiied once this year and that was farther north in the state.
I paid a lot of money to have my snowblower reconditioned and made ready for winter; then on snowstorm #2 some electrical thingy went wrong and I paid another $137 to get it fixed. For the 3 snow storms we've had, that comes to ummmm roughly one hundred dollars per storm to clear my driveway . . . . I probably should have put my money into a generator and a giant sump pump in the basement.
Maybe this year is an aberration. Maybe next year we'll have a ton of snow which will last into April. Maybe the sky will fall. It's time to turn on the check engine light of life. . .
