We are having an extremely mild winter in WI – no snow, and the average temp is like 35 degrees, probably. The lakes are still open. All the municipalities around WI are saving a ton on not having to plow the roads – the figure given for for Madison on the local news last night was something like $300,000. But the private contractors who make a living plowing are laying off their guys and crying – no work.<\/p>\n
It just creeps me out. I feel like\u00a0 it means us humans have ruined the climate. And it’s depressing – white snow would be prettier than brown matted grass. One of my facebook friends said she went to a solstice bonfire last week (on 12\/21) and wondered if it was some kind of commentary on the state of our civilization – she found herself standing in a large group of people huddled around a fire in the mud.<\/p>\n
The other thing that worries me is that because so many municipalities are saving money by not plowing, our governor<\/a> (image from Michael Duffy<\/a>) will be able to say that the anti-collective bargaining legislation he passed is working – obviously since us expensive, overpaid, lazy public employees are not doing the work, all these local governments are saving beaucoup<\/em> bucks. I hope the private businesses who are losing money raise holy hell.<\/p>\n
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