LYRICS
Whipping wind
Agin the skin
Again and again, again, again
Patience wearing thin
Where to begin
How ’bout the start?
Try wearing a grin
There to laughin’
Straight from the heart
From my mouth these words depart:
We’re killin’ me
From the rising sea
To the unfair air
Cannot stop the hot
I’m beggin’… why not?
Pounding rain
Agin the brain
Sustain the pain, sustain, sustain
Patience wearing thin
Where to begin
How ’bout the start?
Try wearing a grin
There to laughin’
Straight from the heart
From my mouth these words depart:
We’re killin’ me
From the rising sea
To the unfair air
Cannot stop the hot
I’m beggin’… why not?
Surging flood
Mixed with blood
Up to the neck in mud
Patience wearing thin
Where to begin
How ’bout the start?
Try wearing a grin
There to laughin’
Straight from the heart
From my mouth these words depart:
We’re killin’ me
From the rising sea
To the unfair air
Cannot stop the hot
I’m beggin’… why not?
- How-About-the-Start-Part-I.mp3 (unplugged to save energy)
- How-About-the-Start-Part-II.mp3
- How-About-the-Start-Part-II-Instrumental.mp3
- How-About-the-Start-Casio.MID
Chords: C Dm Em / Am C Em / G Dm Em / C Dm Em; Part II @ 132 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals (TC-Helicon VOICELIVE and MiniNova Vocorder), Ibanez Acoustic Guitar, Fender Squire Mini Electric Guitar (Boss Digital Delay), Fender Jazz Bass (Boss Digital Delay), Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-3500, Yamaha PSR-740, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
In the two weeks leading up to Christmas 2023, the East Coast had two extreme weather events caused by unprecedented winter atmospheric rivers.
In October of 2023 Sidd said, “Now I am thinking the violent rain will be a bigger problem before we die….”
East Coast Atmospheric Rivers
Historically in the United States, atmospheric rivers (AR) have been associated with the West Coast. Now, AR activity is getting more attention on the East Coast. “Actually, their frequency is not really increasing. Meteorologists have used the term for decades. It has simply become popular by the media. Just like polar vortex,” said Jeff Boyne, National Weather Service meteorologist and climatologist. Indeed, “atmospheric rivers are more frequent on the East Coast than they are on the West Coast,” said Jason Cordeira, associate professor of meteorology at Plymouth State University. “They’re just not as impactful and don’t usually produce as much rainfall.”
What is changing is the research into the types and increasing intensity of East Coast AR events. “Between 1958 and 2012, the Northeast saw more than a 70% increase in the amount of rainfall measured during heavy precipitation events, more than in any other region in the United States. Projections indicate continuing increases in precipitation, especially in winter and spring and in northern parts of the region,” as reported in The US Fourth National Climate Assessment.
Most types of East Coast ARs are increasing in intensity likely due to climate change. The study Identifying Eastern US Atmospheric River Types and Evaluating Historical Trends reports, “The impact of increasing moisture transport could be significant across the northeast corridor from Washington D.C. to Coastal Maine, as it increases the risk of extreme precipitation from landfalling ARs. The results indicate most ARs in the study domain are forced by extratropical cyclones, with lee side low pressure systems and coastal lows along the Atlantic Coast (e.g. nor’easters) responsible for producing the strongest ARs.”
Human induced climate change is an exponential component of an unordered system (chaos theory). That means global warming is accelerating at a rapid rate in a complex way.
What Can I Do?
There are plenty of things you can do to help save the planet. Stop using fossil fuels. Consume less. Love more. Here is a list of additional actions you can take.