History is Written in Rain
The fifteenth of September? More like the fifteenth of November. The remains of a tropical storm called Henri, that apparently formed over the North Atlantic (O climate change!), has come wending its way toward us. As it approaches it will suddenly increase its power and punch us in the face. Between today and tomorrow we'll have winds of over 100 kilometers per hour, and in a twelve hour period more than eighty liters per square meter in our area of Galicia, the Rías Baixas. Already it's been raining since last night. In the developed countries of the first world we have become mostly insulated from weather extremes. We now have weatherproofed homes, travel in cars with heat and air conditioning, have good clothing to protect us from the elements. Our food supply is also pretty much guaranteed. Between the chemicals we add to the plants and soil to ensure plenitude, and our ability to import from a part of the world that has not been affected by bad weather, we do not ...