As the weather warms up, music festivals are starting up. Have you been to one or more in the past? Do you have your eyes (or ears) on one?
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Category: Seasons
What Do You Hope To Do This Summer?
With summer almost here, have you made your plans? Are you taking a vacation, hosting cookouts, going to the beach, or something else entirely?
Share why if you wish.
What Is Your Favorite Spring Activity?
Spring is just about here (in the northern hemisphere). What activity are you most looking forward to this spring?
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Do You Hibernate?
During the winter months with less daylight and colder weather, do you tend to stay in more and be less active? Do you hibernate?
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How Has This Summer’s Extreme Weather Impacted You?
Extreme weather events have been commonplace this summer, from brutal storms to crippling droughts. Have you been impacted?
As temperatures rise, the extra heat in the atmosphere translates to changing and unusual weather patterns.
For some, that means battering storms. These come with torrential rain that may lead to flooding, and some have seen tornadoes or hurricanes. Roads are being washed out, and homes or cars can be damaged or even ruined by rising waters.
For other areas, rather than receiving too much water, they don’t get enough. Above average temperatures and below average rainfall have led some previously fertile areas to experience droughts, ravaging crops and draining away rivers and lakes. Dry conditions lead to huge forest fires, and smoke from those fires can be carried by air currents for hundreds of miles.
Underlying all of this are record-high temperatures, which keep some people from venturing away from home at best, and leading to dehydration or heat exposure at worst.
This extreme weather impacts everyone, in ways both big and small. How have you been affected, and what may happen to you if temperatures continue to rise?
Related questions: How is climate change impacting you? What is keeping us from sustaining the planet? Climate change: How would you act if your house was on fire?