Roadkill, Rattlesnakes & Global Warming

I believe our planet is experiencing global warming caused by polluting the air. Since I’m writing this blog as an ordinary citizen and not a scientist, I’ll relate what I observed, not facts that support research pointing to global warming.

My observations:
I live in central Texas, where we’ve experienced a very warm winter this year. The temperature exceeded 90 degrees as I jotted down ideas for this blog; very warm for February. Due to no cold enough weather to either kill animals, or cause them to find places to hibernate until the weather improves, we have a substantial increase in the animal population this winter. More animals are reproducing. I’m seeing a lot more rabbits on my property and roadkill of skunks and snakes. We had an incident within 15 miles of my home where a rattlesnake was found in the bathroom of someone’s home, then over 20 more rattlesnakes were found on the property. I’ve also heard that farms have a bumper crop of rats this year. I’d rather nature–colder weather–kept down the population of snakes, rats and even skunks.

These incidents tell me that we have to become more vigilant in our efforts to combat the pollutants going into our atmosphere. We need to drive less and use fuels that pollute less.

If you disagree with me about global warming, I don’t mind hearing about why you think our temperatures are changing.