winter rears its ugly head...but I'm not (yet) complaining

Winter still wants to have its say...after a late start. Global warming doesn't necessarily mean that all the days of winter will be warm. It does mean that it throws earth's delicate balance completely off. Today's weather wasn't terribly unusual for a New England winter. With the wind, we dipped to a HIGH of -10F (~-20C). At one point today, the winds stopped in my tracks and almost blew me off my feet.

However, with the penguins in Antarctica and our Canadian neighbours in mind, I managed to, dare I say, appreciate the bitter cold. In my global warming class, we learned that snow has the highest albedo (that is, it reflects sunlight, hence heat, more than any other surface), keeping earth from getting too warm. This delicate balance is being challenged everyday.

I'm not wishing that spring will come early. I'm not even wishing that it will get warmer soon...yet. I want to savour the cold, thanking the Almighty for caring for the little details in life...like increasing the earth's albedo.

Do your bit to reverse global warming and restore earth's sustainability. Do it, not because your individual effort will make a big dent in the bigger scheme of things. Do it because it's the right thing to do.