So, one of the headlines on the evening news tonight was about the extremely cold waters off the coast of Florida and how that is affecting the manatee population. Manatees need warm water to survive and the twenty five days of record cold temps in Florida is making it difficult for the manatees to live. I found it kind of ironic that the one place these large cow like creatures are finding warmth is near the outlets of the power stations along the coast. The waste water is bath temperature, just right for the manatees, who are hugging the outlet pipes and lolling around in the warmer water, near enough to shore so that many people are able to see them, some for the first time.
We, as a human race, are probably in some way responsible for the colder temperatures and extremes in weather, if one is to believe the scientists about global warming. Power plants are just one of multiple things that we do on this planet to add to the greenhouse effect and all and yet, the very thing that might be destroying the naturally warm waters for the manatees is the same thing that right now is saving some of them. Weird how the world works sometimes...
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