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If you think this issue doesn't concern your newsgroup, you're wrong.

This one concerns everyone and should be addressed regardless of the
pretty thoughts we would like to hear about at Christmas.   While
we're sitting back watching our politicians talk about global warming,
extremely serious weather pattens are happening now, and these
patterns are causing problems that need more urgent attention than
emissions!

Right now in Alberta, we're having monster grass fires in the middle
of winter!!  An 82-year old woman is in the hospital after having
received second and third degree burns from one of them.  This has
never before happened, and it's happening because we have had no rain
for weeks.  In Northern Alberta, 18 forest fires are burning out of
control.  Imagine!  I moved here from BC because I was burning to
death there!   I could hardly wait to move to this cold province and
here we are, having all these horrible fires in the middle of the icy
cold winter!!!!! 

Because the weather's been freezing, people have  put their hoses in
the garages and allowed them to ice up. Their hoses are now frozen so
they can't use them.

The trees are confused.  They have lost their leaves but are still
green.  The evergreens are stooping over, thinning out, losing their
needles, and gasping and pleading for  water.  Everyone's grass is
dead.  This isn't "winter" dead folks -- this is dead, dead!   That's
why it's burning.  Can't anyone realize that?  Trees and grass can't
live for  weeks without water anymore than we can -- not unless
they're dormant -- but they're not dormant this year!  

If we're having so many forest fires in this cool province now, what
will happen in a hot province like BC next year?  Surely the forest
fires will set a world record next year, having a a major impact on
the lumber industry.  Hopefully we'll be prepared and equipped to
handle these things.

If thousands of city trees die like our grass, as early as next year
this could bring on even more threatening weather patterns, chase away
the birds, and invite the insects to destroy the crops.  So much for
our 7 years of plenty, and believing we're safe and don't have to have
any concerns simply because we're Canadians!   I wish our politicians
should be considering next year's changes, instead of changes in 10
years from now.  I wish they were considering also China's thoughts
about setting off a nuclear bomb in the ocean in the near future.
S'pose there's any chance of killing off a fish or two?   What will we
care about silly gas emissions in the future then?

Getting back to home -- It's so easy to keep that hose in the house
instead of the garage, and water once a week if possible, every time
the weather thaws for a day. If we don't wake up now, thousands and
thousands of city trees will also die, along with our grass.  If your
area's as dry as this one, or if you know of anyone living in a
wintery dry area --tell to take their hoses in their houses so they
can thaw out, and water on the one day a week the weather
warms up. -- Alleycat