Windy water weather

So at last our home is showing it's true colours. Wind and rain. Much more, just now, of the former than the latter. It's OK - I'm not complaining.

I seem to have come across a lot of references to weather recently.

When neighbour was round talking of fences we were picking his brains for what might grow where on our little croft. He professed to having no idea - 'It's all changed - can't predict the weather anymore, things happen at the wrong time of year - we used to get snowed in during lambing, but the last few years it's been shirt sleeves weather, and the wind - it used to be north-westerly just about all the time - now you never know where it's going to come from. I can't suggest things you could grow - Things keep happening at the wrong time of year. I don't know anymore' This guy has been crofting all his life - his family came here with the Clearances.

Then there's little snippets - like this.

And there's drought in New Zealand causing an energy crisis cos the hydro is drying up. And in Ethiopia and in India - just a few more million people queueing up for hand-outs after another crop failure (In Northern India the rains have failed for the last five years).

This is climate change. It's real, it's killing people and it is caused by you. And if you stop buying crap you don't need you might just help others to do the same, and this might just stop climate change getting really silly and killing billions. (Look for Working Group 2 report "Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability" and choose the Summary for Policy Makers in your preferred language. It looks heavy - page 13 contains the fun stuff. And remember - these reports are cautious).

But don't despair. If you start doing something now we can avoid the worst. Now.