writeaboutwarming

January 7, 2014 – Happy Freezing New Year!   (Love that Polar Vortex!)   2014 could very well go down in history as the first year when entire continents were brought to a grinding halt by climate change.   Thousands of flights have been cancelled in the U.S., my hometown of Chicago – Chicago! – has been brought to its knees by snow and below zero temperatures, and many thousands of schools are closed, and events cancelled, nationwide.   Meantime, Europe is suffering from an historic deluge.   Let me explain how the weather in the U.S. has affected me personally: My 93-year-old father-in-law, who has dementia, lives with a round-the-clock caregiver in a northern suburb of Chicago.   Normally, she lets me know what groceries she needs, and I order them from Peapod, a grocery delivery service.   Yesterday she gave me her order, and I placed the order on the Peapod website.   However, when I tried to schedule delivery, the webpag...