Posted by Chiew Ling | Posted in CL's file | Posted on 14-08-2010
It is August, in this part of the world, it is supposed to be dry season at this time of the year. July – August is the time when everyone would complain about the heat and how they did not have a good sleep the night before because it was so hot. It is also the Haze season, as farmers and plantations would take advance of the dry season to clear their fields by burning them.
However, these few weeks, we have been getting lots of rain and there has been no sign of haze, not that I miss it. I have been thinking for weeks that the weather has being strange.
When I read news, it also confirms my thinking that the weather has gone crazy. I read in an article that the writer called all these Extreme Weather and said they doesn’t amount to climate change yet as climate takes years to form.
In the article, they showed photos of some recent Extreme Weather around the world.
Chinese rescue workers prepare to search for survivors in a partially collapsed building after a mudslide swept into the town of Zhouqu in Gannan prefecture of northwestern China's Gansu province, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010.
The river Artuby floods Draguignan, southern France, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Regional authorities in southeastern France say at least a dozen people have been killed and many are missing in the aftermath of flash floods that followed powerful rainstorms.Unusually heavy rains recently in the Var region have transformed streets into muddy rivers that swept up trees, cars and other objects.
Local residents of Sukkar, Pakistan carry their stuff fleeing houses due to flooding in low-lying areas on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari returned Tuesday to a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by the worst floods in its history that have affected nearly 14 million people. His arrival came as thousands of people fled a major city in central Pakistan as rivers nearby swelled and threatened to submerge the area.
Residents push a stalled passenger jeepney hours after typhoon Conson lashed through Manila and other provinces in the Philippines at Las Pinas south of Manila on Wednesday July 14, 2010. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year barreled toward the country's east coast Tuesday, prompting flight and ferry cancellations, school closures and warnings of floods and landslides.
A fire fighter attempts to extinguish a forest fire near the village of Dolginino in the Ryazan region, some 180 km (111 miles) southeast of Moscow, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Over the last 24 hours, firefighters have extinguished 293 fires, but 403 others have been spotted while more than 500 have continued to rage over large swathes of countryside, some of them out of control, the Emergencies Ministry said.
St. Basil's Cathedral, left, and the Kremlin, right, are seen as tourists walk through thick smog on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The city of Moscow was shrouded Friday by a dense smog that grounded flights at international airports and seeped into homes and offices, as wildfires that have killed 50 people nationwide continued to burn.
People stand on a stairway and watch Singapore Civil Defense Force officers wade through rain water which flooded a basement shopping area and coffee shop on Wednesday June 16, 2010 in Singapore which has been experiencing unusually wet weather for the past week.
Vehicles move through a flooded road during heavy rains in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Monsoon rains are active in most parts of India.
Rescue workers clean up the bridge after flash floods in the town of Bogatynia, Poland, Monday , Aug. 9, 2010. The flooding has struck an area near the borders with Germany and the Czech Republic, where there have also been several fatalities.
A Shepherd walks with a herd of sheeps as he crosses a dried water bed in the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Heat wave conditions swept several parts of the country with mercury hovering over 40 degree Celsius (104 degree Fahrenheit) in many areas, according to news reports.
Read the article, Extreme Weather fuels debate over global warming.
http://news.malaysia.msn.com/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=4269041
Then I remember what Jesus said in Matthew 24:7-8
7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains (sorrows).
Weather would be a big contributing factor to crop failures and hence causing famines.
We, human beings, the inhabitants of this planet that God has given to us to rule, haven’t being doing a good job at taking care of the Earth. The Earth is sick and dying, and we are not doing enough to save it. Although we are not going to live here forever and we know that we are going to a much much better place that our Father has prepared for us, we still have to take care of the Earth as long as we are living here.
This storm looks weird, like doomsday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CApQG3280pE