Snow Birds Returning To Warm Weather

At golf yesterday we lost nearly half of our players as they decided to return home. Many were worried about the weather conditions with drought being on their mind. A few had talked to family and they reported temperatures  nearly as warm as we have in Florida. In any case the weather was the topic of conversation. In Canada where we should be entering spring but there has already been a floury of activity and trees are sprouting and the spring flowers are in full bloom.

This early climate change could have a tremendous effect on the tender fruit crop in Canada and the drought like conditions would have a impact on the planting of crops. We here in Florida are experiencing the effects of a severe drought with less that three inches of rain since October.Fire season is here and the ponds and lakes are at a all time low. Lake O is at 12 feet and the locks have been closed to boat travel.

The warning for owners who have a well and septic system are on careful ration and extra men have been hired to enforce the water rules.We are just seeing the tip of the iceberg as scientists have told us years ago that global worming and climate change is a reality.

Tornadoes have torn towns apart and over 180 were hatched in an eight hour period and the season has hardly begun. We hope that the people that say this is only a natural thing had better wake up and expect  extremes in wind, rain and drought during the future years. There is a feeling of uncertainty among older people who have lived through radical weather in years but they seem to say that the worst is yet to come.

Personally I look foreword to going north in a few weeks to experience this early summer like weather: I will not count on it however as the weather has a mind of it's own and can change at a moments notice.