Don't kill the world, Don't let her down, Do not destroy basic ground
Don't kill the world, Our means of life, Lend ear to nature's cry

Don't kill the world, She's all we have, And surely is worth to save
Don't let her die, Fight for her trees, Pollution robs air to breathe

Don't kill the world, Help her survive, And she'll reward you with life
And don't just talk, Go on and do, The one who wins is you

Cherish the world, A present from God, On behalf of all creatures
Made by the Lord, Care for the Earth, Foundation of life
Slow progress down, help her survive

Eish guys Danny got recalled to the war what a sad day it was yesterday( started writing this on Tuesday, and Danny is from Las Vegas, the TV show!

Ya ne,

Eish maara today I was looking for the purpose of the people for the research of myself to find some of the solutions to the quessions that are to being asked by the people of the world as to the fundamentals underlying this inconsistencies of the weather of the world of myself….

In english, I have been trying to locate some papers or articles that have been written recently about some of the arb weather we have been experiencing in the last few years. Unfortunately the most recent documentation I could find that was more generic rather than specific, was a document dated 3 July 2003. The CNN article, based on a study released by the World Meteorological Organisation indicated that the world was experiencing a record number of tornadoes, droughts and floods.

For example in 2003 roughly 562 tornadoes hit the USA, far exceeding the previous record of 399 in June 1992, I’d hate to see what the number was in 2004 with those hurricanes and tornadoes in Florida, the Cayman Islands (yes I no they are not part of the states) and Haiti etc.

The US experienced some of its coldest and wettest weather in the eastern and south eastern parts for much of May and June, this weather seems to have been carried forward into 2005 January with some hectic blizzards being reported in New York this week. There have been some crazy floods in the California area these past few weeks. Newark on the east coast has also experienced some of its worst floods since 1959.

A pre monsoon heat wave hit India earlier in 2003 causing temps of between 45 and 49 degrees celsius, which is insanely hot. Sri-Lanka experienced crazy rainfalls, tropical cyclones etc, that resulted in floods and landslides. But wait there’s more…

Switzerland experienced its hottest June in 250 years, the southern parts of France experienced temperatures which were 5 to 7 degrees hotter than average. There are more examples I could cite, but as the saying goes its old news ;-). What is interesting though is getting to the perceived root of all this meteorological turmoil. What is this beast called global warming?

Global warming, also known as ‘the greenhouse effect”, in a nut shell is the overall heating of the earth. This is a normal thing, but the only issue here is that nowadays, the earth is warming at a far increased pace. This warming effect has a huge effect on the world’s climatic conditions as well and crops. Current trends clearly demonstrate that global warming is directly impacting on rising sea levels, largely as a result of the melting ice-caps.

Much of the earths atmosphere is made up of gasses. 78% of which is Nitrogen and 21% of which is Oxygen. The other 1% is a large number of trace gasses including carbon dioxide and methane. If the earth didn’t have this blanket of atmospheric gasses it would be roughly 33 degrees Celsius cooler. The clouds and the gases keep the earth warm. Good thing….mmm not really, cos you have to bear in mind that the sun already warms the earth with its piercing rays, of which 70% is absorbed by the earth’s surface and the remaining 30% is reflected back immediately. So what we have is the sun heating up the earth, the clouds and the atmospheric gasses warming up and their molecules radiating some of this heat energy back to the earth, creating a warmer earth surface.

So now whats the problem u might ask cos the world naturally created these gasses. Yes, it did, but now it didn’t cater for us, having braais and chimneys, burning fossil fuels and forests, it didn’t cater for forest fires. The huge population growth is also quite significant, u might ask y, well not only are we burning (oil, gas and coal) more but we are farting more (methane) and breathing more too (carbon dioxide)..more cars..planes…trains..u get the picture.

We in the southern hemisphere have not been experiencing such dramatic climatic changes as in the north, this is due to the fact that in the northern hemisphere there is much more land than in the south, conversely this means there is more sea than land and as a result the ocean absorbs more of the heat than the land hence the southern hemisphere will be cooler. In the north it would be the opposite. The result…drier soil, less water in the lakes and rivers, melting ice caps increasing the sea levels, the natural expansion of the sea because its becoming warmer. The results of rising water, well areas close to the sea…bye bye, hurricanes and tropical storms. Most of Bangladesh and the Netherlands will be under water. Maldives will be no more (this can occur if the sea level rises by as little as 2 feet).

What can u do.
Stop chopping down the damn trees. Trees absorb CO2 chop em down we reduce the absorption power. Instead plant them, not only will they keep our houses cooler, they will also help absorb CO2
Stop having so many kids…mentioned the population effect.
Stop burning so much fossil fuel find alternatives
Get a bicycle, catch a ride with a mate, reduce the use of ur car
Reduce… reuse… recycle…rechargeable batteries
Getting junkmail tell them to stop sending it to u, u save urself the anger and u save paper

There may be more ways, but its 7:45pm and I have had a long day here, so I am out. I need to get a life…the things I do for my friends!

Birthdays
25th Anna
27th The man they call Ingo
28th Fuller and Stillwell
31st Mr Ramogase

My dear friends u have urselves a disgustingly fruitful year and a birthday that you can talk about to your friends with glee.

Quotes

"Life is a series of little missions like: getting your license re-newed, buying milk and going to home affairs" Rowan Leibbrandt.

Only cos I am just too tired to look for others J

Respect