2024's Unprecedented Terror At the Mauna Loa CO2 Observatory Continues.

[Attilatheblond]

1. First, I thank you for you courage in keeping track of the devestation. I know what being Casandra is like.

Second, for a few decades now, I keep pondering the premise of Ibsen's The Ice Man Cometh when skimming the 'news', and hearing Puck's one small, earth shattering line from Shakespeare as I set the news aside.

We have had a long time, by human lifespans, on this beautiful little orb. But, generation after generation, we have chosen the path of incorrect values. We kill our mother, thinking she is an immortal provider rather than the finite benefactor she is.

I am old now, and tired. Yes, I still try to engage in the 'important' matters of our day, mostly political, mainly because I care about what is here now. But, in truth, I know humans are all folly and no foresight. Depression is the only sane response, and I have fought it all my life. Seeing is a blessing and a huge curse. You see with technology and keep the numbers to back up the realities. I thank you, and know the curse you carry for your sight.

Me? I find myself rooting for the big giant asteroid and hoping I am gone before this beautiful orb is changed much more. Trying to see the beauty that still exists while being able to envision the hideous loss is almost too much to bear.