NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Januwari 6, 2022
Ngihlala ezweni elicebile, e-US, futhi ekhoneni lakhona, ingxenye yeVirginia, engakashayi kakhulu imililo noma izikhukhula noma iziphepho. Eqinisweni, kuze kube yiSonto ebusuku, ngoJanuwari 2, besiba nesimo sezulu esimnandi, esicishe sifane nehlobo isikhathi esiningi kusukela ehlobo. Khona-ke, ngoMsombuluko ekuseni, sathola amasentimitha amaningana eqhwa elimanzi, elisindayo.
SekuwuLwesine manje, izihlahla namagatsha kwehla yonke indawo. Sanyakazisa amagatsha ngokuphindaphindiwe njengoba iqhwa laliqala ukufika, ukuze silisuse. Sasisenesihlahla se-dogwood sehle egcekeni elingemuva, kanye nezinye izingxenye ze-crepe myrtles endleleni yokungena, nezinye izitho namagatsha nxazonke. Sasusa iqhwa ophahleni lwendlu kanye nemisele phezu kweminyango ngendlela esasingakwazi ngayo.
Izindlu eziningi namabhizinisi lapha namanje awanawo ugesi. Izitolo zokudla zinamashalofu angenalutho. Abantu bahlala ezimotweni ku-Interstate-95 amahora angaphezu kwama-24. Abantu baqasha amagumbi amahhotela, kodwa abasebenzi basehhotela abakwazi ukufika bonke ngenxa yesimo somgwaqo. Iqhwa eliningi libikezelwa namuhla kusihlwa.
Kwenzekani uma iqhwa lisinda kancane futhi ebusuku? Umakhelwane wethu ngesonto eledlule udicilele phansi isihlahla esasizobhidliza umuzi wakithi ukube siqhamuke ngenye indlela ngoMsombuluko - isihlahla okusolakala ukuthi sife ngenxa yokuthi i-transformer kagesi ayizange ilungiswe kusukela ngingakazalwa. Kwenzekani lapho izihlahla eziningi ezilapha zifa? I wabhala ngalokho ngo-2014. Kwenzekani lapho siphelelwa amandla? ukushisa? uphahla?
Okunye okwenzekayo wukuthi abantu bayasizana. Omakhelwane bayasizana kakhulu lapho isidingo sisikhulu, lapho abanye benamandla abanye bengenawo. Abantu abavaleleke emigwaqweni eyiqhwa baphakela abaseduze kwabo ukudla. Ezingeni lendawo ngisho inhlangano encane isasele, ukuze izikole nezinye izakhiwo ziguqulwe zibe izikhungo zokusiza. Isidingo sokusizana sizokhula, yebo.
Indawo yasePiedmont eVirginia ibone izinga lokushisa likhuphuka ngenani elingu-0.53 degrees F ngeshumi leminyaka. Noma lokho kungasheshi, iVirginia izobe ishisa njengeNingizimu Carolina ngo-2050 nanjengenyakatho yeFlorida ngo-2100, futhi iqhubeke ngesivinini esiqinile noma esikhulayo ukusuka lapho. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha eVirginia ayihlathi, futhi amahlathi awakwazi ukuguquguquka noma ukushintshela ezinhlotsheni zezulu ezifudumele nganoma yini efana nalena ngokushesha. Ikusasa okungenzeka kakhulu alilona likaphayini noma isundu kodwa indawo ewugwadule. Endleleni eya lapho, izihlahla ezifile zizobe ziwela phezu kwezintambo zikagesi kanye nezakhiwo.
Phakathi kuka-1948 no-2006 "imicimbi yemvula enamandla kakhulu" inyuke ngo-25% eVirginia. Imvula eVirginia kungenzeka ikhuphuke noma yehle kakhulu iyonke, futhi kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi iqhubeke nomkhuba wokufika ekuqhumeni okunamandla kakhulu kweziphepho eziphazamisa isomiso. Lokhu kuzoyilimaza kakhulu ezolimo. Ukufudumala kuzoletha izinhlobo zomiyane (osezifikile) nezifo. Izingozi ezinkulu zihlanganisa umalaleveva, isifo se-Chagas, igciwane le-chikungunya, negciwane lodenga.
Konke lokhu sekukade kwabikezelwa. Engikuthola kumangalisa ukuthi abantu benza kanjani ukuze babe nomusa komunye nomunye ngenkathi inhlekelele idlala. Phela lezi ziyefana Homo sapiens okwadala lokhu. Wonke amalungu eNgqungquthela yase-US nezikhali zayo ezingapheli ezithengayo kanye noxhaso lwamafutha ensalela kanye nekhefu lentela lezigidigidi ungumuntu. Omunye ummeli waseVirginia wayebambeke kuleso siminyaminya ku-I-95 futhi, kukho konke ukubonakala kokuqala, wabuyela emuva ekubhujisweni kokunyakaza kancane-njengokuvamile lapho ephumile kukho. U-Joe 1 e-White House useguge amadolo egevezela ngaphambi kuka-Joe 2 esikebheni sakhe sase-Potomac.
Ukube obukwazi ngabantu kwakuyilokho uhulumeni wase-US akwenzayo ukukhulisa amathuba e-apocalypse yenuzi noma ukuwa kwesimo sezulu, noma lokho umphakathi wase-US wondliwa ngamathelevishini awo, ubungalindela ukuthi izinhlekelele zibhebhetheke kakhulu ezingeni lendawo ngabancane. unya. Ngicabanga ukuthi uzobe unephutha kakhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba nezenzo ezingenakubalwa zomusa nobuqhawe ezikhathini eziphambi kwethu.
