Winter Blahs

My Facebook friends are comparing who has it worse this snowy winter. New Mexico has had its share of blizzards, but it isn't even in the running when it comes to Minnesota and other midwestern and Eastern seaboard states. I have been thinking of Shelley's wistful inquiry lately: "When winter comes, can spring be far behind?" Climate change scientists say that all these storms are evidence of the planet warming, not a refutation of it. I think based on the disasters we have all observed in Haiti, New Orleans, and Indonesia, all of us are likely to be in for a wild and crazy ride. There has been no political will to actually address the potential for future calamities which await us.