Second item on my agenda this evening is the adjectives and tones meteorologists use in their weather forecasts. Okay, we all know that global warming is happening at a faster rate anyone can imagine. We also all know that rainfall levels are lower than average.
Many people watch the news to learn about the forecast for the next few days. This is the perfect opportunity to educate people about global warming, increasing amounts of heat waves, erratic storm behavior, water conservation... basically, our planet's dire need of human contribution to slow down our demise. We can't stop this because planets go through its phases, but things are happening at an alarming rate. Anyway, all meteorologists (well, except Sandhya Patel for ABC) I've seen are biased for warm weather by saying that "tomorrow will be beautiful with plenty of sunshine" or "we'll have better weather and will be in the 80s." When we have rainfall, some of them will furrow their brows or shake their heads. They should stop letting people think that sunshine is good and rain is bad. People need to stop thinking this way. A lot of people don't think about our changing weather patterns and lack of normality these past few years, but it is immensely important that we understand why these things are happening.
For the record, I do love warm weather. I like to wear spring and summer clothes and have outdoor get-togethers and go for a stroll while eating ice cream. But having more of the type of weather that allows you to do those things isn't worth what we will lose in return: our livelihood.
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