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sappatoti -> RE: To All of You Who Live In Warm Climates (12/15/2007 10:32:36 AM)
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ORIGINAL: EvilGenie
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We have ice storms every year though the one of '98 was one of the worst in the nation's history. So, it is a double edged sword to the ecosystem. Nothing is always good or always bad for any system, eco, biological or otherwise.
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That can be said for any weather pattern at any season. For instance, during the North American summer, we living in the southern states need to be mindful of hurricanes and non-cyclonic tropical storm systems. Despite the human costs involved when they blow through, hurricanes are a necessary weather pattern that the Earth uses to redistribute and regulate moisture and temperature. Without hurricanes, or tropical systems in general, much of the North American continent east of the Rockies would end up dry and parched.
Yes, these weather patterns can be severe, but as an elderly Native American man told me many years ago, they are only as severe as Mother Nature deems necessary to clean things up. Yes, ice storms and hurricanes may tear down massive quantities of trees, but from the perspective of the Earth, maybe those trees, now fallen, will decompose and provide much needed nourishment for a new crop of trees, mutated and more resilient than the previous generation. Maybe the forest had become too old, too thick, and too dense to allow for the younger generation to even get a start, thus the cleansing was needed. And so it goes with snow, rain, wind, drought, etc.
Yes, we can mourn for the loss of trees and forests, but in years to come, we will rejoice in the new plants or landscape changes that will be just as beautiful as that which came before.
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