We joke about "Panic at the Disco" swapping memes that quip, shouldn't we panic everywhere? As funny as it is to see, living it is quite another story. Recently, and I mean within the last two weeks our farm experienced our first real impact weather related heat emergency. A crisis situation had developed due to the unseasonably high temperatures. Where now it should be much cooler, it is not. And while plants, trees and humans may be able to adapt, animals cannot. And need to be supported. We saw the rapid change of weather's effect on our turkey family and made immediate arrangements to have the coop moved. My panic didn't stop there. Since then it's been warmer, dryer and with less rain than typical. So while we mitigated an immediate crisis, a much longer larger one is wafting out before us in the distance. The full blown panic set in when I allowed my mind to think about flushing toilets. I lost my shit and needed my sweet husband to talk sweetly to me and hug me tight. Panic has set in for this farmer. I have fashioned a bell. The bell I ring for climate change and for change to have begun yesterday. I'm panicking. Why aren't you? "I'm panicking.
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January 2024
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