hi. it’s currently 10pm and i have school tomorrow after not having it for a full week. and i’ve just watched a documentary with my parents abt extreme weather, which repeatedly mentioned the effects of global warming. zero reaction. zero care other than “oh my god i feel so bad for these people”.
i absolutely love my parents with the bottom of my heart but what the fuck. like actually. and ok i get it, not fully understanding is fine, but if your reaction is to feel bad and yet simultaneously say “it’s been happening for years, it’s not like it’ll affect much now”, then i dont know what to say to convince you that this is happening now and right in front of your faces.
water levels are rising, droughts are getting worse, fire weather is getting worse, tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, mud slides — everything you could possibly think of — is getting worse. and i really really have no idea how to stress this because yes, it has been happening for a long time; yes, it should be a slow process. but it’s happening now. it’s happening right now. it’s caught up with us. and i don’t mean this as like “ohoh let’s get political”. i mean it as in weather patterns are shifting, and scientists have warned people and warned people, just to get ignored again.
this extreme weather is on the rise because it’s getting warmer. there is literally no other way to explain it. i can’t sugar coat it enough for you. the people you feel so bad for and that are losing their lives and their homes are losing it because the weather is rapidly changing, and it’s been completely ignored by anyone other than people with their heads screwed, the scientists who have warned us for years, or kids who are being actively shown that “oh, this is bad actually”.
im just honestly so fucking done. this is a whole rant post nobody wants to see but i cannot stress this enough to them. even a documentary over extreme weather, scientifically explaining how climate change causes it, can’t open people’s minds. it’s insane.