All this heat...

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63. The cold debilitates me because my body just can't handle it.

But this year I discovered it couldn't handle the heat, either. And we've been very lucky considering what you're going thru in TX, and other places in the states. We've just had a few weeks of 100 degree+ weather. But I discovered that heat kicks me in the butt where my fibromyalgia is concerned. It actually brings on a flare.

While I worry now about temps because of the effect on my body, I also worry because my hubby... being originally from TX... doesn't consider this "hot" at all. But his problem is he doesn't feel the damage it could be doing to him, so I have to look out for him, too, and be a nag (which I hate). I've always hear the elderly don't feel temperature the way younger people feel it. When I comes to him, I agree. For me, it's like I feel it much more intensely than I did before I hit this age, especially fighting Lupus and Fibro.

I'm right there with you on the anxiety level, Jill. But I also go through periods where I feel absolute rage at the idiots who refused to recognize the ruin coming towards us and did nothing... and worse, worked against us back in the 60's, 70's, and 80's. They made "Climate" out to be just another "hippie" cause and not worth considering if it kept them from making more fistfulls of money. Many people today think we'll be okay because have good house heating and cooling to use as an escape. But that doesn't take into account the many who live in homes without central A/C.

And, worse, they don't give a thought to what it's doing to our wildlife. The have no place to escape. We've given them a death sentence due to our greed. To me, that's unforgivable.

And there's no way the U.S., or anywhere in the world, is ready for the dire refugee status to come due to climate change. When you have entire island countries that are going to be wiped out, where will those inhabitants go? When Mexico and South America become too hot to live in, where are those people going? I hate what Abbott has done to the border, but I worry what more inhumane things he can do in the coming years - him, and people like him.

And the hotter it gets, the worse people act. Tempers flare and we have way too many guns on the streets which are used as the first solution, instead of a last solution.

I don't think anyone can be anything but either anxious, angry, or depressed when thinking about the future. The rich and the ignorant have stolen it from us. How else should we feel?