Earth Day on Broadway 2022 Follow-up: Bummer, man! What's up with this weather?

Oh, so close! (Click pic for previous post)

Into each life, a little rain must fall - unless you live around here.

I love Earth Day! Any time a whole lot of people deliberately gather to share and encourage ways to make things better for the earth and for all the creatures (people included) who live here, I am a truly happy mesquite hugger.

[As I write this post there are two guys, one with a gas-powered weed-eater and the other with a gas-powered leaf blower just giving it hell outside my window.]

But here's the kicker, for exactly the reason we need Earth Day to help us heal our struggling planet, we ended up having to cancel the Earth Day celebration.

South Lubbock, 4/25/2022

Yes, much of Texas is once again in severe drought and Lubbock is definitely there. This has been a windier than normal April with browner than normal skies. An hour before the celebration was to begin, the wind was 30mph, the sky was the color of Folger's Instant with a dash of original Coffee Mate. There was a higher than normal chance of rain, but nary a mudball fell from the sky. The conditions downtown were not fit for man nor beast nor prairie dog.

What's Plainview got to do with this? (Click pic for video.)

Just as the climate scientists over at Texas Tech have been telling us loudly for a few decades, if we continue to abuse our home by releasing too much carbon and if we continue destroying the natural systems that normally work at healing our environment, our climate will become increasingly inhospitable. This year's Earth Day celebration in Lubbock was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions. Yes, it is a bit ironic, but no, it's no surprise.

So, yes, I was a little disappointed. The more I had prepared the more excited I grew. I had put together the (previous) post, borrowed an awning and two really cool e-bikes, given my own e-bike its first bath in a few years, and created a sign with a QR code. (You know it's serious when I bust out a QR code.) I'd even figured out how to haul all that stuff with the family truckster. Then again, the journey is often better than the destination. It felt great doing Mesquite-Hugger-y things and being a little fish in the Lubbock Earth Day playa lake.

So, thank you to Barbara, Miola, Kaitlyn, and all the others who worked very hard on what promised to be a great event. I very much hope to work with you again next year!

May you all be well and striving for better.