Dry Spell

No I'm not talking about my sex life but the alarming absence of rain here in the Philippines. This time last year we already had six typhoons but this year we only had one or two, I'm not really sure. It's already August and the heat is still that of summer. And the rains we've been getting lately? Those were just the result of cloud seeding. They just do something to the clouds to induce rain otherwise, there'll be none. Global warming has never been more real. The persistent dry spell has shut down the 345-megawatt San Roque Dam power plant in Pangasinan, considered one of the biggest in Asia, after water levels reached critical condition. I hate to sound so "doomsday" but if this is happening now, just imagine what it will be like in the future. We have to do something now, if not for our sake then maybe for our kids. Since we can't move to another planet (yet), what we can do is to seriously put into action those energy/environmental conservation measures that we've been putting off. And seriously pray for rain...