rain of the century?or the beginning of a new one?

i read in awe in NST the other day that the rain which made almost all parts of johor, negeri sembilan and also melaka was stated by the weather people that this rain happens to be...centennial. the rain would go on for days, maybe weeks or so, and none of suns glare would penetrate them thick clouds and give life. oh yeah i saw it in bulettin utama last night, its like the scene of a disaster outside of malaysia. but its in johor! cars swept away by currents, trampled houses, rold over suvs (suv tuh!) and only vehicles that can pass through the was deep water are lorries and modded suv with thick tyres and a snorkelling pipe.

oh yeah what im trying to say is that, are you sure its centennial? you know, its the time of the year where this monsoon peralihan is taking place. but in years ago, people who have been living in the klang valley have not experienced such a thing. monsoon peralihan or monsoon sumatera is the time and moment where there's change in wind flow from the south west heading east coast....to the north east heading south west. and in recent years, (i dunno about technology going haywire in the y2k effect, but the weather, it does. hmmm) the whole climate seems to be worsening. in perak at this time of the year, it should be pretty dry. i remembered playing rugby and got a really bad scratch by just one fall on the ground. some of you guys experienced it also. but then, in perak now, it maelstorm with heavy rains, large ocean currents and windy skies. not the perak i know. and the perak we knew was wrong either. its not supposed to be dry like that. imagine, 3 years of sudden change from complete dryness to utter wetness. heheh lovely.
if i want to show the statistics of the global CO2 effect on to the environment, nah, u guys wont take into high attention, but how about if i say, the total nett effect of these greenhouse gasses not only raises the temperature of the earth, but also because of that, it changes the current movements in the atlantic ocean. what? what is the connection of the atlantic ocean with storms in SEA? a lot. actually the current movements in the atlantic ocean influence a lot on weather patterns and climate changes. watch the movie "day after tomorrow" for more information and knowledge. need i to explain more? well, the emission of CO2 gasses alone can make haywire weather patterns. it could be tropical storm for months in the SEA, and years of drought in the third world country. a sudden snow storm in malaysia? we had that hujan batu phenomenon once. so its not impossible. experts say if we stop all the production of CO2 into the air now (industrial, not us. we breath out CO2 mind you) climate haywire will go on and on for the next 30 years.

imagine, 30 years of more floods in johor, Utor and Durian in phillipines, thailand and vietnam, loads of other end of day prophecies will come out which i dunno what. 30 years! that will take most of our lives as an adult. but then, there's no stopping of CO2 emissions right now, not this year even. or next year. maybe the effect would be prolonged to lets say, 40 to 50 years? wow. im impressed how earth works.

so guys, dont be surprised by this statement: the "day after tomorrow" scenario is a possibility. its just when and how long.

if you dont care much about weather change and humans can adapt to it, well, adapt this: food will become scarce. how? the rise in sea temperature or even salt index drops or rises (due to the melting of the big two ice cubes at the edge of the world) will influence the fisheries in them seas. fish are very sensitive to temperature rise and the change in salt index. siakap, our lovable common fish, must breed at cold temperatures and grows healthily at a strict temperature of 24-25 celsius ONLY. more than that, it will die. imagine the sea temperture in south china sea rises to just 27 celsius. we might not have sushi or ikan bakar anymore. the same goes to plants, and livestocks. we can adapt to climate change but they cant. if they cant, we will not survive.

so as a fellow engineering student (i know you guys are engineers, doctors, policy makers and all) it is up to us to find whats best for us (that's the first action of human mind, save thyself) and also protect the environment. look into interest of the word "sustainable development" and you'll be amazed at how we mankind can produce such results.
also look into agenda 21, millenium development goals, global marshall plan and yadayadayada the list goes on. its very important for us to know. after all, we will get this ugly piece of globe from our generation before aite? dang they really dunno how to take care of it, and now they are making comments on how to take care of it!
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