Thank you. I wrote about I know in the end. Solutions? A long hard long look at how we as a society conduct ourselves. But I’ve become more pessimistic since I wrote this in 2018.

My mother passed away 14 years ago this month in Kennebunk, Maine. Her cause of death was not heat related but the daily highs during that period were in the 100s. I began her eulogy “Wherever she is now it can’t be as hot as this.”

It’s almost amazing how well the canyon has recovered and now it seems to be in danger of drying up and burning.

Indeed. A bit of irony there,

Something you might relate to or may already know; the stream crossing at the cover shot of your post “3 Days at the End of Winter” on February 22nd used to be pretty difficult to negotiate without getting wet and could involve going quite a ways upstream as well as some tricky rock-hopping. Last time I saw it in April of 2019 it was completely dry. Glad to see some water in your shot. I’ve also seen it not that long ago( just before vehicles were prohibited up to near the fin behind your position) frozen so solid that you could drive a truck on it in late February. Of course that would also require enough water to fill the streambed!

What a world. Ironic. Driving a vehicle to a campground located near the side-canyon to that big arch @ 8 miles upstream and further; to a point well past the ‘holding hands’ picto, was permitted until @ 1995? It’s almost amazing how well the canyon has recovered and now it seems to be in danger of drying up and burning.

You are probably correct about the winds.

It is scary, indeed.

Looking through the long lens of history, we (as in humanity) will get through it OK. However, the next two or three generations could be in a world of hurt.

Generations from now, historians will clinically discuss the climate upheavals and the socioeconomic changes in humanity. Those of us living through it will see things change so much. With many people suffering in the process.

I’ve specifically seen how monsoon season is deteriorating – it lasted for just one week here in Bryce this summer!

I wonder what the West will look like by the end of our lifetimes. For example will pinyon / juniper overtake the ponderosa forests, and will sonoran desert replace the current PJ zones? It’s only a matter of time, but how fast will it happen?

Wow. Rather disconcerting!