Well, good luck Texas. Your governor, Rick Perry, has decided that the way to solve the state's exceptional drought is with three days of prayer for rain.
Suggestion: it would have made a lot more sense for Governor Perry to call for three days (or better, three weeks) of study by Texas citizens into the nature of global climate change, which is causing climate extremes to become more common.
Climate is defined not simply as average temperature and precipitation but also by the type, frequency and intensity of weather events. Human-induced climate change has the potential to alter the prevalence and severity of extremes such as heat waves, cold waves, storms, floods and droughts. Though predicting changes in these types of events under a changing climate is difficult, understanding vulnerabilities to such changes is a critical part of estimating vulnerabilities and future climate change impacts on human health, society and the environment.
But science takes time and effort to understand. Religion is easy. All you need is blind faith.
I have to wonder, though: if God is in charge of everything, then He sent Texas the drought. So why would you want to ask the Big Guy who caused the problem to solve it?
The Sequoia trees of California actually need fire as part of the life cycle.Years of fire fighting led to that insight.Governor might as well pray to reverse the laws of thermodynamics or gravity.The Universe is not....."Egocentric"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAoKstyF0SU
Posted by: Dogribb | April 23, 2011 at 07:07 PM
I'm all for a more "homeopathic" solution: everyone in Texas should wash their vehicles simultaneously, then spend hours waxing and detailing. Everyone knows that cleaning your vehicle causes rain. Works every time for me!
Posted by: Willie R | April 24, 2011 at 03:32 AM
I say pay some Indians to rain dance - they at least are the professionals - doesn't everyone believe in that?
Posted by: Mardee | April 24, 2011 at 10:11 AM
I think they should try some reverse psychology on God and try to trick him. Pray for more drought.
Posted by: tucson | April 24, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Living in Texas, as I do, I think three days of prayer for rain is a brilliant idea! When the drought continues, we'll have great evidence of the effectiveness of prayer.
Posted by: star | April 25, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Texas has angered God and God is making them pay! I don't know what Texas has done wrong, but obviously God is pissed at them.
Posted by: Grunt Hanscombe | April 25, 2011 at 08:46 PM
Grunt: electing George Bush as governor would be my guess.
Posted by: Blogger Brian | April 25, 2011 at 09:27 PM