"The Earth is
shaking less under coronavirus," said the CBS News headline on April 6,
2020.
"Goats take
over town amid coronavirus lockdown," CNN, March 31, 2020.
"L.A.'s Air
Quality Is Better Than Its Been in Decades," Los Angeles Magazine, April 6, 2020.
Article after
article is coming out about how quickly mother nature is healing herself and
throwing off human's grip as we are forced to stay at home due to the
coronavirus. Now if the coronavirus is some ancient bat disease instead of an
escaped bio weapon from a Wuhan lab, mother nature really is giving us a kick
in the pants.
Everyday, the people
of Los Angeles are reminded of how beautiful our city can be. When we look
outside our windows and see the bright blue skies and crisp outlines of the
city's landscape rather than blurry shapes in front of the usual dingy sky we
remember why we love our great city.
The stay-at-home
orders have had almost everyone in Los Angeles travel less, whether for
business or pleasure. This means fewer cars on the road. NPR said truck traffic
has decreased 21% (maybe those are the toilet paper trucks). And there are
fewer planes in the sky. For three days after 9/11 when all commercial flights
were grounded in the U.S, the United States warmed 3.6 degrees according to a
news report from WTAJ News on 9/11/19. I
wonder how much warmer we will be after months of decreased flights.
As if the
coronavirus was not enough, mother nature is employing a second method of
enforcing the stay-at-home order in Los Angeles. After a dry February, rain has
been falling on Los Angeles throughout March and April. So much rain fell on
March 22 that it broke a single day record. And as any Angeleno knows, when it
rains in LA we panic and stay home.
So embrace what
nature has to show us: clean air, wildlife running amok, and especially for
Angelenos, a less shakier earth. Soon
enough we will be back in the traffic and smog of the city we call home.
Take care and be
safe.
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2 comments:
Interesting that you say the earth is shaking less. During our stay at home policy, maybe last week or so, I felt an earthquake centered at Anza, CA. I believe it was a 3 or 4. I was eating dinner at the time so that was why I felt it. I believe the earth will continue to shake no matter what.
I agree, but hopefully a little less so.
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