April 27th

On this day in 2011 – A storm system cut across the South and Midwest spawning more than 120 tornadoes and killing 316 people. Over the course of 3 days, a record-breaking 358 tornadoes touched down. (The previous record was 148). Scientists view this as clear evidence of climate change and have recommended actions that we as a society should take in order to preserve the environment. However, there are a number of people with deep pockets who have a financial interest in keeping things as they are. They have gotten Congress to exclude them from things like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, in order that they can make huge profits from activities such as fracking (hydraulic fracturing of the Earth by pumping water and chemicals into the ground at high pressure, polluting the water table and causing earthquakes as a by-product). Indigenous people were able to maintain the environment here for CENTURIES, by taking the next seven generations into consideration when making decisions. These fat cats, and their paid cadre of less-than-reputable pseudo-scientists, don’t even care about the next seven days. These are the same folks who go around screaming that the government is too big. Primarily because OUR government occasionally gets in THEIR way when they find ways to make a buck at the expense of the rest of us. They want to dismantle all the agencies that protect us from them. Bigger storms are on the way…