{"id":306,"date":"2019-11-01T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T22:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/?p=306"},"modified":"2020-08-08T23:49:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T03:49:21","slug":"we-must-plan-for-climate-change-and-water-levels-rising-because-it-is-happening-but-man-is-not-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2019\/11\/01\/we-must-plan-for-climate-change-and-water-levels-rising-because-it-is-happening-but-man-is-not-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"We Must Plan for Climate Change and Water Levels Rising because it is happening &#8211; but &#8216;Man&#8217; is Not to blame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=cover-sheet>We tend to believe our cities, our buildings, our communities &#8211; even in these questionable areas and times &#8211; are indestructible; in truth, they are neither permanent nor indestructible. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=WordSection1>\n<p class=MsoNormal>Climate Change<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>My compositions posted here are likely meaningless if the hope is to have the powers that be &#8211; to hear my most reasonable [and true] notion and declaration; instead, maybe one day history will judge myself, and other thoughtful folks, to have been on the right side of thinking [in regard to understanding, looking forward, and planning when considering Climate Change.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>Climate Change is real.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>[However<b><span style='color:#00B050'>] <\/span><\/b>Climate Change is not driven by man<b><span style='color:#00B050'> [although our actions do contribute to polluting our air, water, and soil]. We ought be more concerned with our polluting EVERYTHING with our plastics and petro chemicals. Further, let&#8217;s stop raping the earth and find better ways of sustaining the lifestyles so many seem to embrace. <\/span><\/b>THAT is another story though<b><span style='color:#00B050'>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C00000'>This is about our <u>need to PLAN for Climate Change<\/u>, and <u>Water Levels Rising<\/u> &#8230; &nbsp;because there is no stopping it; and, it will effect major civilian populations around the world.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>It seems many areas of land were developed in ways that were\/are [mistakenly] considered &#8216;permanent&#8217;; &#8230; however, along shorelines, coastlines, in basins, and low lying areas &#8230; these areas, and many others [in my opinion] ought never have been considered permanent. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>We tend to believe <\/span><\/b><span style='color:#C00000'>our cities, our buildings, our communities &#8211; even in these questionable areas and times &#8211; are indestructible<b>; in truth, they are neither permanent nor indestructible. <o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>Oceans and climate change &#8230; in any decade or century or millennia &#8211; can (and soon)<b> will<\/b> claim many areas around the world and logic, even wisdom, suggests &#8211; <b>these are the decades, the century &#8211; we will see such change in these areas &#8211; [making them much more difficult, if not impossible, to remain habitable]<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>The earth lives, it changes, and it too, has cycles<\/span><\/b>. Cycles of heating and cooling is one of them &#8211; be it that the cycles and events develop slowly as the world &#8216;turns&#8217; [as the natural result of time] or by catastrophic events &#8211; like a heavenly body impacting the earth&#8230; <b><span style='color:#C00000'>the earth, it&#8217;s climate, its weather patterns, its geological processes &#8230; &#8216;change&#8217; &#8211; in the most natural of ways.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>In the past, mostly we adapted; today, we have the organization to PLAN for the changes because they are happening and there is no sense in denying the facts. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>(And separately), <b>but &#8216;Man&#8217; is not to (primarily) driving it<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal>I&#8217;m Just Sayin&#8217; &#8230; .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We tend to believe our cities, our buildings, our communities &#8211; even in these questionable areas and times &#8211; are indestructible; in truth, they are neither permanent nor indestructible. Climate Change My compositions posted here are likely meaningless if the hope is to have the powers that be &#8211; to hear my most reasonable [and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/2019\/11\/01\/we-must-plan-for-climate-change-and-water-levels-rising-because-it-is-happening-but-man-is-not-to-blame\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We Must Plan for Climate Change and Water Levels Rising because it is happening &#8211; but &#8216;Man&#8217; is Not to blame&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imjustsayin.live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}