extreme weather

I just heard that there was a severe windstorm in Vancouver that knocked down over 1000 trees in Stanley Park. Yikes! And that storm rode in on the coattails of record rainfall and flooding in November, which apparently caused the water to be undrinkable. Indeed the weather is changing, and we can't ignore the fact that global warming has something to do with it. I know I sound like a broken record, but if our government continues to treat global warming as a hoax or something that is beyond our control, the situation will only get worse. In fact, there are already many things that we as individuals can do about it. David Suzuki has asked Canadians to join the Nature Challenge in order to counter the effects of global warming one person at a time. Americans can follow his lead, and do the same. Leave the Hummer at home, and ride a bike once a week! Or walk! Our country leads the globe in greenhouse gas emissions. It's time we become leaders in cutting our emissions.