My hope is that the visible and deadly black smoke from forest fires in 2018 will be the "aha" moment to motivate all of us to take action on climate change

Atmospheric hurricanes have devastated many lives recently, their ferocity enhanced by warm seas and moist air associated with climate change. And that same historic crisis, coupled with massive droughts and huge social and political stresses in the Middle East and North Africa, is creating human migrations on this planet so violent they can be described as 'refugee hurricanes.'

The Colonel was busy flying his expensive planes; the Greek government was busy coping with its bankruptcy. So the prospect for good management in these camps was not good from the get-go.

A former engineer builds a backyard "solar garden" that helps end the 'Catch-22' of fossil fuel prosperity.