NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, UJanuwari 6, 2022
Ndihlala kwilizwe elicebileyo, i-US, kwaye kwikona yalo, inxalenye yaseVirginia, engekabethelwa kakhulu yimililo okanye izikhukhula okanye iinkanyamba. Ngapha koko, kude kube ngokuhlwa ngeCawe, nge-2 kaJanuwari, besingathanda, imozulu ephantse ifane nehlobo ixesha elininzi ukusukela ehlotyeni. Kwandula ke, ngentsasa yangoMvulo, saba nee-intshi ezininzi zekhephu elimanzi nelinzima.
KungoLwesine ngoku, kwaye imithi namasebe bezisihla kuyo yonke indawo. Sawashukumisa amasebe ngokuphindaphindiweyo njengoko ikhephu laliqala ukufika, ukuze sisuse elinye. Sasisenomthi we-dogwood owehla emva kweyadi, kunye nezinye iindawo ze-myrtles kwi-driveway, kunye namanye amalungu kunye namasebe macala onke. Salisusa ikhephu eluphahleni lwendlu kunye neepaseji phezu kweengcango kangangoko sinako.
Izindlu ezininzi kunye namashishini alapha akakabi nawo umbane. Iivenkile zokutya zineeshelufu ezingenanto. Abantu bahlala ezimotweni kwi-Interstate-95 ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingama-24. Abantu baqesha amagumbi ehotele, kodwa abasebenzi basehotele abakwazi ukufikelela bonke ngenxa yeemeko zendlela. Ikhephu elingakumbi liqikelelwe ngokuhlwanje.
Kwenzeka ntoni xa ikhephu lincinci linzima kwaye ebusuku? Ummelwane wethu kule veki iphelileyo uwise umthi obhubhileyo ngewubethe umzi wethu ukuba ubuwele kwicala elingelilo ngoMvulo — umthi ekucaca ukuba ubhubhile ngenxa yokuba i-transformer yombane ayizange iphuculwe kwangaphambi kokuba ndizalwe. Kwenzeka ntoni xa inkoliso yemithi elapha isifa? I wabhala malunga nokuba ngo-2014. Kwenzeka ntoni xa siphelelwa ngamandla? ubushushu? uphahla?
Enye into eyenzekayo kukuba abantu bayancedana. Abamelwane bayancedana ngakumbi xa kukho imfuneko enkulu, xa abanye benegunya yaye abanye bengenawo. Abantu abavaleleke koohola bendlela engumkhenkce bapha ukutya kwabo babangqongileyo. Kwinqanaba lasekhaya kusekho umbutho omncinci, ukuze izikolo kunye nezinye izakhiwo zijikwe zibe ngamaziko oncedo. Isidingo sokuncedana siya kukhula, kunjalo.
Indawo yasePiedmont yaseVirginia ibone ubushushu bonyuka ngeqondo le-0.53 degrees F kwishumi leminyaka. Nokuba loo nto ayikhawulezisi, iVirginia iya kuba shushu njengoMzantsi Carolina ngo-2050 nanjengamantla eFlorida ngo-2100, kwaye iqhubeke ngesantya esithe nkqi okanye esonyukayo ukusuka apho. Amashumi amathandathu eepesenti eVirginia lihlathi, kwaye amahlathi akanako ukuvela okanye ukutshintshela kwiintlobo zemozulu eshushu ngayo nantoni na elolo hlobo ngesantya. Elona xesha lizayo aliyiyopayina okanye imithi yesundu kodwa yinkangala. Endleleni eya apho, imithi efileyo iya kuwela kwiintambo zombane kunye nezakhiwo.
Phakathi kwe-1948 kunye ne-2006 "iziganeko zemvula enkulu" zanda i-25% eVirginia. Imvula eVirginia kusenokwenzeka ukuba yonyuke okanye yehle kakhulu xa iyonke, kwaye ilindeleke kakhulu ukuqhubeka nomkhwa wokufika kwiziphango ezinamandla eziphazamisa imbalela. Oku kuya kuba yintlekele kwezolimo. Ukufudumala kuya kuzisa iintlobo zeengcongconi (esele zifikile) kunye nezifo. Imingcipheko emikhulu ibandakanya isifo seengcongconi, isifo seChagas, intsholongwane yechikungunya, kunye nentsholongwane yedengue.
Konke oku bekuxelwe kwangaphambili. Eyona nto imangalisayo yindlela abantu abaphuma ngayo ukuze babe nobubele omnye komnye ngelixa intlekele idlala. Ngapha koko, ezi ziyafana Homo sapiens eyadala le nto. Ilungu ngalinye leNkongolo yase-US enezixhobo zayo ezingapheliyo ezithengayo kunye nenkxaso yepetroli yefosili kunye nekhefu lerhafu kwiibhiliyoni ngumntu. Omnye uSenator waseVirginia wayebambekile kuloo jam yetrafikhi kwi-I-95 kwaye, kuyo yonke inkangeleko yokuqala, wabuyela ngqo kwintshabalalo ehamba kancinci-njengesiqhelo xa ephumile kuyo. UJoe 1 kwi-White House ugugile amadolo akhe egungqa phambi kukaJoe 2 kwiyacht yakhe ePotomac.
Ukuba yonke into obuyazi ngabantu yinto eyenziwa ngurhulumente wase-US ukunyusa amathuba okuba i-apocalypse yenyukliya okanye ukuwa kwemozulu, okanye oko uluntu lwase-US londliwa ngoomabonakude bayo, unokulindela ukuba iintlekele ziye zandiswa kwinqanaba lasekhaya ngabancinci. iinkohlakalo. Ndicinga ukuba uya kuba ungalunganga. Ndicinga ukuba kuya kubakho izenzo ezininzi zobubele kunye nobugorha kwixesha eliphambi kwethu.
