So you can't say we haven't been warned

Every evening in recent months I have watched the American newscasts, specifically NBC News and ABC News, and have noticed a startling change. Both networks are now focussing on major weather stories. That's because a day hardly goes by that there is not a major weather event that is impacting the lives of millions of people throughout the U.S. Think of forest fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, massive rainstorms, flooding, droughts and unusual snowstorms in places where cold weather was barely a worry before. This is happening all the time now. It brings me back to a lecture I attended at Northern College in Timmins around 15 years ago where Dr. David Pearson presented a lecture on climate change. He talked about the fact that Earth's climate is changing quickly and we are not prepared to deal with it. I remember thinking that some of his comments back then were alarmist. Over the years, a lot of people say climate change is nothing but a hoax perpetuated by the wacky woke crowd. I have to admit there are a lot of wacky people around but we need to pay more attention to the climate.

Retired? Yes, finally.

So halway through July and I can conform I am indeed retired now feom the news game. Village Media was find enough to provide a retirement package that include accumulated sick days and medical leave. I have actually been off the job since just before Christmas. So That's that. I has lunch yesterday with Jennifer downtown at the diner on Larch Street. We get out there maybe once a year or so. It was nice. We chatted .. or I should say I did most of the chatting for nearly two hours! It was nice to get caught up on the family gossip and to enjoy Jenn's sense of humour. I should mention that we had a grreat visit from Neil in June. He was back in Ontario so he could visitt Timmins with Jenn as they attended Moe and Marie's 50th anniversary celebration. From all accounts it was a great event.

We enjoyed a brief time at Camp Alexander, with good food, some drinks and great company. Life doesn't get much better.