Another attempt

I've been so clueless lately about the world and everything going on, besides the major events, like that earthquake that occurred in China, that I was astonished to learn today about things that were happening in my own country!  I am talking about the Midwest, which is being tragically flooded as we speak due to heavy rainwater and levy damages.  It's sad to hear about, especially since I was always led to believe, by who or what I have no idea, that bad things couldn't happen to me.  "We live in an established country man! ( I would always say to myself)." Things shouldn't go wrong.  Except they do, quite often really, if we all think about it.  When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, it was surreal to think that the situation was as dire as it was.  I remember seeing thousands of people, homeless, just standing in the streets looking helpless and confused, as if it was a third world country and people were scrambling to survive.  Now, with all these crazy global warming trends occurring, it seems like the world is crumbling beneath us.   

There are still people out there who don't believe at all in things like global warming and the polar ice caps melting.  It's really a problem of politics, and sometimes people get the idea that scientists aren't supporting the theories.  Sure, things aren't very conclusive on whether or not this is a natural or manmade phenomena, but to an extent, we have to take some responsibility for our actions.  I don't want to go into details here, because there are numerous sources people can look to, such as the documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' or issues of Newsweek.  The things is, yes, we have done things that are causing the Earth to react.  How many times have we seen billowing plumes of toxic waste being released into the skies?  You can't just have that stuff out there and not expect things to happen.   

I took a class last semester called Exploration of Space.  The things I learned in that class were really eye-opening, something I wasn't expecting from a basic physics class.  The professor taught us about the planet Venus, known for its outrageously high temperatures and ongoing storms, which is an example of what could happen if Earth was to lose control of the delicate balance of an ecosystem it sustains.  From there, he taught us about what was happening.  He was an esteemed scientist, at least to the University, and I believed every word he said, from how the North Pole was expected to be melted by this summer, of 2008, of how there were small organisms thriving off the coast of Africa which could deplete the oxygen around them, and how much had already started to happen.  Whether we caused it or not, it's happening. We need change, and things like violent storms and massive earthquakes wouldn't devastate millions of innocent people.  Yes, storms do happen every once in a while, but at the intensity at which they are continuing, no.