#643 Very Warm

So a couple of new stories made me think maybe I can save everyone a lot of money with a simple idea.
The first story had to do with the City of Olympia’s response to global warming. Now before you get all anti-Olympia, hear me out. The City of Lacey has just gone 100% green power. The City of Bellingham won an award for green power restructuring, and people everywhere are putting in compact florescent bulbs to lower their carbon footprint.
Even if there’s no global warming, we all save power and are less dependent on foreign oil. Sounds win win to me.
Not that I don’t believe there’s global warming—there is—and the proof is popping up in my backyard. It’s called the California Golden Poppy.
When I moved here in 1971, there was no such thing. It was a flower of the semi-desert country where I grew up—in Southern California.
You know, where they now have massive wildfires from unusually dry conditions.
My backyard has poppies so thick they’re crowding out the thistle and the yarrow.
Okay, I need to do some weeding.
Suffice to say the Golden Poppy has found a new warmer home here in the great Northwest.
Anyhow, the City of Olympia had a “warming summit” to plan what to do with certain facilities when sea level rises here on the Sound.
Or I guess you could say when the Sound level rises.
I wonder if they’ll measure it in decibels.
Certain buildings, like the new Hands On Children’s Museum, would be at risk.
And then I read a news story that the Port of Olympia is about to dredge and widen the channel for big ships. Hasn’t been dredged in years, they say, and it’s due.
Certain people are up in arms about raking up the muck and destroying habitat and stuff.
That’s when I got my idea to save lots of money.
Here it is¾just wait. In another ten years the channel’s gonna be deeper anyhow.
The rise in Sound level, remember?
You can hear the writing on the wall.
America, ya gotta love it