It's the 6th day of the year today and an hour ago the outside temperature was 9°C. Some of you may say that is nice as it's winter and at least it's not cold. Others, who are used to warmer climate may say this is freezing. I'd say neither, or if I want to be honest, this is terrible.
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This temperature is more common during spring, let's say March and April, when the snow is gone and nature starts to wake up. When I was a kid, March and April was the time to ditch the boots and take out our brand new spring shoes. There was an unwritten competition at school, to see who's first. Obviously this was not up to us as parents had a say in this, but they were at work when we left for school, so cheating and disobeying their orders was an everyday thing. It felt good to finally have our new shoes, way lighter than winter boot.
This winter, instead of my winter coat, I was using my autumn/spring coat as there was only one occasion when the temperature went down to -12°C. On the rest of the days the temperature was around zero, or above.
We haven't had snow yet either. There was one day when (from the window) it seemed we got some snow, but it was more like frost as we had fog the previous night. I remember I wasn't feeling well that day, but got myself together and went out for a photo shoot as I knew it may have been the one and only time to see everything covered in white. So far it seems it was.
Will we get some snow this year? Yesterday was raining all day, which is not a bad thing as rain is needed. The weather forecast said it's going to snow tomorrow. Now it says it's going to rain again, which is not a surprise as at these high temperatures there's no way to snow. There will not be snowing in the next ten days either and with that, half of January will be over already. This means we'll have around a month and a half, to get some snow.
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This is not a new phenomenon, it's been happening for some time now and it's getting worse every year. We're hoping to get some snow every year as kids can barely wait to get out and play in the snow once the school is over, plus Christmas is nice if we have some snow, but I haven't seen a white Christmas for years now. Kids up until school age may not even know what proper snow is.
In some years, in March, when the gardening season usually should start, we got some snow accompanied by cold, obviously. So instead of enjoying the mild weather and parading in our new spring outfits, we got our boots out and were shoveling snow.
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Strictly from individual point of view this would not be catastrophic, as we can adjust, but if you look at the bigger picture, this trend is going to lead to major catastrophes in the future. Snow has a role, a well defined one. Snow is meant to cover the land, protect the crop and moisturize the land to help seeds germinate when the time comes.
We've been having some serious droughts every single year now. Not having snow means dry land, which can lead to more drought in the summer. My dad has an irrigation system, which helps a lot, but last year, due to high temperatures, the flower of the beans got burnt and we got no beans. This is just an example and not the only one unfortunately.
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This climate change is affecting traditional agriculture and it's going to change it forever. It's going to affect our pockets as well. All those floods, land sliding, glaciers melting, droughts, you name it. Future generations are going to be in a very difficult position.
It's still early to tell if we're going to have some snow or not. I hope we can still get some and in time, not in March or April when buds are out and the damage done by those low temperatures can affect the gardening season.
The other day I saw in TV that down south, where it's warmer, magnolia trees are budding already. Magnolia is among the first to flower, but budding in January is not normal. Nature is confused as nothing is as it used to be. This won't end well.
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